Robotics & Energy Storage Episode

For More Information on Emerge ARK Autonomous Tech & Robotics ETF

When: July 22, 2020

Where: Anywhere you are! 

Who: Sam Korus, Analyst, ARK Invest

In our last episode of the Emerge ARK ETF Innovation Series we sat down (virtually) with Sam Korus, Analyst, ARK Invest to discuss Robotics and Energy Storage. 


Robotics and Energy Storage Episode Highlights: 

  • Industrial Robot prices are declining. Robot demand has responded to the lowering prices.
  • Robots actually create a demand for more jobs.
  • Automation could add $800 billion dollars to U.S. GDP during the next 5 years.

Sam Korus, Analyst, ARK Invest 

Sam joined ARK in July 2015. As an Analyst for ARK’s Autonomous Technology and Robotics strategy, Sam focuses on automation, robotics, energy storage, alternate energy, and space exploration.

Prior to ARK, Sam was a business development intern at Graphiq, a knowledge graph and visualization company. Prior to Graphiq, Sam worked as a captain for Sail Caribbean. Sam graduated from the University of Pennsylvania where he studied Cognitive Science with a concentration in Computation and Cognition.

Sam has appeared on CNBC, BNN and Cheddar TV, and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, CNN Money, the Los Angeles Times, among other publications.

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