Apple has the immense capability to surpass the market cap target cap of $4 trillion in 2025, and even touch $5 trillion in 2026, but it needs to stay way of two other top AI stocks that have the ability to topple the tech giant from its position, if things go wrong.

Is Apple going to be beaten by other AI-backed companies?

Apple is current he most valued company in terms of market cap and overall volume, backed by its superiorApple intelligence servicethat it is offering to its users. However, if they do not keep cautious about the market conditions, they may end up losing their place to the likes of Nvidia and Google, who are also working on similar researches and services in the field of AI. Nvidia has once, already crossed Apple’s market cap, and is quite close to touching the $4 trillion mark themselves, with Google also following the same pursuit.

Will Nvidia and Google surpass Apple?

The are 17% implied upside to Nvidia’s stocks in 2025, according to The Motley Fool’s latest predictions, which is definitely not great news for Apple, as this would mean that there is a strong chance that the Jensen Huang-led company would beat Apple at their own game in the later part of 2025, provided that the AI overhype still continues.
Meanwhile, on similar line’s Google has nearly 67% implied upside, which clearly demonstrates it has the ability to rule Wall Street if the iPhone makers are not cautious enough in the coming days. The iPhone SE 4 sales and the upcoming Apple device sales in 2025 and 2026 are very important for Apple to keep thriving and getting closer to higher market cap marks, faster than these other two companies.