Key Points ASML serves as the linchpin of modern chipmaking. AI is a multi-decade growth catalyst for its business. The company's moat is practically unbreakable. 10 stocks we like better than ASML › In every major technological shift, there's a company quietly powering it from behind the scenes. For the artificial intelligence boom, that company is ASML Holding (NASDAQ: ASML). The Dutch firm doesn't make chips like Nvidia or Intel -- it builds the machines that make those chips possible. Its te ...