Thank you Rocket Lab $RKLB (-3,91 %) :)

When I discovered the company two years ago, I was immediately interested. After intensive research, I decided to invest. This conviction has now more than paid off. Back then, everything was just right. Innovative company, technological excellence, moat, regulatory tailwind, megatrend, undervaluation, unknown....

For some time now, however, I have been selling parts of the company, not because I no longer believe in it, but because it is time to make room for potential successors. That doesn't mean that there haven't been many other good investments in the meantime, but I now want to approach things with a little more commitment. I sold about 30% of my RKLB position over the days and about 60% compared to the peak (they still make up 40% of my portfolio lol). With a KUV of 75 for this year, the valuation also seems to be very stretched now.

I now have many new candidates from different sectors and countries, but they all have that certain something in my opinion. Of course, you have to be able to withstand the volatility and the general risk, but the usual pessimists (without any detailed knowledge) also said that Rocket Lab would go bankrupt. My new favorites include:

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What are your tenbaggers of the future?

Last Sunday, the Japanese Prime Minister achieved the best election result ever for her party. Her party received almost 70% (!!!) of the vote, which, with the exception of constitutional amendments, gives her the power to "rule through". If you were to translate the election result (just for fun) into the German party system, the CDU, FDP and AfD would have received around 90% of the vote and all left-wing parties together around 10% 😂

The Japanese benchmark index Nikkei 225 then reached a new all-time high. It is assumed that the defense and tech industries will be strengthened under her government. It wants to create more national champions and at the same time prioritizes national sovereignty. However, tensions with China's communist dictatorship could increase as, unlike her predecessors, she clearly articulates Japan's interests to the Chinese, which they visibly dislike.

What her economic agenda will look like will probably become clear in the coming weeks to months, but I am convinced that the stock markets will benefit significantly. It will probably be a mixture of tax cuts and targeted industrial policy with a focus on high technology.

All in all, I think Japan has made the right decision to combine technology leadership, national sovereignty and security interests. They now have a strong and stable government for the next few years, from which I think we can expect a lot (also for our portfolio) :)

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$9984 (-0,99 %)
$4063 (-0,83 %)
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$9984 (-0,99 %) . $6506 (-5,12 %)

Hello my dears,

Today is Tenbagger Japan Day

After the most important technical innovation of the 19th century, the railroad.

This second Japan Day report is about a new revolution.

I personally consider Yaskawa Electric and Softbank to be great growth stocks. Also in chart terms (@TomTurboInvest ?)

( no investment advice, just my personal opinion).

@PikaPika0105 (Japan shares)

Japan is facing an acute labor shortage due to declining birth rates and an aging population. Therefore, the need for automation and labor-saving solutions is increasing in many industries, and the use of AI and robotics is becoming increasingly important to meet these demands.

While industrial robots are widely used in factories, environments where many people move around - such as offices, hospitals, schools and department stores - require complex decision-making and flexible responses to unpredictable situations, which is a challenge for traditional robots.

To help robots make more complex decisions and expand their range of tasks, SoftBank and Yaskawa Electric have teamed up to improve the functionality of robots.

On December 1, 2025, the two companies announced a collaboration to socially implement Physical AI - a technology that enables robots to analyze and interpret data from sensors, cameras and external systems using AI, allowing them to perform flexible and complex physical movements based on AI-driven decisions.

The partnership combines the high operational performance and precise control of Yaskawa Electric's AI robotics with SoftBank's AI-RAN technology. In the first phase of their collaboration, SoftBank and Yaskawa Electric jointly developed a use case for an office-oriented physical AI robot that is integrated with building management systems and utilizes AI on multi-access edge computing (MEC). This use case enables the integration and analysis of a wide range of information in real time, allowing situations to be precisely assessed and robots to be optimally controlled. This allows robots to flexibly cover a wider range of tasks and realize a "multifunctionality" suitable for office environments.

Yaskawa Electric and SoftBank will demonstrate this use case at Yaskawa's main booth at the International Robot Exhibition 2025 (iREX 2025), which will be held at Tokyo Big Sight from December 3-6, 2025. @EpsEra ( Topic Robotic) to Tokyo.

https://www.thefastmode.com/technology-solutions/46206-softbank-yaskawa-develop-ai-driven-robots-for-complex-flexible-tasks

A weak month, as expected, despite some profit-taking from mid-October - obviously too late.

My tops🚀

$ONDS (-4,55 %) (+29%)

$TSEM (-8,59 %) (+25%)

$STR (-1,08 %) (+18%)

My flops🧨

$ELF (-0,64 %) (-28%)

$9984 (-0,99 %) (-27%)

$RKLB (-3,91 %) (-21%)

$MNDY (+1,6 %)
$TSN (+1,2 %)
$OXY (+1,17 %)
$WULF (-4,36 %)
$PLUG (-2,4 %)
$RKLB (-3,91 %)
$CRWV (-4,87 %)
$9984 (-0,99 %)
$IOS (-0,62 %)
$MUV2 (+1,83 %)
$SE (-1,33 %)
$NBIS (-4,09 %)
$RGTI (-5,28 %)
$$BYND (-5,61 %)
$OKLO
$IFX (-4,37 %)
$EOAN (-0,26 %)
$TME (+0,67 %)
$VBK (-2,33 %)
$HDD (-3,38 %)
$ONON (+3,07 %)
$JMIA (-5,74 %)
$MRX (+0,44 %)
$HTG (+1,58 %)
$DTE (+1,82 %)
$R3NK (-1,68 %)
$HLAG (-0,52 %)
$JD (+0,55 %)
$700 (+1,12 %)
$DIS (+0,24 %)
$ENEL (+0,44 %)
$AMAT (-4,6 %)
$NU (-1,88 %)
$ALV (-0,19 %)
$SREN (+1,83 %)
$BAVA (-1 %)

Yesterday it was announced that SoftBank $9984 (-0,99 %) the robotics division of the Swiss industrial group ABB $ABBN (-3,32 %) for 5.4 billion dollars. This represents the next step in SoftBank's AI strategy, physical AI. ABB thus joins the portfolio of robotics companies such as SoftBank Robotics, Skild AI and Agile Robots. It will be exciting to see in which direction the Group's robotics ambitions will develop.

https://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/industrie/softbank-techninvestor-kauft-robotik-sparte-von-abb-fuer-5-4-milliarden-dollar-a-cd9df4f9-9c18-4615-821e-bfbcb593542d

I have already described here several times this year why I think that the SoftBank Group share $9984 (-0,99 %) is a top pick when it comes to AI. Now the share price confirms this assumption with an increase of more than 150% since April.

What is the reason for the sharp rise? The answer is short and clear: AI. The reorientation towards everything to do with AI in order to "become the number 1 platform provider for AI" has caused the share price to explode.

So many new projects were announced in 2024/2025 that it was impossible to keep up. The 500 billion dollar Stargate project in the USA and the 40 billion dollar financing round for OpenAI were particularly prominent.

Added to this is a strategic investment of 2 billion dollars in Intel $INTC (-10,36 %)the announcement by the portfolio company ARM $ARM (-2,74 %) to switch from pure IP licensing to its own chip design, a JV with OpenAI for enterprise AI in Japan, a JV with TempusAI $TEM (-5,74 %) for medical AI in Japan, a JV with Intel for the development of energy-efficient memory chips (Saimemory) an IPO of the portfolio company and No. 1 fintech in Japan PayPay in New York, the plan together with NVIDIA $NVDA (-2,63 %) to convert the Japanese telecommunications network for AI workloads (AI-RAN), several data centers under construction (independent of Stargate)........ The list could go on and on, but I think the message is clear.

In my opinion, no company is so broadly positioned when it comes to AI. From energy (SoftBank Energy), to the chips used (ARM, Ampere, Graphcore), to the data center as a whole (Stargate, others), to the AI itself (OpenAI) and the AI applications (various). They are active along the entire value chain.

I was also skeptical at first about how to manage all of this at once, also in terms of the sheer amount of work involved, but the first results are becoming visible. SoftBank is building 2 data centers with a capacity of 1.5 GW with OpenAI as part of Stargate. The fact that they are only involved in part of the Stargate data centers and then only with OpenAI is very positive, as I consider the projects on this scale to be very realistic. In addition, there are no conflicts about the technology to be used and SoftBank can clearly favor its portfolio companies in everything.

It will also be interesting to see how the 40 billion financing round progresses. The second half should be invested by the end of the year. With an agreed valuation of 260 billion dollars (plus cash 300), SoftBank should hold around 10% of OpenAI after the financing round. Now that NVIDIA has announced that it will invest 100 billion in OpenAI, although it is still unclear when, how and at what valuation, this is likely to have a massive impact on the value of SoftBank's stake.

The two Vision Funds are also doing well and have recovered from the difficult years. They are now another positive influence on the company's profits. However, they are becoming less and less important as more and more staff are withdrawn from them to work on the AI projects. Fewer new positions are also being added and some older ones are being liquidated.

I am particularly interested in how SoftBank's chip design ambitions will develop over the next few years. Now already in possession of three chip designers (ARM, Ampere Computing and Graphcore), a partnership with Intel (Saimemory) and a strategic stake in the Japanese giga start-up Rapidus, the focus is becoming increasingly visible. How quickly will the restructuring of ARM take shape? Will individual portfolio companies be merged? Will Rapidus, with its impressive interim results, be a success?

These questions will continue to occupy me over the next few years and I will continue to keep a close eye on the milestones achieved so far. The 2030s could definitely be transformative for the SoftBank Group.

Hello dear getquin community, today we have a new expert opinion on the hype surrounding humanoid robots. The topic is developing rapidly from a futuristic vision to a tangible growth market. Comparable to the steam engine in the 19th century, humanoid robots could trigger the next industrial revolution. You can find all relevant shovel manufacturers and the value chain in my profile as a pinned post.

Tech heavyweights like $NVDA (-2,63 %) Nvidia, $TSLA (+0,6 %) Tesla and $AMZN (+4,71 %) Amazon are driving the base forward with chips, simulation platforms and scalable infrastructures. At the same time, start-ups and investors are positioning themselves to occupy the emerging billion-euro market. $MSFT (-0,97 %) Microsoft is using its cloud power via Azure and is a major investor in Figure AI. Figure (private) works with humanoid robots such as Figure 01 and 02 and is already working on pilot projects at $BMW (-0,05 %) BMW. Neura Robotics (private) from Germany develops cognitive systems with multimodal sensors that enable genuine human-robot interaction. 1X (formerly Halodi, private) focuses on everyday assistance systems and is launching humanoid platforms in initial field tests. Unitree Robotics (private) wants to conquer the mass market with low-cost, production-ready robots from China. $9984 (-0,99 %) As a global investor, SoftBank remains one of the strategic pacesetters in the background.

The real dynamic lies with platform providers that interlink hardware, AI models and infrastructure. Whoever controls the ecosystem here has the potential for growth rates comparable to the smartphone era. Investors should therefore carefully differentiate between whether a company remains a specialist for niches or makes the leap to becoming a central hub in the physical AI agent market. It remains exciting to see which role will prevail in the long term and who has the strategically strongest starting position from an investor's perspective to actually make humanoid robots suitable for the mass market.

Source: Wallstreet Online - Nvidia and Figure: Can robot stocks trigger the next boom?

https://www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/19838403-nvidia-figure-roboter-aktien-naechsten-boom-lostreten

After my first post on humanoid robots received a lot of positive feedback, I went into more detail. I later added my favorites in each sector.

In-depth analysis of the value chain, including shovel manufacturers and potential hidden champions

New category: Secondary Key Sectors (Sales, Marketing, Financing)

Additionally: Top 25 companies worldwide, as well as the Top 10 in Europe and the Top 10 in Asia

To help newcomers get up to speed, I’ve included a video link. This will give you an idea of just how far the development of humanoid robotics has come today.

https://www.stern.de/panorama/wissen/humanoider-roboter---wie-reagiert-er-auf-beleidigungen--35996156.html

Thank you for your attention and support 🙏

🌐 1. Humanoid Robot Value Chain (with hidden champions)

1. Research & Chip Design

$ARM (-2,74 %) ARM (UK) – CPU IP, energy-efficient processors

$SNPS (-2,9 %) Synopsys (US) – EDA software, chip design

$CDNS (-2,96 %) Cadence (US) – EDA & Simulation

$PTC PTC (US) – Engineering software, CAD/PLM

$DSY (+0,7 %) Dassault Systèmes (FR) – 3D design & digital twin

$SIE (-3,4 %) Siemens (DE) – Industrial software & lifecycle management

$ADBE (+1,11 %) Adobe (US) – Design, AR/UX

ANSYS (US) – Multiphysics Simulation – Acquired by Synopsys

Altair (US) – CAE, Simulation, Digital Twin – Acquired by Siemens

$HXGBY (+1,79 %)
Hexagon (SE) – Measurement Technology & Simulation

$AWE Alphawave IP Group (UK) – High-speed chip IP for AI/robotics

1. Synopsis, 2. Siemens, and 3. Adobe are my top three picks in this sector

2. Manufacturing Technology & Equipment

$ASML (-4,98 %) ASML (NL) – Lithography (EUV)

$AMAT (-4,6 %) Applied Materials (US) – Semiconductor Equipment

$8035 (-2,25 %) Tokyo Electron (JP) – Wafer manufacturing

$KEYS (-5,29 %) Keysight Technologies (US) – Measurement Technology

$6857 (-6,47 %) Advantest (JP) – Chip Test Systems

$TER (-4,38 %) Teradyne (US) – Test systems + cobots

$6954 (-1,77 %) Fanuc (JP) – Industrial robots, CNC

$CAT (-2,99 %) Caterpillar (US) – Autonomous Machinery

$KU2G KUKA (DE) – Industrial Robots

Comau (IT) – Automation – Not publicly traded

$ROK Rockwell Automation (US) – Industrial automation

$JBL (-4,55 %) Jabil (US) – Contract Manufacturing (EMS/ODM)

$KIT (-2,55 %) Kitron (NO) – European EMS/ODM manufacturer

$AIXA (-4,06 %) Aixtron (DE) – Deposition systems for compound semiconductors

$LRCX (-2,25 %)
Lam Research (US) – Etching/deposition systems

$MKSI (-6,37 %)
MKS Instruments (US) – Plasma/vacuum technology

$ASM (-6,45 %)
ASM International (NL) – Deposition systems

1. ASML, 2. Keysight Technologies, 3. Fanuc are my top 3 in this sector

3. Chip Manufacturing (Foundries)

$TSM (-3,38 %) TSMC (TW) – leading foundry

$SMSN Samsung Electronics (KR) – foundry + memory

$GFS (-4,52 %) GlobalFoundries (US) – specialty chips

$INTC (-10,36 %)
Intel Foundry Services (US) – new Western foundry player

$981
SMIC (CN) – Largest Chinese foundry

$UMC
UMC (TW) – Power, RF, and embedded chips

1. TSMC, 2. Intel, 3. Samsung Electronics are my top 3 in this sector

4. Computing & control unit (“brain”)

$NVDA (-2,63 %) Nvidia (US) – GPUs, AI chips

$INTC (-10,36 %) Intel (US) – CPUs, FPGAs

$AMD (-5,15 %) AMD (US) – CPUs, GPUs

$MRVL (-5,75 %) Marvell (US) – network chips

$MU (-1,97 %) Micron (US) – Memory

$DELL (-3,96 %) Dell Technologies (US) – Edge & Infrastructure

Graphcore (UK) – AI chips (IPU) – not a publicly traded company

Cerebras (US) – Wafer-Scale Engine – not a publicly traded company

SiPearl (FR) – European HPC chip – not a publicly traded company

1. Nvidia, 2. Marvell, 3. Micron are my top 3 in this sector

5. Sensors (“Senses”)

$6758 (-0,75 %) Sony (JP) – Image sensors

$6861 (-3,7 %) Keyence (JP) – industrial sensors

$STM (-4,56 %) STMicroelectronics (FR/IT) – Sensors, MCUs

$TDY Teledyne (US) – optical/infrared sensors

$CGNX (-1,1 %) Cognex (US) – Machine Vision

$HON (-2,27 %) Honeywell (US) – Sensors, Security

ANYbotics (CH) – Autonomous sensor fusion – not a publicly traded company

$AMBA (+0,48 %) Ambarella (US) – Video & computer vision SoCs for real-time image recognition

$OUST
Velodyne Lidar (US) – Lidar sensors – acquired by Ouster

$AMS (-3,55 %)
OSRAM (AT/DE) – optical sensors

1. Teledyne, 2. Keyence, 3. Ouster are my top 3 in this sector

6. Actuators & Power Electronics (“Muscles”)

$IFX (-4,37 %) Infineon (DE) – Power Electronics

$ON (-2,2 %) onsemi (US) – Power & Sensors

$TXN (-2,27 %) Texas Instruments (US) – mixed-signal chips

$ADI (-2,95 %) Analog Devices (US) – Signal Processing

$PH Parker-Hannifin (US) – Hydraulics/Pneumatics

$MP (-2,75 %) MP Materials (US) – Magnets

$APH (-2,59 %) Amphenol (US) – Connectors

$6481 (-3,55 %) THK (JP) – Linear guides & actuators

$6324 (-7,83 %)
Harmonic Drive (JP) – Precision gearboxes & servo drives for robotics

$6594 (-3,17 %)
Nidec (JP) – Electric motors

$6506 (-5,12 %)
Yaskawa (JP) – Drives & Robotics

$SU (-3,37 %)
Schneider Electric (FR) – Energy & Control Solutions

$ZIL2 (+2,12 %)
ElringKlinger (DE) – Battery & Fuel Cell Technology, Lightweight Construction

1. Parker-Hannifin, 2. MP Materials, 3. Infineon are my top 3 in this sector

7. Communications & Networking (“Nerves”)

$QCOM (-7,5 %) Qualcomm (US) – Mobile Communications, Edge AI

$ANET (-5,43 %) Arista Networks (US) – Networks

$CSCO (-4,25 %) Cisco (US) – Networks, Security

$EQIX (-2,04 %) Equinix (US) – Data centers

NTT Docomo (JP) – 5G/6G carrier – not a publicly traded company

$VZ Verizon (US) – Telecommunications

$SFTBY SoftBank (JP) – Carrier + Robotics

$ERIC B (+0,63 %)
Ericsson (SE) – 5G/IoT infrastructure

$NOKIA (-2,54 %)
Nokia (FI) – 5G/6G for Industry

$HPE (-1,2 %)
Juniper Networks (US) – Networking – Acquired by HP

1. Arista Networks, 2. SoftBank, 3. Cisco are my top 3 in this sector

8. Energy

$3750 (-1,04 %) CATL (CN) – Batteries

$6752 (+2,87 %) Panasonic (JP) – Batteries

$373220 LG Energy (KR) – Batteries

$ALB (-2,84 %) Albemarle (US) – Lithium

$LYC (-8,26 %) Lynas (AU) – Rare Earths

$UMICY (-3,95 %) Umicore (BE) – Recycling

WiTricity (US) – Inductive charging – not a publicly traded company

$ABBN (-3,32 %) Charging (CH) – Charging infrastructure

$SLDP
Solid Power (US) – Solid-state batteries

Northvolt (SE) – European batteries – not a publicly traded company

$PLUG (-2,4 %)
Plug Power (US) – Fuel cells

$KULR (-4,55 %)
KULR Technology (US) – Thermal management & battery safety for mobile systems

1. Albemarle, 2. CATL, 3. Panasonic are my top 3 in this sector

9. Cloud & Infrastructure

$AMZN (+4,71 %) Amazon AWS (US) – Cloud, AI

$MSFT (-0,97 %) Microsoft Azure (US) – Cloud, AI

$GOOG (+0,06 %) Alphabet Google Cloud (US) – Cloud, ML

$VRT
Vertiv Holdings (US) – Data Center Infrastructure (UPS, Cooling, Edge)

$ORCL (-2,97 %)
Oracle Cloud (US) – ERP + Cloud

$IBM (+0,97 %)
IBM Cloud (US) – Hybrid Cloud + AI

$OVH (-4,99 %)
OVHcloud (FR) – European Cloud

1. Alphabet, 2. Microsoft, 3. Oracle are my top 3 in this sector

10. Software & Data Platforms

$PLTR (-5,23 %) Palantir (US) – Data Integration

$DDOG (-8,43 %) Datadog (US) – Monitoring

$SNOW (-4,03 %) Snowflake (US) – Data cloud

$ORCL (-2,97 %) Oracle (US) – Databases, ERP

$SAP (+0,67 %) SAP (Germany) – ERP systems

$SPGI S&P Global (US) – Financial/Market Data

ROS2 Foundation – Robotics Middleware – Not publicly traded

$NVDA (-2,63 %) NVIDIA Isaac (US) – Robotics development – part of NVIDIA

$INOD (-0,7 %) Innodata (US) – Data annotation & AI training data

$PATH (+0,99 %)
UiPath (RO/US) – Robotic Process Automation

$AI (-2,43 %)
C3.ai (US) – AI platform

$ESTC (-5,74 %)
(NL/US) – Search & Data Analytics

1. S&P Global, 2. Palantir, 3. Datadog are my top 3 in this sector

11. End-user applications / Robots

$ABBN (-3,32 %) ABB (CH/SE) – Industrial robots

$6954 (-1,77 %) Fanuc (JP) – Industrial Robots

$TSLA (+0,6 %) Tesla Optimus (US) – humanoid robot

$9618 (+0,35 %) JD.com (CN) – Logistics robots

$AAPL (-1,58 %) Apple (US) – Platform & UX

$700 (+1,12 %) Tencent (CN) – Platform & AI

$9988 (-1,04 %) Alibaba (CN) – Logistics & Platform

PAL Robotics (ES) – humanoid robots - not a publicly traded company

Neura Robotics (DE) – cognitive humanoid robots - not a publicly traded company

$TER (-4,38 %) Universal Robots (DK) – cobots - part of Teradyne Corporation

Engineered Arts (UK) – humanoid robots – not a publicly traded company

$ISRG (-3,88 %) Intuitive Surgical (US) – surgical robotics

$GMED (-5,69 %)
Globus Medical (US) – surgical robotics (ExcelsiusGPS platform)

$7012 (-3,41 %) Kawasaki Heavy Industries (JP) – industrial robots, automation

$CPNG (-0,37 %) Coupang (KR) – logistics end-users

$IRBT
iRobot (US) – consumer robotics (e.g., Roomba); not humanoid, but features navigation and sensor fusion

Boston Dynamics (US) – humanoid & mobile robots—not a publicly traded company

Hanson Robotics (HK) – humanoid robots (Sophia)—not a publicly traded company

Agility Robotics (US) – “Digit” humanoid robot—not a publicly traded company

1. Apple, 2. Tencent, 3. Alibaba are my top 3 in this sector

🛠 2. Cross-sector enablers (shovel manufacturers) – featuring hidden champions

Raw Materials & Battery Materials

Albemarle · Lynas · Umicore

$SQM
SQM (CL) – Lithium

$ILU (-6,31 %)
Iluka Resources (AU) – Rare Earths

$ARR (-15,5 %)
American Rare Earths (US/AU) – New supply chains

My top pick in the sector is Albemarle

Manufacturing Technology

ASML · Applied Materials · Tokyo Electron

$LRCX (-2,25 %)
Lam Research (US) – Plasma/etching processes

$ASM (-6,45 %)
ASM International (NL) – ALD equipment

$MKSI (-6,37 %)
MKS Instruments (US) – Plasma/vacuum technology

My top pick in the sector is ASML

Quality Assurance

Keysight · Advantest · Teradyne

$EMR (-3,1 %)
National Instruments (US) – Measurement technology – from Emerson Electric Acquired

$300567
ATE Test Systems (CN) – Test systems

$FORM (-6,33 %)
FormFactor (US) – Wafer probing

My number one in the sector is Keysight

Motion & Drive

Parker-Hannifin

Festo (Germany) – Pneumatics, Soft Robotics - not a publicly traded company

Bosch Rexroth (DE) – Drives, Controls - not a publicly traded company

$6481 (-3,55 %)
THK (JP) – Linear guides

My top choice in the sector is Parker-Hannifin

Sensors/Imaging

$TDY Teledyne

$BSL (-5,97 %) Basler (DE) – Industrial cameras

FLIR (US) – Thermal imaging sensors – Acquired by Teledyne

ISRA Vision (DE) – Machine vision – not a publicly traded company

My top pick in the sector is Teledyne

Magnets & Materials

MP Materials

$6501 (-0,6 %)
Hitachi Metals (JP) – Magnetic Materials

VacuumSchmelze (DE) – Magnetic materials – not a publicly traded company

$4063 (-0,83 %)
Shin-Etsu Chemical (JP) – Specialty materials

My top pick in the sector is MP Materials

Chip Design & Simulation

Synopsys · Cadence · ARM

$SIE (-3,4 %)
Siemens EDA (DE/US)– Mentor Graphics—a strategic business unit of Siemens AG

Imagination Tech (UK) – GPU IP – not a publicly traded company

$CEVA (-5,02 %)
CEVA (IL) – Signal processor IP

My top pick in the sector is Synopsys

Engineering & Lifecycle

PTC · Dassault · Siemens

Altair (US) – Simulation – no longer a publicly traded company

$HXGBY (+1,79 %)
Hexagon (SE) – Measurement Technology

$SNPS (-2,9 %)
ANSYS (US) – Simulation – Acquired by Synopsys

My top pick in the sector is Siemens

Networks & Data Centers

Arista · Cisco · Equinix

$HPE (-1,2 %)
Juniper (US) – Networks – Acquisition by HPE

$DTE (+1,82 %)
T-Systems (DE) – Industrial Cloud

$OVH (-4,99 %)
OVHcloud (FR) – European cloud

My top pick in the sector is Arista

Cloud Infrastructure

AWS · Azure · Google Cloud

$ORCL (-2,97 %)
Oracle Cloud (US) – ERP & Databases

$IBM (+0,97 %)
IBM Cloud (US) – Hybrid Cloud

$9988 (-1,04 %)
Alibaba Cloud (CN) – Asian cloud

$VRT
Vertiv Holdings (US) – Cloud/Infrastructure

My top pick in the sector is Alphabet (Google)

Financial/Information Infrastructure

S&P Global

$MCO (+1,26 %)
Moody’s (US) – Ratings

$MSCI (+0,96 %)
MSCI (US) – Indices

$MORN
Morningstar (US) – Investment Research

My top pick in the sector is S&P Global

Creative/Experience Infrastructure

Adobe

$ADSK (+3,45 %)
Autodesk (US) – CAD & Design

$U
Unity (US) – 3D/AR Simulation

Epic Games (US) – Unreal Engine – not a publicly traded company

My top pick in the sector is Adobe

Platform & Ecosystem

Apple · Tencent · Alibaba

$META (-0,98 %)
Meta (US) – AR/VR, Social Robotics

ByteDance (CN) – AI & Platforms – not a publicly traded company

$9888 (-0,74 %)
Baidu (CN) – AI & Cloud

My top pick in the sector is Tencent

Infrastructure/Edge

Dell

$HPE (-1,2 %)
HPE (US) – Edge Computing

$SMCI
Supermicro (US) – AI Servers

$6702 (-4,91 %)
Fujitsu (JP) – Edge & HPC

My top pick in this sector is Dell

Storage Solutions

Micron

$HY9H
SK Hynix (KR) – Memory

$285A (-13,04 %)
Kioxia (JP) – NAND

$WDC
Western Digital (US) – Storage solutions

My top pick in the sector is Micron

🏛 3. Secondary Key Sectors with Hidden Champions

Financing & Capital

$GS (-3,01 %) Goldman Sachs (US) – Investment bank; ECM/DCM, M&A, growth financing

$MS Morgan Stanley (US) – Investment bank; tech banking, capital markets

$BLK (-2,1 %) BlackRock (US) – Asset manager; capital allocation, ETFs/index funds

$9984 (-0,99 %) SoftBank Vision Fund (JP) – Mega-VC; growth equity in robotics/AI

Sequoia Capital (US) – Venture capital; early-stage/growth in AI/robotics – This is a classic venture capital fund

DARPA (US) – government R&D funding (robotics/defense) – independent research and development agency

EU Horizon (EU) – research funding/grants for DeepTech – Innovative Europe pillar

China State Funds (CN) – Government Industry/Technology Funds

Lux Capital (US) – VC for DeepTech - Uptake (US) – AI-based predictive maintenance

DCVC (US) – Focus on robotics and AI – Invests exclusively through VC fund investments

Speedinvest (AT) – EU VC for robotics – Investment is only available through fund participations

My number one in the sector is SoftBank

Maintenance & Service

$SIE (-3,4 %) Siemens (DE) – Industrial Services, Lifecycle & Retrofit

$ABBN (-3,32 %) ABB (CH/SE) – Robotics services, spare parts, field support

$GEHC (+0,19 %) GE Healthcare (US) – Medtech services, including robotic systems

Uptake (US) – AI-based predictive maintenance – not a publicly traded company

Augury (US/IL) – Condition monitoring, condition diagnostics – not a publicly traded company

$KU2 KUKA Service (DE) – Robotics maintenance

$6954 (-1,77 %) Fanuc Service (JP) – Global service network

Boston Dynamics AI Institute (US) – Robotics Longevity – funded by Hyundai Motor Group

My top pick in the sector is Siemens

Marketing & Advertising

$WPP (-0,93 %) WPP (UK) – global advertising group; branding/communications

$OMC Omnicom (US) – marketing/PR network

$PUB (+0,91 %) Publicis (FR) – communications/advertising group

$META (-0,98 %) Meta (US) – digital ads (Facebook/Instagram)

$GOOG (+0,06 %) Google Ads (US) – Search & Display Advertising

TikTok / ByteDance (CN) – Social Ads & Distribution - not a publicly traded company

$AAPL (-1,58 %) Apple (US) – branding/UX; adoption & platform marketing

$WPP (-0,93 %)
AKQA (UK/US) – Tech branding – Since 2012, majority-owned by the WPP Group, but continues to operate as autonomous operating unit

R/GA (US) – Innovation Marketing – not a publicly traded company

Serviceplan (DE) – Largest independent EU agency – not a publicly traded company

My number one in the sector is Meta

Law, Regulation & Ethics

ISO (CH) – international standards, robotics standards

TÜV (DE) – certification & safety testing

UL (US) – safety/conformity testing

EU AI Act (EU) – legal framework for AI & robotics

UNESCO AI Ethics (UN) – global ethical guidelines

Fraunhofer IPA (DE) – Robotics safety standards

ANSI (US) – Standards

IEC (CH) – Electrical Engineering Standards

Education & Talent

MIT (US) – Robotics/AI Research & Education

ETH Zurich (CH) – Autonomous Systems & Robotics

Stanford (US) – AI/Robotics Labs & Spin-offs

Tsinghua University (CN) – Robotics/AI in Asia

CMU (US) – Robotics Institute

EPFL (CH) – Robotics Research

TU Munich (DE) – “Roboy” humanoid robot

🌍 Top 25 Companies in Humanoid Robotics

These companies are crucial to the development and production of humanoid robots, because without them, crucial parts of the chain would be missing:

Chips & computing power (the robots’ brains)

$NVDA (-2,63 %) Nvidia (US) – AI GPUs & Isaac platform, the foundation for robotics AI

$2330 TSMC (TW) – the world’s leading foundry, produces AI chips

$ASML (-4,98 %) ASML (NL) – EUV lithography, indispensable for chip manufacturing

$005930 Samsung Electronics (KR) – memory, logic, foundry

$HY9H SK Hynix (KR) – DRAM & NAND memory for AI

$MU (-1,97 %) Micron (US) – memory solutions for AI workloads

My top pick in the sector is ASML

Sensors & Perception (Robots’ Senses)

$SONY Sony (JP) – Image sensors, market leader

$6861 (-3,7 %) Keyence (JP) – Industrial Sensors & Vision Systems

$CGNX (-1,1 %) Cognex (US) – Machine vision, precise image processing

My top pick in this sector is Keyence

Actuators & Motion (Robot Muscles)

$IFX (-4,37 %) Infineon (DE) – Power Electronics, Motor Control

$6594 (-3,17 %) Nidec (JP) – Global market leader in electric motors

$PH Parker-Hannifin (US) – Hydraulics/Pneumatics, Motion Control

$6481 (-3,55 %) THK (JP) – Linear guides & actuators

My top pick in this sector is Parker-Hannifin

Communications, Cloud & Infrastructure (Nerves & Data Flow)

$QCOM (-7,5 %) Qualcomm (US) – Mobile & edge chips

$AMZN (+4,71 %) Amazon AWS (US) – Cloud & AI infrastructure

$MSFT (-0,97 %) Microsoft Azure (US) – Cloud, AI services

$CSCO (-4,25 %) Cisco (US) – Networks & Security

$VRT Vertiv Holdings (US) – Data Center Infrastructure

My top pick in this sector is Microsoft

End-User Applications & Platforms (Robots Themselves)

$TSLA (+0,6 %) Tesla (US) – humanoid robots Optimus

$ABBN (-3,32 %) ABB (CH/SE) – Robotics & Automation

$6954 (-1,77 %) Fanuc (JP) – industrial robots & CNC systems

$7012 (-3,41 %) Kawasaki Heavy Industries (JP) – industrial robots

PAL Robotics (ES) – humanoid robots (TALOS, ARI, TIAGo) – not a publicly traded company

Neura Robotics (DE) – cognitive humanoid robots – not a publicly traded company

Universal Robots (DK) – cobots

My top pick in the sector is Tesla

🇪🇺 Top 10 European Key Companies in Humanoid Robotics

$ASML (-4,98 %)
ASML (NL)

Global market leader in EUV lithography – without ASML, there would be no modern chips for AI & robotics.

$IFX (-4,37 %) Infineon (DE)

A leader in power electronics and motor control—crucial for the actuators of humanoid robots.

$STM (-4,56 %)
STMicroelectronics (FR/IT)

Sensors, microcontrollers, and power chips—the foundation for control and perception.

$SAP (+0,67 %)
SAP (DE)

ERP & data platforms, essential for integrating humanoid robots into industrial processes.

$SIE (-3,4 %)
Siemens (DE)

Industrial software, automation, Digital Twin—key to engineering and lifecycle management.

$KU2 KUKA (DE)

Robotics pioneer, industrial robots & automation—expertise in humanoid motion mechanics.

PAL Robotics (ES) - not a publicly traded company

Specialist in humanoid robots (TALOS, ARI, TIAGo), used internationally in research and service.

Neura Robotics (DE) - not a publicly traded company

Young high-tech company developing cognitive humanoid robots with advanced AI (4NE-1).

Universal Robots (DK) - not a publicly traded company

Market leader in cobots—a platform for safe human-robot collaboration.

Engineered Arts (UK) - not a publicly traded company

Develops humanoid robots such as Ameca, known for realistic facial expressions and gestures—important for HRI (Human-Robot Interaction)

🌏 Top 10 Key Asian Companies in Humanoid Robotics

$2330
TSMC (Taiwan)

The world’s largest semiconductor foundry, producing high-end chips (e.g., Nvidia, AMD, Apple)—without TSMC, there would be no AI hardware.

$005930
Samsung Electronics (South Korea)

Foundry, memory, logic chips, image sensors—extremely broad portfolio of robotics components.

$HY9H
SK Hynix (South Korea) – Memory

$SONY
Sony (Japan)

Market leader in CMOS image sensors, essential for robotic vision and perception.

$6861 (-3,7 %)
Keyence (Japan)

Sensors and machine vision for industrial automation, widely used in robotics.

$6954 (-1,77 %)
Fanuc (Japan)

Industrial robots and CNC systems; one of the world’s leading manufacturers of robotics hardware.

$6506 (-5,12 %)
Yaskawa Electric (Japan)

Drives, motion control, and robotic arms—relevant for humanoid motion control.

$6594 (-3,17 %)
Nidec (Japan)

Global market leader in electric motors (ranging from mini motors to high-performance drives).

$7012 (-3,41 %)
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (JP) – Industrial robots

$9618 (+0,35 %)
JD.com (China)

A driving force in robotics for e-commerce and logistics; invests in humanoid robotics applications