AvePoint Stock Climbs Before the Bell as Wall Street Tests Its AI Governance Bet
AvePoint Inc. shares rose in thin U.S. premarket trading on Friday, giving the cloud data-management software maker a small lift after a lower close and a week of fresh scrutiny over its growth story. The Nasdaq-listed stock was quoted at $10.49 before the bell, up 2.44% from Thursday’s $10.24 close. The move matters now because AvePoint sits in a crowded corner of software where investors are rewarding companies that can tie artificial-intelligence spending to recurring revenue, not just slogans. U.S. stock index futures were also firmer before the open, with S&P 500 e-mini and Nasdaq 100 futures each up 0.4% in a Reuters market note carried by MarketScreener.