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​Video: The Alger AI Enablers & Adopters Strategy

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Patrick Kelly, CFA;

Executive Vice President
Portfolio Manager

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Portfolio Manager Patrick Kelly discusses the launch of the Alger AI Enablers & Adopters strategy and why he believes AI is the most generationally transformative investment theme of this era. Click here to hear the full conversation with Patrick.

PATRICK KELLY: We view the investment theme of artificial intelligence as possibly the most generationally transformative theme of this era. We believe that organizations that embrace AI technology stand to gain a competitive advantage and drive sustainable growth in the digital age. 

Could the Total Addressable Market (TAM) Be Significant?
PATRICK: We think that AI represents a massive TAM. I think from a big picture perspective, the idea behind AI is that hardware and software can potentially replace or significantly enhance the productivity of humans. In addition to that, we believe that AI will also be a significant revenue generator to many companies which is further additive to that TAM. 

The TAM of global GDP is roughly $100 trillion. Labor is roughly 40% of the average company’s revenue. So that would imply labor is roughly a $40 trillion market.  So, if you can replace or significantly enhance the productivity of labor, that is a massive TAM. And even if a fraction of that $40 trillion is actually addressable, it’s still a significant TAM. We think eventually every country will have its own AI cloud. We think AI can be a matter of sovereignty and security to these nations, 

What’s an Example of a Holding in this Strategy?
PATRICK: I think of a company such as Microsoft that seems to check all the boxes. Evercore ISI just put out a piece on Microsoft. They estimate that gen AI can lead to an additional $80 billion of revenue in 2028 for Microsoft. We actually think that number is conservative. Microsoft is infusing AI across all of their applications. We believe that this is not only leading to an acceleration in their topline growth, but it’s also significantly enhancing their competitive position and their competitive moat. 

And now Microsoft is launching Copilot where they want you to basically start and end your day with your digital assistant, which is going be an AI-powered Copilot that we believe should significantly enhance your productivity as an employee. 

You’re Also Focused on Tomorrow’s Potential Leaders?
PATRICK: Yes. Absolutely. We think that there will be a number of emerging companies over the next decade that have the potential to disrupt the incumbents, and some of these companies, we may not really know who they are right now, but there’s a lot of funding going on in this area. A lot of these companies will fail, but we believe there will be some that will be very successful.​​​



Portfolio Manager Patrick Kelly discusses why he believes AI is the most generationally transformative investment theme of this era.

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The following represents the noted percentages of firmwide assets under management as of March 31, 2024: Microsoft Corporation, 9.82%.

Total addressable market (TAM) is the maximum revenue potential for a product or service if it were to capture 100% of the market. It's also known as total available market.

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