AI Board · closes through 5 Oct 2026
AI Indices — Rubin, Ecosystem and Winners, every session
AI indices — Most Rubin names are losing strength (110 of 126); most Ecosystem names are getting stronger (23 of 34); most Winners names are getting stronger (33 of 40). On the week Rubin +7.8%, Ecosystem +4.3%, Winners +2.9%.
1 · The indices
| Index | Level | Day | Week | Month | YTD | From the year's high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rubin Build-Out 100capex: what gets built | 2182.02 | +0.5% | +7.8% | +12.3% | +112.3% | −12.0%high 22 Jun 2026 |
| Agentic Ecosystemopex: what it costs to run | 1751.36 | +0.7% | +4.3% | +12.9% | +77.5% | +0.0%high 5 Oct 2026 |
| Agentic Winners 40applications: what gets sold on top | 921.64 | +2.6% | +2.9% | −3.6% | −5.8% | −8.6%high 7 Jan 2026 |
| Jensen — NVIDIA Strategic Authoritythe NVIDIA-ecosystem book | $3.61m | −1.6% | +3.9% | — | +158%since 12 Jul 2023 | — |
Equal-weight headline of each index. Jensen is a book, not an index: its value is the book's market value and its return runs since inception (so no YTD); day and week weight each live stock line's lake return by its market value, with the cash share at zero.
2 · Sectors: best and worst per index
Rubin 24 sectors
Week
Best 3
- Advanced Materials+15.9%
- High-Speed Interconnects+12.5%
- Testing & Metrology+12.1%
Worst 3
- Grid & Power Infrastructure−0.6%
- Architects (Chip Design)+1.3%
- Storage+1.4%
Year to date
Best 3
- Storage+352.1%
- Substrates & Interposers+246.4%
- HBM Memory+194.3%
Worst 3
- Photomasks & Mask Infrastructure+0.1%
- Robotics & Automation+18.0%
- Wafer Processing & Precision+25.3%
Ecosystem 8 sectors · Coordination & Messaging has no listed members yet
Week
Best 3
- Data & Memory+7.4%
- Operations & Observability+5.3%
- Foundation Models+4.9%
Worst 3
- Compute Operators−0.1%
- Runtime & API Gateways+3.0%
- Identity, Trust & Governance+3.3%
Year to date
Best 3
- Foundation Models+401.8%
- Runtime & API Gateways+188.5%
- Edge & Distribution+82.6%
Worst 3
- Data & Memory+49.0%
- Compute Operators+55.3%
- Agentic Security+70.0%
Winners 4 sectors
Week
Best 2
- Application Leaders+4.2%
- Control Plane+2.8%
Worst 2
- Endpoints+1.4%
- Megacap Gateway+2.1%
Year to date
Best 2
- Megacap Gateway+17.3%
- Application Leaders−4.8%
Worst 2
- Endpoints−20.0%
- Control Plane−8.6%
3 · Top and bottom ten sectors across all three
36 sector sub-indices of Rubin, Ecosystem and Winners in one ranking, equal weight.
Week
Top ten
- Advanced MaterialsRubin+15.9%
- High-Speed InterconnectsRubin+12.5%
- Testing & MetrologyRubin+12.1%
- Wafer Processing & PrecisionRubin+11.6%
- Machine Vision, Sensing & EdgeRubin+10.9%
- EDA & Chip IPRubin+10.7%
- Deposition, Etch & ProcessRubin+10.5%
- Fab Subsystems & Process InfraRubin+10.1%
- Advanced Packaging & BondingRubin+9.3%
- Power SemiconductorsRubin+9.3%
Bottom ten
- Grid & Power InfrastructureRubin−0.6%
- Compute OperatorsEcosystem−0.1%
- Architects (Chip Design)Rubin+1.3%
- EndpointsWinners+1.4%
- StorageRubin+1.4%
- Thermal ManagementRubin+1.5%
- Photomasks & Mask InfrastructureRubin+1.8%
- Megacap GatewayWinners+2.1%
- AI Factory SystemsRubin+2.2%
- HBM MemoryRubin+2.4%
Year to date
Top ten
- Foundation ModelsEcosystem+401.8%
- StorageRubin+352.1%
- Substrates & InterposersRubin+246.4%
- HBM MemoryRubin+194.3%
- Runtime & API GatewaysEcosystem+188.5%
- Advanced MaterialsRubin+166.9%
- High-Speed InterconnectsRubin+155.6%
- AI Factory SystemsRubin+143.1%
- Testing & MetrologyRubin+117.1%
- Advanced Packaging & BondingRubin+114.8%
Bottom ten
- EndpointsWinners−20.0%
- Control PlaneWinners−8.6%
- Application LeadersWinners−4.8%
- Photomasks & Mask InfrastructureRubin+0.1%
- Megacap GatewayWinners+17.3%
- Robotics & AutomationRubin+18.0%
- Wafer Processing & PrecisionRubin+25.3%
- Thermal ManagementRubin+25.8%
- Gases, Chemicals & ConsumablesRubin+33.0%
- LithographyRubin+38.1%
4 · Top and bottom ten names across all three
198 names in Rubin, Ecosystem and Winners together, each counted once.
Week
Top ten
| PTCPTCWinners · Application Leaders | +37.6% |
|---|---|
| Applied OptoelectronicsAAOIRubin · High-Speed Interconnects | +25.6% |
| GlobalWafers6488.TWRubin · Advanced Materials | +24.5% |
| Resonac4004.TRubin · Advanced Materials | +22.5% |
| ams-OSRAMAMS.SWRubin · Machine Vision, Sensing & Edge | +22.2% |
| Sumco3436.TRubin · Advanced Materials | +20.8% |
| Advantest6857.TRubin · Testing & Metrology | +19.5% |
| LumentumLITERubin · High-Speed Interconnects | +18.5% |
| CoherentCOHRRubin · High-Speed Interconnects | +18.1% |
| MACOM TechnologyMTSIRubin · High-Speed Interconnects | +17.9% |
Bottom ten
| Sangfor300454.SHEEcosystem · Agentic Security | −9.1% |
|---|---|
| AppLovinAPPWinners · Endpoints | −8.5% |
| Schneider ElectricSU.PARubin · Grid & Power Infrastructure | −6.1% |
| freee4478.TWinners · Application Leaders | −4.6% |
| QualcommQCOMRubin · Architects (Chip Design) | −3.6% |
| Lenovo Group0992.HKRubin · AI Factory Systems | −3.3% |
| Samsung Electronics005930.KSRubin · HBM Memory | −3.3% |
| OVHcloudOVHEcosystem · Compute Operators | −3.3% |
| IRENIRENEcosystem · Compute Operators | −3.0% |
| SpotifySPOTWinners · Endpoints | −2.9% |
Year to date
Top ten
| AT&SATS.VIRubin · Substrates & Interposers | +592.1% |
|---|---|
| SoitecSOI.PARubin · Advanced Materials | +573.3% |
| SanDiskSNDKRubin · Storage | +519.1% |
| Unimicron3037.TWRubin · Substrates & Interposers | +505.0% |
| Zhipu AI / Z.ai2513.HKEcosystem · Foundation Models | +405.7% |
| Kioxia285A.TRubin · Storage | +405.4% |
| Aehr Test SystemsAEHRRubin · Testing & Metrology | +371.1% |
| Dell TechnologiesDELLRubin · AI Factory Systems | +335.4% |
| Furukawa Electric5801.TRubin · High-Speed Interconnects | +315.4% |
| Lenovo Group0992.HKRubin · AI Factory Systems | +276.1% |
Bottom ten
| CoStarCSGPWinners · Application Leaders | −57.9% |
|---|---|
| IntuitINTUWinners · Application Leaders | −54.5% |
| AppLovinAPPWinners · Endpoints | −54.4% |
| Kingdee0268.HKWinners · Application Leaders | −48.3% |
| monday.comMNDYWinners · Application Leaders | −42.4% |
| HubSpotHUBSWinners · Application Leaders | −42.3% |
| RedditRDDTWinners · Endpoints | −37.8% |
| AdobeADBEWinners · Application Leaders | −28.4% |
| Sea LimitedSEWinners · Endpoints | −26.3% |
| OracleORCLWinners · Control Plane | −26.2% |
5 · Best and worst names per index
Rubin 126 names
Week
Best 5
- Applied Optoelectronics+25.6%
- GlobalWafers+24.5%
- Resonac+22.5%
- ams-OSRAM+22.2%
- Sumco+20.8%
Worst 5
- Schneider Electric−6.1%
- Qualcomm−3.6%
- Lenovo Group−3.3%
- Samsung Electronics−3.3%
- Western Digital−2.6%
Ecosystem 34 names
Year to date
Best 5
- Zhipu AI / Z.ai+405.7%
- DigitalOcean+180.2%
- Okta+161.0%
- Nebius+158.5%
- Fastly+155.3%
Worst 5
- Kingsoft Cloud−15.2%
- MongoDB−10.1%
- Zscaler−8.5%
- IREN−5.2%
- Teradata+0.7%
6 · The structure underneath: Directional Flow
Directional Flow is the Pattern Scanner's trend-persistence reading for each member. "Stronger" counts names whose flow is accelerating up or has turned up; "weaker" counts names whose flow is decelerating or accelerating down. The trend compares the five-day change of the average flow with its 21-day change.
Rubin 126 names
- getting stronger 9
- turning up 1
- losing force 105
- flat 6
- getting weaker 5
- Stronger / weaker
- 10 / 110vs yesterday +1 / ±0
- Average flow
- 70.65 days −3.1 · 21 days −18.7 · vs — −3.1
- Trend
- falling
Turned since the prior session
- ↑ AMD flat → getting stronger
Strongest and weakest flow
- AT&S 233
- Kioxia 224
- SanDisk 222
- Fabrinet -24
- Photronics -24
- Synopsys -15
Ecosystem 34 names
- getting stronger 21
- turning up 2
- losing force 8
- flat 2
- getting weaker 1
- Stronger / weaker
- 23 / 9vs yesterday ±0 / ±0
- Average flow
- 62.05 days +2.2 · 21 days +8.8 · vs — +2.3
- Trend
- rising
Strongest and weakest flow
- BlackBerry 136
- Nebius 131
- DigitalOcean 129
- Kingsoft Cloud -43
- Zscaler -17
- IREN -15
Winners 40 names
- getting stronger 18
- turning up 15
- losing force 3
- flat 3
- getting weaker 1
- Stronger / weaker
- 33 / 4vs yesterday ±0 / +1
- Average flow
- -5.05 days +3.5 · 21 days +17.7 · vs — +3.4
- Trend
- rising
Turned since the prior session
- ↓ Amazon flat → losing force
Strongest and weakest flow
- Atlassian 67
- Money Forward 63
- ServiceNow 47
- CoStar -102
- Intuit -86
- Kakao -80
More on the method: Directional Flow rankings · Rubin Rotation Radar · compare the indices. An investment research diary, not investment advice.
FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-05
Quick answers
What is the AI Board?
A daily read of the three Closelooknet AI indices — Rubin Build-Out 100 (what gets built), the Agentic Ecosystem (what it costs to run) and Agentic Winners 40 (what gets sold on top) — plus the Jensen book: index level, sectors, names and the Directional Flow structure underneath. Closes through 5 Oct 2026.
When is it updated?
Tuesday to Saturday around 02:00 UTC, after the index workers and the Directional Flow scan have the prior US close. Saturday carries Friday.
What does "getting stronger" and "losing strength" mean here?
They count Directional Flow states. Getting stronger = the flow is accelerating up or has turned up; losing strength = the flow is still positive but decelerating, or accelerating down. Directional Flow is Closelooknet's trend-persistence reading from the Pattern Scanner, not a price return.
Which YTD base does the board use?
The index workers' base: the first close of the year (2 Jan 2026 this year). Member YTD is computed from lake closes on the same base, in local currency.
Is this investment advice?
No. The board is a data surface in an investment research diary; it records what the indices and their members did and recommends nothing.