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Closelook@AI Indices

AI Sectors — Application Leaders Lead, High-Speed Interconnects Lags

17 October 2026 · 1:19 · Thomas Look

The best and worst of 35 AI sectors in Rubin, the Agentic Ecosystem and the Agentic Winners 40 — the week, the month and 2026 so far. This week application leaders led (+1.5%) and high-speed interconnects trailed (−19.5%). The AI board ranks every single stock too — this week's best: Kingdee +14.6%, Veeva +9.9%, Intuit +8.6%. Narration: AI voice.

Chapters

  1. 0:00 Intro
  2. 0:14 The three indices
  3. 0:28 The week
  4. 0:38 The month
  5. 0:48 The year

Transcript

0:00 This week in AI: application leaders led, high-speed interconnects lagged.

0:06 35 AI sectors, three indices: the best and the worst of the week, the month and the year.

0:13 This week the Agentic Winners 40 fell 0.5%; the Agentic Ecosystem fell 14.2%.

0:22 This year Rubin is up 76%, Winners down 4%.

0:27 Best sector this week: application leaders, up 1.5%.

0:33 Worst: high-speed interconnects, down 19.5%.

0:38 Over the month, EDA & chip IP led, up 6.1%.

0:43 At the bottom: compute operators, down 21.2%.

0:48 The year so far: storage, up 233%.

0:53 The laggard: endpoints, down 19.4%.

0:58 The AI board ranks all 204 stocks in the three indices too, not only the sectors.

1:05 Best stock this week: Kingdee, up 14.6%. Scan the code for all of them.

1:11 The AI board, every sector and every stock: closelook.net/indices/ai-board

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