ARTY vs LRNZ

ARTYAiShares Future AI & Tech ETF

LRNZCTrueShares Technology, AI and Deep Learning ETF

In short

ARTY Launched in 2018 as a robotics fund, ARTY switched benchmarks in 2024 and came back as a focused global AI portfolio: about 50 companies across chips, data centers, software and services, at a below-median theme fee.

LRNZ The stock-picker's AI fund. TrueShares launched LRNZ in 2020 and runs a couple dozen high-conviction technology and deep-learning names instead of a broad index basket. Concentrated by design, active by mandate.

Stated mandate

ARTY The fund seeks to track a global index of companies contributing to artificial-intelligence technologies across software, infrastructure, and services.

LRNZ The Fund is an actively managed ETF investing at least 80% of its net assets in common stock of technology, artificial intelligence, and deep learning companies. Its selection process emphasizes companies with substantial technology-related revenue, profit, or research-and-development exposure and competitive advantages in these fields.

Why people hold it

• ARTY 0.47% a year against a 0.68% median for AI-theme funds. The thematic markup is smaller here than on most of the shelf, though XAIX and QTUM undercut it.
• Global by design. The index pulls from US and non-US companies contributing to AI across generative AI, data and infrastructure, software and services.ishares.com
• A multi-billion-dollar, actively traded iShares fund, so getting in and out doesn't hinge on thin volume.
• Stacks up as one of the stronger builds in a crowded AI cohort on cost, structure and staying power.

• LRNZ Actively managed and deliberately concentrated at roughly two dozen holdings, so each pick carries real weight rather than being diluted across hundreds of names.
• Live since 2020, before AI became the loudest trade on the tape. That gives it a multi-year record across very different tech markets, not a post-hype launch.
• At least 80% of net assets sit in technology, AI and deep-learning companies, screened for real tech revenue, profit or R&D exposure rather than an AI mention in the deck.
• What is inside matches the label: the portfolio stays close to its stated AI and deep-learning mandate instead of drifting into generic megacap tech.

Worth knowing

• ARTY The record before August 2024 belongs to a different strategy: as IRBO it tracked a robotics and AI index, then moved to the Morningstar Global AI Select Index.ishares.com
• About 50 names in one theme. The AI trade sets the tone here, and that concentration works in both directions.
• Distributions land once or twice a year and are incidental. This is a growth-theme equity fund, not an income holding.

• LRNZ The 0.68% fee lands at the category median, while big index-based rivals such as XAIX (0.35%) and QTUM (0.40%) charge less for a wider basket.
• Concentration cuts both ways. With only a couple dozen positions, a single stumbling holding moves this fund far more than it would a broad AI index.
• One of the smaller and more thinly traded funds in the AI group, so spreads and order execution matter more here than with the category heavyweights.

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