If you've ever wondered when real-life C-3POs or Optimus-style robots might enter your home, or your investment portfolio, KraneShares has a pretty direct answer: right now.

The asset manager just introduced the KraneShares Global Humanoid and Embodied Intelligence Index ETF KOID, the first U.S.-listed ETF to exclusively target the new humanoid robotics universe.

In simple terms? Your chance to invest in the robots that may eventually take your drive-thru order and put in your solar panels.

Driven by advances in AI, machine learning, smart materials and robotics, humanoid robots are leaving science fiction behind and appearing in real-world factories, hospitals and homes. The ETF follows humanoid form-factor robot and “embodied intelligence” companies, essentially intelligent machines that can perceive, learn and act in the physical world.

These aren’t attitude-paying Roombas. We’re talking Tesla’s TSLA Optimus, Figure AI and China’s Unitree, robots with real limbs, facial recognition and in a few instances, enough dexterity to do your laundry.

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Why Should Investors Care?

According to Morgan Stanley, the humanoid robotics market could be as high as $5 trillion in revenue per year by the year 2050, with one billion humanoids on the job. That’s a buffet of opportunity in tech, manufacturing and semiconductors.

“Soon, the cost of a humanoid robot could be less than a car,” ventured Derek Yan, CFA, KraneShares Senior Investment Strategist. Which means, robots for the masses, and maybe profits for investors who make an early bet.

Unlike earlier robotics ETFs that bundle in every form of automation under the sun, KOID focuses on the firms directly empowering humanoid robotics and embodied AI. That means:

• Actuation systems (robot muscles)
• Sensors and perception technology (how they “see” and respond)
• Semiconductors & AI chips

KOID has international exposure, with U.S., Chinese and Japanese companies covering information tech, industrials and consumer discretionary spaces.

Should You Buy?

If you’re an investor with a long-term view and an appetite for megatrends, and a willingness to endure a potentially rocky ride to mass humanoid acceptance, KOID might bring a high-risk, high-reward taste to your portfolio.

Diversification and time horizon are as important with all thematic plays. Humanoid robots may not yet take over the globe, but with KOID they could at least occupy a corner of your portfolio.

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