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The artificial intelligence (AI)-fueled technology revolution has taken the world by storm. However, quantum computing is now promising to be the next paradigm-shifting technology.

The "Magnificent Seven" is a term coined by CNBC's Jim Cramer that includes some of the leading tech companies in the market. The cohort consists of:

Think about how different the world was just 10 years ago. Some of the things we take for granted today -- artificial intelligence chatbots, food and grocery delivery apps, and more -- weren't around, or were only starting to gain steam in 2015.

The quantum computing arms race is starting to heat up, although we're still a few years away from commercial viability. That hasn't stopped investor interest, as quantum computing stocks are some of the hottest on the market right now.

Key Points in This Article: Amazon (AMZN), Meta Platforms (META), and Microsoft (MSFT) have fueled AI growth with strong free cash flow until now.

Everyone knows Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and its best-known products, including the Windows operating system and Microsoft 365 suite of productivity apps, but its growing cloud computing platform, Azure, is the future of the company.

Microsoft's (MSFT -0.97%) blowout quarter briefly propelled the stock across the $4 trillion threshold, allowing the tech giant to join Nvidia (NVDA 0.60%) as the only companies ever to achieve this feat. Now that two competitors have broken the $4 trillion threshold, the question shifts to which company will reach $5 trillion first.