Robots Rise, Crypto Rides
−7.7%
since Sep 30
The idea
I believe humanoid robots move from demos to real deployed workforces over the next decade, so this basket owns the whole stack: the chips and compute acting as robot brains, the motors and sensors making up their bodies, and the companies actually building and shipping robots. A smaller slice rides crypto rails and major coins, on the idea that machines transacting with each other need some kind of digital currency. It leans on established large companies for ballast, keeps a modest cash reserve to add on big dips, and is meant to be held for years rather than traded on near-term news.
What it owns
- Chip designers and manufacturers supplying the compute and processors that let robots think and learn, winning regardless of which robot platform dominates. · NVIDIAThe dominant supplier of AI compute chips for robots, with software tools already the standard for training and running robot brains., Taiwan SemiconductorIt manufactures advanced chips for robotics and AI regardless of chip design winner, capturing volume from the entire robot buildout., BroadcomIt manufactures custom silicon for large robot and AI makers and provides networking infrastructure connecting AI compute, serving as the contract chip maker., QualcommIt makes low-power edge processors that let robots make decisions locally without calling a data center, critical for deployed machines., Advanced Micro DevicesIt serves as the credible second source for AI compute, capturing overflow demand if robot adoption grows faster than any single supplier can serve.28%
- Makers of motors, sensors, precision parts and components that go into every robot, the foundational suppliers needed across all robot types. · TeradyneIt owns Universal Robots, a leading manufacturer of factory robot arms in actual deployment, and MiR, a mobile robot builder shipping today., Rockwell AutomationIt supplies the control systems, software and integration layer that ties robots together in factories, the American standard for automation., NovantaIt makes precision lasers, optics and motion control parts for surgical and automated machines, winning on volume as robot deployment increases., onsemiIt makes the image sensors robots use to see, with demand tied to deployment volume as humanoids and delivery robots scale., Regal RexnordIt manufactures motors, gears and bearings at scale, components that go into every robot body regardless of which builder wins., OusterIt sells lidar sensors for 3D depth sensing, offering concentrated exposure to robots that navigate physical spaces.26%
- Companies shipping robots today across humanoid, warehouse, and surgical applications, betting that robotics moves from prototypes to deployed workforces. · TeslaIts Optimus humanoid program is the highest-profile robot under development, backed by proven manufacturing expertise and capital., Intuitive SurgicalIt proves robots already work as a sustained business model, with hospitals paying for its surgical robots and procedures year after year., SymboticIt ships fleets of warehouse robots today with major retail customers, so its growth depends on converting backlog into installed systems., Global X Robotics & AI ETFIt owns dozens of global robotics and AI companies including Japanese robot makers, serving as a hedge if a different builder wins the robot race., Serve RoboticsIt operates delivery robots on public sidewalks for Uber Eats, the clearest current test of robots leaving factories and working in the real world.24%
- Cryptocurrencies and platforms positioned as transaction networks for machine-to-machine payments, betting on adoption as robots scale up. · iShares Bitcoin TrustIt provides direct exposure to Bitcoin as the base layer of a crypto ecosystem that could grow alongside robot adoption., CoinbaseIt operates the leading regulated US crypto exchange, capturing transaction volume if cryptocurrencies become machine payment networks., iShares Ethereum TrustIt provides exposure to Ethereum, the programmable platform best suited for machine-to-machine transactions if robots adopt crypto payments.14%
- Cash8%