AI enthusiasts have a new option in the stock market: Tempus AI made an impressive debut.
Tempus AI’s Strong Market Debut
- Focus: Using AI to process medical data
- Prominent investors on board
Tempus AI took the leap onto the stock market on Friday and immediately made a strong impression. After an initial price was raised from $35 to $37 per share, the opening price was set at $40 per share. During trading, the share price increased by up to 15%. By the end of the trading day, Tempus AI stock closed at $40.25, marking a gain of 8.78% on the NASDAQ. On Monday, the pre-market trading saw an additional 4.35% increase, bringing the stock price to $42.00.
Prominent Investors Involved According to Reuters, citing data from PitchBook, the company, founded in 2015, boasts a number of prominent investors. These include Alphabet subsidiary Google, investment managers Franklin Templeton and T Rowe Price, and Softbank.
AI for Medical Data Tempus AI is a technology platform company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to process medical data. According to the company, Tempus AI has one of the world’s largest libraries of clinical and molecular data and an operating system that makes this data accessible and usable. This enables doctors to “make data-driven decisions in real-time to ensure personalized patient care,” as stated on the company’s website. Additionally, Tempus facilitates the discovery, development, and delivery of optimal therapeutics.
In a phone interview cited by Bloomberg, Eric Lefkofsky, the founder and CEO of the company, explained that the positive reception of the stock by investors is “due to the realization that all these incredible background technologies, including generative AI and large language models, enable us to finally bring technology into healthcare.” He further stated that it is “somewhat sad that healthcare has not adopted technologies as quickly as other industries, especially when so many patients are suffering as a result.”
AI Stocks in Hype AI stocks have experienced a significant surge in the financial market in recent months. Besides the most notable example, NVIDIA, and other AI chip manufacturers, companies from other sectors with AI connections have also performed strongly on the stock market. With Tempus AI, a new investment option has now come into focus for investors. Whether the IPO hype will continue to drive the stock remains to be seen.