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How Active ETFs Can Outperform for Tech, AI IPOs

BY | ETF Database
7:55 am ET 06/03/26 | 8 VIEWS
As though this year wasn’t already a huge one in the tech landscape, now a trio of huge technology companies are plotting game changing IPOs. SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI all are reported or rumored to be looking at IPOs this year. The stakes are high, and potential impacts are higher. Even some indexes are reportedly changing their rules to accommodate those big tech and AI IPOs. Amid those high stakes and huge shifts, active ETFs could be poised to really prove their worth.Key Takeaways: Active ETFs have come on in leaps and bounds in recent years. The excitement and uncertainty of the SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI IPOs could prove a big moment for them to shine. Active ETF flexibility and adaptability outside of index requirements could prove decisive. ETFs like TTEQ get the most out of the active ETF wrapper. Already, indexes like the FTSE Russell have changed their rules to include SpaceX out of a desire to capture some of the firm’s massive impact. The FTSE Russell change will allow huge corporations like SpaceX to enter the index after just five days of public trading, a significant reduction in wait time.  Meanwhile, the Anthropic and OpenAI AI IPOs bring simmering concerns about an AI bubble to the fore. Already, there have been concerns about whether huge AI firms can deliver on their massive capex spending. IPOs will lift the hood on these formerly private firms’ operations, for better or worse. The three IPOs present huge opportunities but also notable risks. Adaptable, active ETFs can not only capture the upside in these huge, market-shifting events, but also adapt if volatility spikes.  Take, for example, the T. Rowe Price Technology ETF (TTEQ ), which invests in innovation across categories. Where tech index ETFs often can’t invest in technology companies defined as “communications” names, TTEQ looks for those innovators poised for big growth. That includes AI companies, with TTEQ already invested somewhat in OpenIA.  At the same time, however, TTEQ isn’t an AI ETF, and it explicitly retains the ability to lean towards or away from a big AI allocation. While in “AI on” mode right now, according to the fund’s manager, Dom Rizzo, it can enter “AI off” mode in the future if needed. Finally, with its active investing ability, it does not need to just follow an index and hold the big AI IPOs by market cap. Its managers can weight those firms as they see fit — which could prove crucial if volatility spikes. See more: As 2026 Inflation Gets Stickier, Active Value ETF TVAL Spikes Together, that has helped TTEQ return 65.6% over the last 12 months, according to ETF Database data. Charging only 63 basis points, the strategy applies fundamental research to assess valuations, share price appreciation potential, and company prospects. With great opportunity and risk in the tech and AI IPOs looming, now may be the time to consider an active ETF shift.  For more news, information, and analysis, visit our Active ETF Content Hub.

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