$META (+1,65%)

Hello folks,

AI is not just a pipe dream, AI is a reality.

And the DeepSeek narrative from a year ago has also disappeared.

I hope you are well invested in the shovel manufacturers who are building the infrastructure for the big 7. And supply them with electricity.

Meta secures nuclear power for data centers

$CEG (+1,02%)
$VST (+1,49%)

https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/energie/meta-atomstrom-100.html

$TLNE

Talen Energy - Power producer signs long-term contract with Amazon Web Services.

https://aktienmagazin.de/blog/analystenempfehlungen/talen-energy-stromproduzent-schliest-langfristigen-vertrag-mit-amazon--152080.html

$EQT (+0%)

EQT becomes energy supplier of the next AI era - Pennsylvania relies on gas instead of wind or solar.

$GEV (+4,36%)

GE Vernova is supplying seven @Simpson Homer City with seven high-performance turbines, while Kiewit Power is responsible for construction. This infrastructure lays the foundation for Pennsylvania to serve as a reliable supply location for hyperscalers and AI providers.

https://aktienmagazin.de/nachrichten/hot-news/eqt-wird-energielieferant-der-nachsten-ki-ara-pennsylvania-setzt-auf-g-149150.html

HOCHTIEF subsidiary builds mega data center for Meta in the USA

$HOT (+2,14%)

https://www.hochtief.de/aktuelles-medien/pressemitteilungen/pressemitteilung/hochtief-tochter-baut-in-den-usa-mega-rechenzentrum-fuer-meta

data centers

$NVDA (+0,76%)

NVIDIA Corp ('US67066G1040')

A dominant player: Hardly any AI data center runs without Nvidia

$TLNE

Talen Energy Corp ('US87422Q1094')

Talen Energy - Power producer signs long-term contract with Amazon Web Services.

$APLD (-1,21%)

Applied Digital Corp ('US0381692070')

Applied Digital: AI data centers as growth driver

$LITE (+7,09%)

Lumentum Holdings Inc ('US55024U1097')

Lumentum Holdings is a beneficiary of demand for data center infrastructure

$BTDR (-9,41%)

Bitdeer Technologies Group ('KYG114481008')

Bitdeer grows rapidly: hashrate doubled, but losses still rise significantly

$ALAB

Astera Labs Inc ('US04626A1034')

Astera Labs goes from insider tip to profit rocket! The AI connectivity star conquers billion-dollar markets!

$IFX (-2,06%)

Infineon Technologies AG ('DE0006231004')

Infineon convinces with green technology in a difficult environment

$TTR1 (+2,73%)

technotrans SE ('DE000A0XYGA7')

Technotrans: Ice cold back on the road to success

$HOT (+2,14%)

Hochtief AG ('DE0006070006')

Hochtief - Infrastructure investments worth billions are growth drivers.

$FLEX (+2,99%)

Flex Ltd ('SG9999000020')

Flex: Contract manufacturer with power - Data center boom drives share to new heights.

$ORCL (+0,2%)

Oracle Corp ('US68389X1054')

DEPOT BRIEFING: Meta Platforms (META;i) to build giga data center. Investments in AI infrastructure remain high.

$PRIM (+2,03%)

Primoris Services Corp ('US74164F1030')

DEPOT BRIEFING: Meta Platforms (META;i) to build giga data center. Investments in AI infrastructure remain high.

$VST (+1,49%)

Vistra Energy Corp ('US92840M1027')

DEPOT BRIEFING: Meta Platforms (META;i) to build giga data center. Investments in AI infrastructure remain high.

$EQT (+0%)

EQT Corp ('US26884L1098')

EQT becomes energy provider of the next AI era - Pennsylvania turns to gas instead of wind or solar

$AMZN (+4,5%)

Amazon.com Inc ('US0231351067')

Strategy on multiple fronts! Amazon cools GPUs, invests in Anthropic and fills shopping carts during Prime Days!

$STX (+4,69%)

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ('IE00BKVD2N49')

Seagate - Irish to significantly improve margins and sales again in H2 with new technology.

$ECL (+0,75%)

Ecolab Inc ('US2788651006')

With 3D TRASAR Technology against water waste: How Ecolab is making data centers smarter.

$AAOI (+0,76%)

Applied Optoelectronics Inc ('US03823U1025')

Applied Optoelectronics reports production milestone and growth in the data center sector

$IESC (+5,11%)

Data centers as growth engine: IES Holdings continues to grow strongly and shines with increasing margins!

$VRT (+0,15%)

WHERE KI CALCULATES, VERTIV COOLS: LIQUID COOLING SYSTEMS FUEL RECORD RESULTS AND A FORECAST INCREASE FOR 2025!

$EME (+3,04%)

ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDER EMCOR BENEFITS FROM US INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM AND DATA CENTER MAINTENANCE

$FIX (+3,12%)

COMFORT SYSTEMS BENEFITS FROM THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DATA CENTERS AND CHIP FACTORIES - EARNINGS RECORD IN THE SEASONALLY WEAKEST PERIOD!

In a small town in Louisiana, Mark Zuckerberg is having the largest artificial intelligence data center ever built for Meta on agricultural land. It is the size of 70 soccer pitches and cost 10 billion dollars.

Rayville is a town in north-eastern Louisiana in the USA that is experiencing a declining population. In the 2020 census, the population was 3347, down almost 21 percent from 4234 in 2000.

However, this is now likely to change. The state regulatory authorities approved a controversial plan to supply power to the largest artificial intelligence data center to date, which is being built by technology company Meta. This clears the way for the construction of three gas-fired power plants. This was reported by the portal "Nola".

The project is being built on a former agricultural area of around 70 soccer pitches. It is expected to cost around 10 billion dollars (approx. 8.6 billion euros). Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced plans to further expand the area so that it would be comparable to the size of Manhattan. The company is plunging headlong into the high-risk race for supremacy in the emerging AI sector.

"We chose Louisiana as the location for our largest data center to date for a variety of reasons, including excellent infrastructure connectivity, a strong labor base and a reliable power grid," said a Meta spokeswoman.

Criticism of Meta plans

However, the project in Richland Parish has met with criticism due to its enormous energy requirements, among other things. Davante Lewis was the only person to vote against the plan. He said the agreement leaves fundamental questions unanswered that are "too bitter to swallow", "Nola" quotes him as saying.

https://www.focus.de/finanzen/in-ort-mit-3347-einwohnern-entsteht-fuer-10-milliarden-dollar-groesstes-ki-rechenzentrum_e9ff4911-4348-48b8-9903-9038e11fcefa.html

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

Extended analysis of the value chain including shovel manufacturers and potential hidden champions

New categorySecondary key sectors (sales, marketing, financing)

AdditionallyTop 25 companies worldwide, as well as Top 10 Europe and Top 10 Asia

I have also added a video link for beginners. This will give you an idea of how far the development of humanoid robotics has already progressed.

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

Thank you for your attention and your support 🙏

🌐 1. value chain of humanoid robots (with hidden champions)

1. research & chip design

$ARM (+3,38%) ARM (UK) - CPU-IP, energy-efficient processors

$SNPS (+2,19%) Synopsys (US) - EDA software, chip design

$CDNS (+1,18%) Cadence (US) - EDA & Simulation

$PTC PTC (US) - Engineering Software, CAD/PLM

$DSY (+0,56%) Dassault Systèmes (FR) - 3D Design & Digital Twin

$SIE (+0,3%) Siemens (DE) - Industrial Software & Lifecycle Mgmt

$ADBE (-0,74%) Adobe (US) - Design, AR/UX

ANSYS (US) - multiphysical simulation - acquisition by Synopsis

Altair (US) - CAE, simulation, digital twin - acquisition by Siemens

$HXGBY (-1,07%)
Hexagon (SE) - Metrology & Simulation

$AWE (+0,36%) Alphawave IP Group (UK) - High-speed chip IP for AI/robotics

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

2. manufacturing technology & equipment

$ASML (+3,91%) ASML (NL) - Lithography (EUV)

$AMAT (+1,61%) Applied Materials (US) - Semiconductor equipment

$8035 (+0,3%) Tokyo Electron (JP) - wafer fabrication

$KEYS (+1,04%) Keysight Technologies (US) - Metrology

$6857 (+4,67%) Advantest (JP) - Chip test systems

$TER (-0,03%) Teradyne (US) - test systems + cobots

$6954 (-0,5%) Fanuc (JP) - Industrial robots, CNC

$CAT (+1,05%) Caterpillar (US) - autonomous machines

$KU2G KUKA (DE) - industrial robots

Comau (IT) - automation - not listed on the stock exchange

$ROK Rockwell Automation (US) - industrial automation

$JBL (+2,38%) Jabil (US) - contract manufacturing (EMS/ODM)

$KIT (-1,31%) Kitron (NO) - European EMS/ODM manufacturer

$AIXA (+0,31%) Aixtron (DE) - deposition equipment for compound semiconductors

$LRCX (+2,38%)
Lam Research (US) - Etch/deposition systems

$MKSI (+1,57%)
MKS Instruments (US) - Plasma/vacuum technology

$ASM (+1,85%)
ASM International (NL) - Deposition systems

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

3. chip manufacturing (foundries)

$TSM (+1,76%) TSMC (TW) - leading foundry

$005930 Samsung Electronics (KR) - foundry + memory

$GFS (+1,35%) GlobalFoundries (US) - specialty chips

$INTC (+2,63%)
Intel Foundry Services (US) - new western foundry player

$981
SMIC (CN) - largest Chinese foundry

$UMC
UMC (TW) - Power/RF/Embedded chips

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

4. computing & control unit ("brain")

$NVDA (+0,76%) Nvidia (US) - GPUs, AI chips

$INTC (+2,63%) Intel (US) - CPUs, FPGAs

$AMD (-0,04%) AMD (US) - CPUs, GPUs

$MRVL (+2,62%) Marvell (US) - Network Chips

$MU (+4,6%) Micron (US) - Memory

$DELL (+2,38%) Dell Technologies (US) - Edge & Infrastructure

Graphcore (UK) - AI chips (IPU) - not a listed company

Cerebras (US) - Wafer-scale engine - not a listed company

SiPearl (FR) - European HPC chip - not a listed company

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

5. sensors ("senses")

$6758 (+2,72%) Sony (JP) - image sensors

$6861 (-0,58%) Keyence (JP) - Industrial sensors

$STM (+2,71%) STMicroelectronics (FR/IT) - Sensors, MCUs

$TDY Teledyne (US) - optical/infrared sensors

$CGNX (+0,77%) Cognex (US) - Machine Vision

$HON (+0,22%) Honeywell (US) - sensor technology, security

ANYbotics (CH) - autonomous sensor fusion - not a listed company

$AMBA (+1,94%) Ambarella (US) - video & computer vision SoCs for real-time image recognition

$OUST
Velodyne Lidar (US) - Lidar sensors - acquisition by Ouster

$AMS (+1,84%)
-OSRAM (AT/DE) - optical sensors

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

6. actuators & power electronics ("muscles")

$IFX (-2,06%) Infineon (DE) - Power Electronics

$ON (+0,66%) onsemi (US) - Power & Sensors

$TXN (-4,38%) Texas Instruments (US) - Mixed-Signal Chips

$ADI (+0,25%) Analog Devices (US) - Signal Processing

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

$MP (-2,65%) MP Materials (US) - Magnets

$APH (+2,38%) Amphenol (US) - Connectors

$6481 (-0,85%) THK (JP) - Linear guides & actuators

$6324 (-2,87%)
Harmonic Drive (JP) - Precision gears & servo drives for robotics

$6594 (-18,65%)
Nidec (JP) - Electric motors

$6506 (-0,63%)
Yaskawa (JP) - Drives & Robotics

$SU (+0,11%)
Schneider Electric (FR) - Energy & control solutions

$ZIL2 (+0%)
ElringKlinger (DE) - Battery & fuel cell technology, lightweight construction

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

7. communication & networking ("nerves")

$QCOM (+1,58%) Qualcomm (US) - mobile communications, edge AI

$ANET (+2,66%) Arista Networks (US) - Networks

$CSCO (+0,41%) Cisco (US) - Networks, Security

$EQIX (+0,89%) Equinix (US) - Data centers

NTT Docomo (JP) - 5G/6G carrier - not a listed company

$VZ Verizon (US) - Telecommunications

$SFTBY SoftBank (JP) - Carrier + Robotics

$ERIC B (+1,68%)
Ericsson (SE) - 5G/IoT infrastructure

$NOKIA (+5,02%)
Nokia (FI) - 5G/6G for industry

$HPE (+3,56%)
Juniper Networks (US) - Network technology - acquisition by HP

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

8. energy supply

$3750 (+0,11%) CATL (CN) - Batteries

$6752 (-0,88%) Panasonic (JP) - Batteries

$373220 LG Energy (KR) - Batteries

$ALB (-0,15%) Albemarle (US) - Lithium

$LYC (+1,94%) Lynas (AU) - Rare earths

$UMICY (-0,63%) Umicore (BE) - Recycling

WiTricity (US) - inductive charging - not a listed company

$ABBN (+2,64%) Charging (CH) - charging infrastructure

$SLDP
Solid Power (US) - Solid state batteries

Northvolt (SE) - European batteries - not a listed company

$PLUG
Plug Power (US) - fuel cells

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

9. cloud & infrastructure

$AMZN (+4,5%) Amazon AWS (US) - Cloud, AI

$MSFT (+1,01%) Microsoft Azure (US) - Cloud, AI

$GOOG (+0,74%) Alphabet Google Cloud (US) - Cloud, ML

$VRT (+0,15%)
Vertiv Holdings (US) - Data center infrastructure (UPS, cooling, edge)

$ORCL (+0,2%)
Oracle Cloud (US) - ERP + Cloud

$IBM (+1,41%)
IBM Cloud (US) - Hybrid cloud + AI

$OVH (+2,83%)
OVHcloud (FR) - European cloud

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

10. software & data platforms

$PLTR (+0,74%) Palantir (US) - Data integration

$DDOG (-0,42%) Datadog (US) - Monitoring

$SNOW (-0,69%) Snowflake (US) - Data Cloud

$ORCL (+0,2%) Oracle (US) - Databases, ERP

$SAP (+1,08%) SAP (DE) - ERP systems

$SPGI S&P Global (US) - financial/market data

ROS2 Foundation - robotics middleware - not listed on the stock exchange

$NVDA (+0,76%) NVIDIA Isaac (US) - robotics development - part of Nvidia

$INOD (+11,12%) Innodata (US) - data annotation & AI training data

$PATH (+2,51%)
UiPath (RO/US) - Robotic process automation

$AI (+3,59%)
C3.ai (US) - AI platform

$ESTC (-0,9%)
(NL/US) - Search & data analysis

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

11. end applications / robots

$ABB ABB (CH/SE) - Industrial Robots

$6954 (-0,5%) Fanuc (JP) - Industrial robots

$TSLA (+1,4%) Tesla Optimus (US) - humanoid robot

$9618 (-0,81%) JD.com (CN) - logistics robot

$AAPL (+0,88%) Apple (US) - Platform & UX

$700 (-1,25%) Tencent (CN) - Platform & AI

$9988 (-3,64%) Alibaba (CN) - logistics & platform

PAL Robotics (ES) - humanoid robots - not a listed company

Neura Robotics (DE) - cognitive humanoid robots - not a listed company

$TER (-0,03%) Universal Robots (DK) - cobots - belongs to the Teradyne Corporation

Engineered Arts (UK) - humanoid robots - not a listed company

$ISRG (+3,1%) Intuitive Surgical (US) - surgical robotics

$GMED (+2,48%)
Globus Medical (US) - surgical robotics (ExcelsiusGPS platform)

$7012 (+1,7%) Kawasaki Heavy Industries (JP) - industrial robots, automation

$CPNG (+1,49%) Coupang (KR) - Logistics end user

$IRBT (-2,18%)
iRobot (US) - consumer robotics (e.g. Roomba), non-humanoid, but navigation/sensor fusion

Boston Dynamics (US) - humanoid & mobile robots-no listed company

Hanson Robotics (HK) - humanoid robots (Sophia) - not a listed company

Agility Robotics (US) - humanoid robot "Digit" - not a listed company

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

🛠 2. cross enablers (shovel manufacturers) - with hidden champions

Raw materials & battery materials

Albemarle - Lynas - Umicore

$SQM
SQM (CL) - Lithium

$ILU (+1,78%)
Iluka Resources (AU) - Rare earths

$ARR (-3,02%)
American Rare Earths (US/AU) - New supply chains

my number 1 in the sector is Albemarle

manufacturing technology

ASML - Applied Materials - Tokyo Electron

$LRCX (+2,38%)
Lam Research (US) - Plasma/etching processes

$ASM (+1,85%)
ASM International (NL) - ALD equipment

$MKSI (+1,57%)
MKS Instruments (US) - Plasma/vacuum technology

my number 1 in the sector is ASML

Quality assurance

Keysight - Advantest - Teradyne

$EMR (+2,87%)
National Instruments (US) - Measurement technology - from Emerson Electric adopted

$300567
ATE Test Systems (CN) - test systems

$FORM (+2,05%)
FormFactor (US) - Wafer probing

my number 1 in the sector is Keysight

Motion & Drive

Parker-Hannifin

Festo (DE) - Pneumatics, Soft Robotics - not a listed company

Bosch Rexroth (DE) - Drives, Controls - not a listed company

$6481 (-0,85%)
THK (JP) - Linear guides

my number 1 in the sector is Parker-Hannifin

Sensors/Imaging

$TDY Teledyne

$BSL (-1,16%) Basler (DE) - Industrial cameras

FLIR (US) - Thermal imaging sensors - acquisition by Teledyne

ISRA Vision (DE) - Machine Vision - not a listed company

my number 1 in the sector is Teledyne

Magnets & Materials

MP Materials

$6501 (+0,94%)
Hitachi Metals (JP) - Magnetic materials

VacuumSchmelze (DE) - Magnetic materials - not a listed company

$4063 (-0,7%)
Shin-Etsu Chemical (JP) - Specialty materials

my number 1 in the sector is MP Materials

Chip Design & Simulation

Synopsys - Cadence - ARM

$SIE (+0,3%)
Siemens EDA (DE/US)-Mentor Graphics-strategic business unit of Siemens AG

Imagination Tech (UK) - GPU-IP - not a listed company

$CEVA (+2,95%)
CEVA (IL) - Signal Processor IP

my number 1 in the sector is Synopsys

Engineering & Lifecycle

PTC - Dassault - Siemens

Altair (US) - Simulation - no longer a listed company

$HXGBY (-1,07%)
Hexagon (SE) - Metrology

$SNPS (+2,19%)
ANSYS (US) - Simulation - takeover by Synopsys

my number 1 in the sector is Siemens

Networks & Data Centers

Arista - Cisco - Equinix

$HPE (+3,56%)
Juniper (US) - Networks - Acquisition of HPE

$DTE (+2,01%)
T-Systems (DE) - Industry cloud

$OVH (+2,83%)
OVHcloud (FR) - European cloud

my number 1 in the sector is Arista

Cloud infrastructure

AWS - Azure - Google Cloud

$ORCL (+0,2%)
Oracle Cloud (US) - ERP & databases

$IBM (+1,41%)
IBM Cloud (US) - Hybrid Cloud

$9988 (-3,64%)
Alibaba Cloud (CN) - Asian Cloud

$VRT (+0,15%)
Vertiv Holdings (US) - Cloud/Infra

my number 1 in the sector is Alphabet (Google)

finance/information infra

S&P Global

$MCO
Moody's (US) - Ratings

$MSCI (+1,18%)
MSCI (US) - Indices

$MORN
Morningstar (US) - Investment Research

my number 1 in the sector is S&P Global

Creative/Experience Infra

Adobe

$ADSK (+1,16%)
Autodesk (US) - CAD & Design

$U
Unity (US) - 3D/AR simulation

Epic Games (US) - Unreal Engine - not a listed company

my number 1 in the sector is Adobe

Platform & Ecosystem

Apple - Tencent - Alibaba

$META (+1,65%)
Meta (US) - AR/VR, Social Robotics

ByteDance (CN) - AI & platforms - not a listed company

$9888 (+1,84%)
Baidu (CN) - AI & Cloud

my number 1 in the sector is Tencent

Infrastructure/Edge

Dell

$HPE (+3,56%)
HPE (US) - Edge Computing

$SMCI
Supermicro (US) - AI servers

$6702 (+3,11%)
Fujitsu (JP) - Edge & HPC

my number 1 in the sector is Dell

storage solutions

Micron

$000660
SK Hynix (KR) - Memory

$285A (+0,66%)
Kioxia (JP) - NAND

$WDC
Western Digital (US) - Storage solutions

my number 1 in the sector is Micron

🏛 3. secondary key sectors with hidden champions

Financing & Capital

$GS (+2,48%) Goldman Sachs (US) - investment bank; ECM/DCM, M&A, growth financing

$MS Morgan Stanley (US) - investment bank; tech banking, capital markets

$BLK (+0,97%) BlackRock (US) - asset manager; capital allocation, ETFs/index funds

$9984 (+6,96%) SoftBank Vision Fund (JP) - mega VC; growth equity in robotics/AI

Sequoia Capital (US) - venture capital; early/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) - state industry/technology fund

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

DCVC (US) - Robotics & AI focus - investing exclusively via VC fund investments

Speedinvest (AT) - EU VC for robotics - access to investment only via fund investments

my number 1 in the sector is Softbank

Maintenance & Service

$SIE (+0,3%) Siemens (DE) - Industrial Service, Lifecycle & Retrofit

$ABBN (+2,64%) ABB (CH/SE) - Robotics Service, Spare Parts, Field Support

$GEHC (+2,71%) GE Healthcare (US) - Medtech service incl. robotic systems

Uptake (US) - AI-based predictive maintenance - not a listed company

Augury (US/IL) - condition monitoring, condition diagnostics - not a listed company

$KU2 KUKA Service (DE) - Robotics maintenance

$6954 (-0,5%) Fanuc Service (JP) - global service network

Boston Dynamics AI Institute (US) - Robotics longevity - funded by Hyundai Motor Group

my number 1 in the sector is Siemens

Marketing & Advertising

$WPP (+0,66%) WPP (UK) - global advertising group; branding/communications

$OMC Omnicom (US) - marketing/PR network

$PUB (+1,7%) Publicis (FR) - communications/advertising group

$META (+1,65%) Meta (US) - Digital Ads (Facebook/Instagram)

$GOOG (+0,74%) Google Ads (US) - search & display advertising

TikTok / ByteDance (CN) - social ads & distribution - not a listed company

$AAPL (+0,88%) Apple (US) - Branding/UX; Acceptance & Platform Marketing

$WPP (+0,66%)
AKQA (UK/US) - Tech branding - Since 2012 majority owned by the WPP Groupbut continues to operate as an autonomous operating unit

R/GA (US) - Innovation marketing - not a listed company

Serviceplan (DE) - largest independent EU agency - not a listed company

my number 1 in the sector is Meta

Law, Regulation & Ethics

ISO (CH) - international standards, robotics standards

TÜV (DE) - certification & safety tests

UL (US) - safety/conformity testing

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

UNESCO AI Ethics (UN) - global ethics guidelines

Fraunhofer IPA (DE) - Robotics safety standards

ANSI (US) - standards

IEC (CH) - Electrical engineering standards

Training & 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) - humanoid robot "Roboy"

🌍 Top 25 companies for humanoid robotics

These companies are central to the development & production of humanoid robotsbecause without them, crucial parts of the chain would be missing:

Chips & computing power (brain of the robots)

$NVDA (+0,76%) Nvidia (US) - AI GPUs & Isaac platform, foundation for robotic AI

$2330 TSMC (TW) - world's most important foundry, produces the AI chips

$ASML (+3,91%) ASML (NL) - EUV lithography, indispensable for chip production

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

$000660 SK Hynix (KR) - DRAM & NAND memory for AI

$MU (+4,6%) Micron (US) - Memory solutions for AI workloads

my number 1 in the sector is ASML

Sensors & perception (senses of robots)

$SONY Sony (JP) - image sensors, market leader

$6861 (-0,58%) Keyence (JP) - Industrial sensors & vision systems

$CGNX (+0,77%) Cognex (US) - Machine Vision, precise image processing

my number 1 in the sector is Keyence

Actuators & motion (muscles of robots)

$IFX (-2,06%) Infineon (DE) - power electronics, motor control

$6594 (-18,65%) Nidec (JP) - World market leader for electric motors

$PH Parker-Hannifin (US) - hydraulics/pneumatics, motion technology

$6481 (-0,85%) THK (JP) - Linear guides & actuators

my number 1 in the sector is Parker-Hannifin

Communication, cloud & infrastructure (nerves & data flow)

$QCOM (+1,58%) Qualcomm (US) - Mobile & Edge Chips

$AMZN (+4,5%) Amazon AWS (US) - Cloud & AI infrastructure

$MSFT (+1,01%) Microsoft Azure (US) - Cloud, AI services

$CSCO (+0,41%) Cisco (US) - Networks & Security

$VRT (+0,15%) Vertiv Holdings (US) - Data Center Infrastructure

my number 1 in the sector is Microsoft

End Applications & Platforms (robots themselves)

$TSLA (+1,4%) Tesla (US) - humanoid robot Optimus

$ABBN (+2,64%) ABB (CH/SE) - Robotics & Automation

$6954 (-0,5%) Fanuc (JP) - industrial robots & CNC systems

$7012 (+1,7%) Kawasaki Heavy Industries (JP) - industrial robots

PAL Robotics (ES) - humanoid robots (TALOS, ARI, TIAGo) - not a listed company

Neura Robotics (DE) - cognitive humanoid robots - not a listed company

Universal Robots (DK) - cobots

my number 1 in the sector is Tesla

🇪🇺 Top 10 European key companies for humanoid robotics

$ASML (+3,91%)
ASML (NL)

World market leader in EUV lithography - no modern chips for AI & robotics without ASML.

$IFX (-2,06%) Infineon (DE)

Leading in power electronics & motor control - crucial for actuators of humanoid robots.

$STM (+2,71%)
STMicroelectronics (FR/IT)

Sensors, microcontrollers & power chips - the basis for control & perception.

$SAP (+1,08%)
SAP (DE)

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

$SIE (+0,3%)
Siemens (DE)

Industrial software, automation, digital twin - key for engineering & lifecycle management.

$KU2 KUKA (EN)

Robotics pioneer, industrial robots & automation - know-how for humanoid motion mechanics.

PAL Robotics (ES) - not a listed company

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

Neura Robotics (DE) - Not a listed company

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

Universal Robots (DK) - Not a listed company

Market leader for cobots - platform for safe human-robot collaboration.

Engineered Arts (UK) - not a listed company

Develops humanoid robots such as Amecaknown for realistic facial expressions & gestures - important for HRI (Human-Robot Interaction)

🌏 Top 10 Asian key companies for humanoid robotics

$2330
TSMC (Taiwan)

World's largest semiconductor foundry, produces high-end chips (e.g. Nvidia, AMD, Apple) - no AI hardware without TSMC.

$005930
Samsung Electronics (South Korea)

Foundry, memory, logic chips, image sensors - extremely broadly positioned in robotics components.

$000660
SK Hynix (KR) - Memory

$SONY
Sony (Japan)

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

$6861 (-0,58%)
Keyence (Japan)

Sensor technology & machine vision for industrial automation, widely used in robotics.

$6954 (-0,5%)
Fanuc (Japan)

Industrial robots & CNC systems, one of the most important manufacturers of robotics hardware worldwide.

$6506 (-0,63%)
Yaskawa Electric (Japan)

Drives, motion control & robot arms - relevant for humanoid motion control.

$6594 (-18,65%)
Nidec (Japan)

World market leader for electric motors (from mini motors to high-performance drives).

$7012 (+1,7%)
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (JP) - Industrial robots

$9618 (-0,81%)
JD.com (China)

Driver for robotics in e-commerce & logistics, invests in humanoid robotics applications

Hello my dears,

the love @yngfinn has asked me how I find shares. I would like to share my answer with you.

@yngfinn

Hello my dear,

as I have enough positions in my portfolio at the moment, I am no longer looking so intensively for new companies. I don't trade and am more long-term oriented.

My approach is quite different.

By sector:

I often look at which sectors and areas are currently on the move. Or what the areas of the future are, such as robotics, defense and aerospace, AI, etc.

But I also look at which sectors and countries in my portfolio are undervalued.

Or also in which sectors I see a need to catch up because they have been driven down unjustifiably. Like the healthcare sector, for example 🍊.

I watch reports and documentaries. Like exploring the oceans and seas. And discovering Kraken Robotic $PNG (-0,69%) and Norbit $NORBT (-1,31%) .

https://getqu.in/Ey45a0/

After Powel's speech on Friday, for example, it would now make sense to look for real estate and homebuilders. Like Buffet did with his stock Dr. Horten $DHI (+2,62%) .

Unfortunately, the ongoing wars show the importance of drones and drone defense.

But also the increasing importance in agriculture (I have already written a post about this).

https://getqu.in/SdXvMm/

In the end, my choice here was $AVAV (-4,36%) AeroVironment. And the contract manufacturer $KIT (-1,31%) Kitron.

In the future-oriented robotics sector, I don't really want to invest in overvalued stocks such as $TSLA (+1,4%) Tesla or the contract manufacturer $JBL (+2,38%) Jabil. I see Japan as very innovative here. As shown by $7012 (+1,7%) Kawasaki shows. This is how I discovered the blade supplier $6481 (-0,85%) THK (there was a post from me about this).

https://getqu.in/fZudqX/

By country:

When Iran attacked Israel, I took advantage of the dip and picked Israeli stocks.

For example, I discovered Gilat $GILT (+3,99%) for example.

But as a long-term investor, I still see the USA in the lead. I also like to take a look at small and mid caps.

But I also often look at countries that are not quite so much in focus. Scandinavia or Italy.

I have found $LTMC (-2,15%) Lottomatica and $CAMX (-0,45%) Camurus.

I often only look at the companies by momentum from the various indices in these countries.

By company:

I also often look at which companies are currently the stars on the stock market. Like Rheinmetall, for example, but then I don't go into the overvalued shares, but look for suppliers, i.e. blade suppliers. That's how I came across Kitron $KIT (-1,31%) for example. Kitron as a contract manufacturer for the defense sector.

Or when Novo Nordisk was still a star, I discovered the Novo supplier $YPSN (+2,62%) discovered.

Nvidia supplier $HY9H (+2,34%) sk Hynix.

Where is the capex of the companies going?

Based on this question, I came across the AI infrastructure companies $IESC (+5,11%) IES Holding and $VRT (+0,15%) Vertiv.

The weakness of one company makes other companies strong.

The weakness of Boeing makes $AIR (+1,49%) and $ERJ (+3,06%) strong. That's how I came across Embraer and $MTX (-2,82%) MTU.

https://getqu.in/4hiSbt/

Research and reports, such as on coinbase $COIN (+1,43%) (CAUTION never buy based on a story).

https://getqu.in/OIiwhP/

Good company figures with a growth story could also be a reason. As for example with $GILD (-0,28%) Gilead.

https://getqu.in/iF8BDY/

Takeover fantasies:

Takeover rumors usually mean that the share price of the company to be taken over rises.

As was the case with $AWE (+0,36%) Alphawave was the case.

https://getqu.in/1NPNWI/

Or with Iveco $IVG (+0,41%)

https://getqu.in/WJnLFp/

https://getqu.in/VnK4Xk/

CAUTION: Something can always go wrong here and send the share price plummeting.

I experienced this myself with i robot when the UK did not agree to a takeover by Amazon.

No matter in which area. My approach is usually to pick out the momentum stocks. I then look at the multiples, news, order situation and, of course, the company.

Compounders and long-term runners:

In my core, I only invest in quality stocks with a moat.

Here it makes sense not to buy at the ATH, but on the dip.

Multiples:

What is important to me with multiples:

-profitable company, or in the next year

Profitable.

Preferably double-digit profit growth with a falling P/E ratio.

-Percentage profit growth is higher than sales growth.

-good and rising EbiT margin.

-PEG below or around 1

-increasing free cash flow taking into account capex.

My dears,

I hope my brief summary of my approach perhaps offers you a little added value.

Please let me know in the comments.

Suggestions for improvement are also welcome. 😘😘

$VRT (+0,15%)
$AMZN (+4,5%)

Dear Vertiv investors, how are you behaving? Are you selling, are you staying relaxed and investing, are you even buying more?

Or are there even investors here who are getting in and using it as a buying opportunity?

I look forward to your comments.

Investing.com - Shares of Vertiv Holdings (NYSE: VRT ) fell 11% on Thursday, a day after Amazon Web Services (NASDAQ: AMZN ) unveiled its own cooling hardware designed specifically for Nvidia's (NASDAQ: NVDA ) powerful AI graphics processors.

AWS on Wednesday unveiled its new In-Row Heat Exchanger (IRHX) cooling system, designed as an alternative to industry-standard liquid cooling solutions from companies such as Vertiv. The custom solution allows AWS to accommodate Nvidia's heat-intensive GPU racks without requiring major data center modifications.

The IRHX cooling system was designed to meet the high thermal requirements of Nvidia's latest Blackwell GPUs, which consume a lot of energy and generate significant heat when running AI workloads. AWS Vice President Dave Brown explained that traditional cooling methods "would take up too much space in the data center or significantly increase water consumption."

Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Mustafa Okur pointed out the potential impact on Vertiv: "Amazon Web Services' adoption of its own server liquid cooling system could weigh on Vertiv's future growth prospects. We expect liquid cooling to account for around 10% of total sales, and AWS could be one of the largest customers."

AWS developed the cooling technology in collaboration with Nvidia. It took just eleven months from design to production. The system combines liquid and air-based components. The coolant is directed to the GPU chips via cooling plates, while the heat is dissipated via fan coils.

The cooling innovation coincides with AWS's launch of new compute instances that provide customers with access to Nvidia's most powerful AI server configurations, supported by AWS's Nitro infrastructure platform for network and system monitoring.

https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/vertiv-stock-falls-after-aws-unveils-custom-cooling-technology-4130482

$VRT (+0,15%) is for me, like Schneider Electric, one of the winners of the AI decade. How do you see it?

Today, after a long period of consideration, I have decided to part with $CDI (-3,93%) ... I have learned that it can also make sense to realize losses.

I now want to invest the money in shares that are better suited to my dividend growth strategy and show more growth. I am thinking of companies like $V (+0,18%)
$ZTS (+0,9%)
$NOVO B (-0,59%)
$6383 (+1,1%)
$VST (+1,49%)
$VRT (+0,15%)

Please share your opinion!

Hello everyone, AI is becoming more and more important in our lives. However, this also means that massive investments continue to be made.

I see AI glasses $QCOM (+1,58%) further ahead.

$NVDA (+0,76%) makes a lot of things possible here.

In terms of infrastructure, I see $VRT (+0,15%) and $IESC (+5,11%) as one of the beneficiaries.

Cooling of data centers $MOD (+1,74%) and $FIX (+3,12%) .

And as mentioned in the report

$META (+1,65%)
$GOOG (+0,74%)
$MSFT (+1,01%)
$AAPL (+0,88%)

Meta brings the AI functions of its sunglasses to Europe, Gemini's live image recognition becomes accessible to all, and Grok also gets virtual eyes

First we chatted with the AI bots, then we talked to them - and if the manufacturers have their way, we will also show them our surroundings in future so that they can comment on them. What was previously a niche program is now set to find its way into the masses. And in Europe too.

Following the European launch of Meta AI, the Facebook group Meta is now also offering the smart functions of its Rayban sunglasses, which are already available in the USA, in various European countries, including Austria. Initially, it is possible to ask the sunglasses equipped with Meta AI a question by voice input, and the answer is then output via the sunglasses' small speakers. In the near future, the glasses' integrated cameras will also be used to ask questions about visible objects in the environment.

But it's not just Meta, Google is also expanding its potential user base for a similar feature. All Android users will be able to use the image recognition and screen sharing function in Gemini Live free of charge, which was previously reserved for owners of Pixel 9 or Galaxy S25 smartphones. Here, too, the AI answers questions about things it sees via the camera or on the screen. And Elon Musk's Grok now also has digital eyes, albeit only via the iPhone app for the time being.

Of course, where there is light, there is also shadow, and once again this means data protection. Concerns have been expressed, particularly with regard to Meta's smart Rayban glasses, that people could not only be filmed but also identified by the AI. This is not science fiction: in the fall of 2024, Harvard students were already able to determine the personal data of strangers in real time using commercially available Meta smart glasses.

All eyes on Google, efforts at Apple

Another topic that has caused a stir in recent days: the antitrust proceedings against Google. And in this case, an eye is also being cast on the topic of AI, as the company could use the technology to further strengthen its position. Among other things, Google is said to be paying "enormous sums of money" to Samsung to have Gemini installed as the standard AI app on its smartphones. Should the Google business be split up, an AI competitor has already signaled its interest: OpenAI would like to take over the Chrome browser.

In this context, it was made public that Gemini now has 350 million monthly and 35 million daily active users. In October, it still had nine million daily active users and 90 million monthly active users. Despite the growth, however, the figures are still lower than those of the competition: Meta AI has 500 million monthly users, while OpenAI has 400 million.

However, Google has also attracted the attention of competition authorities on this side of the Atlantic. The EU Commission is investigating Google's AI overviews after publishers recorded losses in traffic and advertising revenue following their introduction.

These are problems that Apple does not have: There, they are making more of an effort to catch up. One of the ways in which the new Siri engineering boss Mike Rockwell is hoping to achieve this is by bringing people into the team who previously worked on the Vision Pro headset. Some of the once promised features of Apple Intelligence are still awaited. Previously, Apple had advertised AI functions in commercials that did not even exist, but after various complaints, the company is now much more cautious with its promises.

New tools and features

In terms of new features and tools, one of the things we can look forward to this week is that Google Workspace will receive components from NotebookLM. People with Gemini Advanced accounts can use Google's video AI Veo 2 in Gemini. Developers can test Google's hybrid reasoning model Gemini 2.5 Flash.

Microsoft, on the other hand, wants to integrate Copilot into the Xbox app. OpenAI has entered into a partnership with the Washington Post and is incorporating their content into ChatGPT. Sam Altman's team also enables developers to integrate OpenAI's image generator into their own applications via API. The o3 and o4-mini versions can now determine exactly where a particular photo was taken.

There is also good news from European providers. For example, the Swedish start-up Lovable, which specializes in vibe coding, has released version 2.0 of its tool, which even non-experts with no coding experience can use to build simple applications. Among other things, the tool now includes more options for cooperation and security checks.

There is also news from Paris. It was only in the fall that Thomas Wolf, Chief Science Officer (CSO) at Hugging Face, told me that, in addition to providing AI models and applications, the platform also wanted to get involved in the field of robotics, and now these plans are becoming more concrete: With the acquisition of Pollen Robotics, the French want to offer open source robots, namely the software as well as construction plans and 3D models.

(Jan 25 (Reuters) - The cloud computing arm of Alphabet Inc (GOOGL. O), opens new tab, announced on Thursday that it had entered into a partnership with startup Hugging Face, to facilitate the development of artificial intelligence (AI) software on the company's Google Cloud.25.01.2024)

https://www.derstandard.de/story/3000000266847/ki-google-chrome-chatgpt

is a global company that focuses on the development, manufacture and maintenance of critical digital infrastructure technology. The company provides solutions for data centers, communications networks, and commercial and industrial environments. Vertiv offers a broad portfolio of products and services, including energy management, thermal management and IT management.

I have been waiting for a long time to get into Vertiv Holdings $VRT (+0,15%) - and now the first position has been opened. With a bit of luck, the rocket will now take off and take me to the ATH 🚀🌜

Market cap USD 33 billion

Forward P/E ratio 20

Fine cash flow and soon no old liabilities