Brent crude oil prices have reached a record high of $115 due to geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. The development is adding undue pressure on the US stock market, stunting the growth of leading equities. Google’s Alphabet stock (NASDAQ: GOOG) is also caught in the crosshairs of the war, with its price heading backward.

Google’s Alphabet stock has fallen nearly 13% year-to-date, and the escalating tensions have only made a recovery worse. However, while retail investors are afraid to take an entry position, ‘smart money’ is thinking otherwise. Institutional clients have sent notes to clients giving GOOG stock a ‘buy’ rating with a bigger price target.

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Smart Money’s Latest Price Prediction For Google Stock Bets on TurboQuant

Leading global financial giant and investment bank Wells Fargo reiterated its price prediction for Google’s Alphabet stock. The previous prediction stood at $390 for GOOG and has been upgraded to $397. While the older forecast gave a 40% upside, the new price prediction gives it a 46% upswing. Smart money is betting big on GOOG with bigger estimates for its institutional clients.

The reason for the $397 price target is that Alphabet’s breakthrough tech is in the TurboQuant AI Solution. TurboQuant makes AI memory 6x more efficient and was built on lower capital expenditure. Chances of Google gaining a higher margin from this are high, and the Cloud segment could benefit. This puts Google’s Alphabet stock on the forward trajectory that can potentially push it to $397.

TurboQuant solves the biggest bottleneck plaguing the AI industry, which is the memory (RAM) usage. For context, the longer the conversation, the more RAM the AI eats. The GPUs can reach thousands of gigabytes. TurboQuant shrinks this memory by 6x without losing accuracy. This puts Google’s Alphabet stock much ahead in the race and is the first to recover when the war de-escalates.