VistaShares Artificial Intelligence Supercycle ETF (AIS) is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in a portfolio of global companies deriving significant revenues from high-performance semiconductors for AI, AI-enabled datacenters, and AI-enabled applications. The ETF follows a rules-based methodology tracking the BITA VistaShares Artificial Intelligence Supercycle Index, with active oversight allowing adjustments for emerging opportunities; its holdings span categories such as semiconductors and semiconductor equipment (approximately 49%), technology hardware storage and peripherals (12%), communications equipment (8%), software (8%), electronic equipment (9%), and electrical equipment (10%), including top positions in SK hynix Inc., Micron Technology Inc., Vertiv Holdings Co., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., and NVIDIA Corp. AIS provides Pure Exposure to the AI Supercycle value chain, emphasizing infrastructure "picks and shovels" like data centers and chips in the early phase of AI development, with approximately 60 holdings primarily in large-cap information technology firms from the United States (60%), Taiwan (15%), and China (10%).
Launched in December 2024 and listed on the NYSE Arca, AIS is issued by Tidal Financial Group, sub-advised by VistaShares Advisors LLC, and managed by a team including Qiao Duan, Christopher Mullen, Jon McNeill, Robert F. Whitelaw, and Adam Patti; VistaShares, the brand's firm founded in 2024 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, marked AIS's one-year anniversary in December 2025 with roughly $100 million in assets and strong performance as the top AI infrastructure ETF, amid expansion to a seven-ETF lineup exceeding $800 million in total AUM.
Recent developments include VistaShares' launch of complementary thematic ETFs such as the VistaShares Electrification Supercycle ETF (POW) and Target 15 series funds like SIOO (S&P 100 Distribution ETF) in December 2025 and an ETF tracking Bill Ackman's Pershing Square holdings in September 2025, alongside weekly distributions for products like BitBonds 5 Yr Enhanced Weekly Option Income ETF (BTYB) as of February 2026, reflecting the firm's aggressive growth in supercycle-themed and income-focused strategies.