AGIX, the First ETF to Own Anthropic, Highlights Private Holdings Performance as Anthropic IPO Nears
Key Highlights
- ➤AGIX returned +70.13% versus Nasdaq-100’s +45.64% through 10/31/2026
- ➤Private exposure contributed +11.92 percentage points to AGIX’s total return
- ➤Anthropic filed to list on Nasdaq under ticker “ANT” on Oct. 26
- ➤AGIX first invested directly in Anthropic at a $61.5 billion valuation
- ➤AGIX holds private stakes in General Intuition, Ayar Labs, and five others
Expert Statements
Derek Yan, CFA, Senior Investment Strategist at KraneShares
“Anthropic showed what’s possible when a fund like AGIX can get onto the cap table of a category-defining AI company early, and our goal is to keep finding the next opportunities like it”
Derek Yan, CFA, Senior Investment Strategist at KraneShares
“Since that investment, we’ve continued to build out AGIX’s private holdings across robotics, photonics, autonomy, and AI-native platforms.”
Derek Yan, CFA, Senior Investment Strategist at KraneShares
“The public core is designed to do the heavy lifting on day-to-day risk, while our private allocation gives us room to be selective and add companies we believe could become the next major value drivers in the AI cycle.”
James Maund, Head of Capital Markets and Portfolio Manager of AGIX at KraneShares
“The AI cycle is creating value in both public and private markets, and some of the most important innovation is happening at companies that haven’t gone public yet”
James Maund, Head of Capital Markets and Portfolio Manager of AGIX at KraneShares
“We built AGIX so investors wouldn’t have to choose between the two.”
James Maund, Head of Capital Markets and Portfolio Manager of AGIX at KraneShares
“Pairing a public AI core with direct stakes in leaders like Anthropic gives investors a way to participate in this shift as it unfolds, not just after these companies reach the public markets.”
NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- KraneShares today announced that the private investments held by the KraneShares Public-Private AI & Technology ETF (Ticker: AGIX) (link), including Anthropic, have contributed meaningfully to the fund’s performance since launch. AGIX became the first ETF to invest directly in Anthropic in February 2025, at a $61.5 billion valuation.¹
Since AGIX's inception on 7/17/2024 through 10/31/2026, AGIX has returned +70.13% versus the Nasdaq-100 Index's return of +45.64%.(2) AGIX's private exposure contributed +11.92 percentage points to its total return.(2) Overall, AGIX outperformed a widely recognized technology benchmark by +24.49 percentage points.(2)
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