As OpenAI and Anthropic Remain Private, Where Can Investors Escape the AI Trade?

With major AI pioneers OpenAI and Anthropic remaining private, investors seeking refuge from artificial intelligence concentration risk face a paradox.
While market commentators suggest pivoting toward traditional safe havens like utility stocks or defensive sectors, analysts argue these alternatives are still intrinsically tied to the AI infrastructure boom—prompting comparisons to a "surge protector plugged into itself." With tech giants driving power grid demand, data center expansion, and semiconductor supply chains, true diversification away from the AI trade has become increasingly difficult to find.