Star investor Cathie Wood is once again making headlines on the financial markets because she has bought the shares of two technology giants on a large scale.
• Cathie Wood bought heavily into shares of Alphabet and Meta
• Purchased Alphabet shares spread across four ETFs
• Shift in AI investments from semiconductor companies to tech companies
According to reports from Seeking Alpha, Wood’s investment firm ARK Invest bought a whopping 174,293 shares of Google parent Alphabet and 33,837 shares of Facebook parent Meta Platforms on Tuesday, November 25, 2025. The package of Alphabet shares alone was worth around $56.4 million.
According to “Seeking Alpha”, the purchases of Alphabet shares were also spread across several ARK ETFs: The majority of the newly acquired shares (113,276 shares) flowed into the portfolio of the ARK Innovation ETF, but also the portfolios of the ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF (23,000 Alphabet shares), the ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (31,422 Alphabet shares) and the ARK Space & Defense Innovation ETF (6,595 Alphabet shares) received part of the purchased securities.
Cathie Wood focuses on future opportunities in AI
With the acquisitions, ARK Invest appears to be betting on expected future opportunities in AI and related technologies. According to many market participants, Alphabet is strongly positioned in the area of artificial intelligence (AI), and reports in particular that Meta could use AI chips from Alphabet in the future recently caused a stir.
The purchases of Alphabet and Meta shares were accompanied by sales of other investments. According to “GuruFocus,” Wood sold more than 100,000 AMD shares at the same time, which is interpreted as part of a strategic shift. ARK Invest is increasingly shifting its focus away from some semiconductor companies and towards large tech companies that can play a pioneering role in the field of AI.
This is how Alphabet and Meta stocks reacted
Alphabet shares ended Wednesday trading on the NASDAQ with a loss of 1.04 percent at $320.85, despite Cathie Wood’s purchases made public that day. In after-hours trading, the stock rose by 0.21 percent to $320.95.
The Meta share reacted similarly: it ultimately lost 0.41 percent to 633.61 US dollars in NASDAQ trading on Wednesday, but after trading it only moved up by a minimal 0.02 percent to 633.76 US dollars.
There will be no trading on the US stock exchanges this Thursday due to the Thanksgiving holiday, so the securities will only have the chance to react further to ARK Invest’s purchases during shortened US trading on Friday.
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