

Investors who want direct exposure to the physical manufacturing bottleneck of the AI boom have had a hard time getting it cleanly.

The Defiance Global Foundries ETF (NASDAQ:AIFR) launched into a market that has spent most of 2026 obsessing over who actually fabricates the world's leading-edge silicon.

Defiance ETFs has launched the Defiance Global Foundries ETF (NASDAQ:AIFR) , which it says is the first U.S.-listed ETF dedicated to semiconductor foundries.

MIAMI, Sept. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Defiance ETFs, a leader in thematic and income ETFs, today announced the launch of the Defiance Global Foundries ETF (Nasdaq: AIFR) , the first U.S.-listed ETF* dedicated to semiconductor foundries. AIFR is designed to provide targeted exposure to the manufacturing layer of the AI buildout: the companies that fabricate the chips designed by everyone else, from leading-edge AI accelerators to the power, analog, and embedded semiconductors inside every server, vehicle, and device.