Forget NVIDIA: 5 Cheap AI Stocks Under $25 With 10x Potential

I'm always digging into the next big trend, and AI is clearly it. But I don't just want to buy the big, expensive names. I'm searching for high-growth AI stocks under $25 that could have explosive potential.

This is a high-risk game. These are speculative AI stocks. Many small-cap companies will fail. But finding just one winner early... that's the goal. It's why I developed my 10x Stock Checklist: My Exact 47-Point Analysis Framework. I'm looking for companies with real technology and a path to real revenue. I often use the TradingView screener to find ideas like these.

Here are five cheap AI stocks I'm digging into right now. All prices are from October 27, 2025.

SoundHound AI builds advanced voice assistants. Think of it as a specialized Alexa that car companies or fast-food chains can use. It's designed to understand complex, natural speech... like a complicated coffee order.

I'm watching it because its growth is huge. It reported a 217% revenue jump in Q2. Management is guiding for over 50% organic growth. Plus, it just announced a big partnership with Telarus on October 22, 2025, to sell its AI platform to more businesses. Analysts at firms like Wedbush gave it "Buy" ratings in September.

The risk is its high price. Its stock trades at a very high price-to-sales multiple. This means all that future growth is already expected. My next step is to check its cash burn on TradingView and dig into its financials. I need to know if its growth is sustainable enough to justify the high price.

This company is a bet on the next frontier: quantum computing. QUBT is building quantum machines to solve problems that today's AI can't. A big part of its business is quantum cybersecurity. It's creating new encryption to protect data from future quantum-based attacks.

This isn't just a science project. QUBT is making sales. In mid-2025, it announced a $332,000 order from a top U.S. bank for a cybersecurity lab. It also sold its "EmuCore" AI device to a major automaker.

This is the most speculative stock on my list. Its valuation is massive, with a price-to-sales ratio over 2,000x. It also has a "Sell" rating from Zacks. This is a pure gamble on its technology. My due diligence here is to see if these small contracts can ever lead to the massive revenue needed to justify its price.

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📈 My Toolkit: How to Vet These Stocks on TradingView (Step-by-Step)

In this post, I mention I need to "check cash burn," "look at the balance sheet," and "understand financial health." Here are the exact, no-brainer steps you can take using TradingView to do this analysis yourself.

1. Get the Tool (Sign Up) First, sign up for a TradingView account. You can start with a free account to get access to all the charts and fundamental data you need for this analysis.

2. How to Check "Cash Burn" (For SOUN) This is the single most important metric for high-growth, unprofitable companies.

• In the TradingView search bar, type SOUN and open the full chart.
• At the bottom of the chart, click the "Financials" tab.
• Select "Cash Flow." By default, it will show "Quarterly."
• Look for the line item "Free Cash Flow." You can see exactly how much cash SoundHound is burning each quarter. Is the negative number getting smaller or bigger? This tells you if their growth is sustainable or if they'll need to raise more money (which can hurt the stock price).

3. How to Check the "Balance Sheet" (For REKR) I need to know if Rekor has enough cash to survive until its big contracts pay off.

• Go to the REKR chart on TradingView.
• Click the "Financials" tab, then select "Balance Sheet."
• Look at two numbers: "Total Cash & Short Term Investments" (what they have) and "Total Debt" (what they owe).
• Compare the cash on hand to their "Free Cash Flow" number from Step 2. This helps you calculate their "cash runway"—how many months they can operate before needing more money.

4. How to Find Your Own AI Stocks (The Screener) I use the screener to find these ideas in the first place.

• Go to the TradingView Stock Screener.
• Click "Filters" and set up a screen for speculative growth stocks. Try these filters:
  • Market Cap: Set "Below" 2B (for small-cap)
  • Price: Set "Below" 25 (for stocks under $25)
  • Revenue Growth (YoY): Set "Above" 30% (for high-growth)
• This will instantly give you a new list of companies to start digging into, just like the ones in this post.

This is how I move from an "idea" to "real analysis." It's the best tool for the job.

Click Here to Get Started on TradingView and Analyze These Stocks

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Rekor Systems is a micro-cap AI stock. It uses AI to monitor traffic. It installs cameras that use AI to identify vehicles, read license plates, and analyze traffic patterns in real-time. It then sells this data as a service to state governments.

I'm watching REKR because it's landing huge contracts. In October 2025, it announced deals with the Departments of Transportation in California and Texas. This comes after a massive contract with Georgia that Rekor said could be worth over $100 million. For a company with a market cap around $370 million, that's a big deal.

This is a tiny company, and it isn't profitable. It depends entirely on these slow-moving government contracts. I need to look at its balance sheet to see how much cash it has. I also need to find the revenue schedule for that big Georgia contract to see when the money actually comes in.

• Price: ~$7.09

People call BBAI a "mini-Palantir" because it sells AI analytics to U.S. defense and intelligence agencies. It helps military leaders make fast decisions from huge, messy datasets.

The stock jumped 22% on October 13, 2025, after it announced a new defense partnership. This deal puts its AI software directly onto devices for soldiers in the field.

But this is a turnaround story. Its last quarterly revenue was actually down 18%. Management even cut its revenue forecast for 2025. Analysts mostly rate it "Hold." I'm watching to see if these new defense deals are real. My research will focus on its next earnings report. I need to see if this new contract can reverse its revenue decline.

Veritone has a platform called "aiWARE." It's not a single AI. It's an operating system that lets a company plug in and use over 850 different AI models for things like transcription, object detection, and translation.

The company's fundamentals look like they are improving. Veritone is projecting 30% revenue growth for the current quarter. Its core software revenue is already growing at 45% year-over-year. Management is also focused on costs and aims to break even on cash flow by late 2026.

The risk is competition. Veritone in a crowded space with giants like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. My due diligence is to understand its financial health, especially after it raised $100 million to pay down debt. I need to see if its "platform" approach can truly compete with the all-in-one solutions from Big Tech.

That's my current watchlist. Each of these five stocks has a plausible story for high growth. But each one also has serious risks. This is the high-risk, high-reward end of the market. I'll be digging into their quarterly reports next. If you want to see the full process I use, you can download my 10x Stock Checklist. I'm tracking them all on TradingView to see what happens.