Gurley: Index Funds Already Provide Sufficient AI Exposure for Retail Investors
Bill Gurley · Full Interview: Bill Gurley Thinks College Kills Creativity · Feb 25, 2026 · at 17:05
Bill Gurley responds to questions about whether retail investors need direct access to private AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic.
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“There's an interesting irony that if you wanted AI exposure, you're pretty good just owning the index. NVIDIA is such a large part of the index. You have exposure to Microsoft and Google and Facebook. Like, I don't know that you need to be in that place”
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