The fund provides exposure to a fast-growing segment of the credit market as artificial intelligence (AI)-related borrowing surges across technology, semiconductor and infrastructure companies.

Defiance ETFs has launched the Defiance AI Infrastructure Bond ETF (AIBN), which it says is the first US-listed ETF focused exclusively on bonds issued by companies building and financing AI infrastructure. The launch comes amid a surge in AI-related debt issuance The fund offers exposure to debt issued by hyperscalers, semiconductor manufacturers and AI infrastructure firms that are funding the expansion of data centres, chips and computing capacity through borrowing. Unlike most AI-th