Whale Rock Capital Management · Alex Sacerdote · Q2 2026
Rotation into high-conviction semis and AI-adjacent names while trimming several mega-cap exposures
Reported value
$12.5B
Filed 2026-08-14
Positions
35
Quarter ended 2026-06-30
Top 10 weight
59.3%
Form 13F reports long US-listed positions only, up to 45 days after quarter end. It excludes shorts, cash, and non-US holdings, so the live book can differ.
Whale Rock Capital Management reported a $12.46B US-listed portfolio in its Q2 2026 Form 13F, filed with the SEC on 2026-08-14 for the quarter ended 2026-06-30. The book holds 35 positions, led by Sandisk at 10.9% of reported value; the top three together account for 25%. Against the Q1 2026 filing, the manager opened 7 new positions, added to 8, trimmed 17, and exited 7.
Top 12 holdings
Portfolio allocation
- SandiskSNDK10.9%
- Advanced Micro DevicesAMD7.0%
- AlphabetGOOGL6.9%
- Ttm TechnologiesTTMI6.3%
- Astera LabsALAB6.1%
- AmazonAMZN4.7%
- CorningGLW4.6%
- MksMKSI4.5%
- CelesticaCLS4.3%
- Bloom EnergyBE3.9%
- Other holdings40.7%
Share of reported 13F value
| # | Holding | Action | Weight | Value | Shares vs prior quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SandiskSNDK | Trimmed | 10.9% | $1.36B | -25.4% |
| 2 | Advanced Micro DevicesAMD | Added | 7.0% | $877M | +2081.2% |
| 3 | AlphabetGOOGL | Trimmed | 6.9% | $856M | -10.3% |
| 4 | Ttm TechnologiesTTMI | Added | 6.3% | $791M | +20.4% |
| 5 | Astera LabsALAB | New | 6.1% | $757M | New |
| 6 | AmazonAMZN | Added | 4.7% | $583M | +34.5% |
| 7 | CorningGLW | Trimmed | 4.6% | $571M | -2.8% |
| 8 | MksMKSI | Trimmed | 4.5% | $566M | -2.7% |
| 9 | CelesticaCLS | Trimmed | 4.3% | $539M | -2.8% |
| 10 | Bloom EnergyBE | Trimmed | 3.9% | $487M | -2.8% |
| 11 | CoherentCOHR | Added | 3.9% | $482M | +25.3% |
| 12 | FabrinetFN | Added | 3.4% | $419M | +21.8% |
| Other holdings | 33.5% | $4.17B |
Values and share counts as reported for 2026-06-30; weights are share of reported 13F value.
Actions compare share counts against the prior quarter's filing, so they do not move with price.
New positions and exits
New positions
- Astera Labs$757M
- Snowflake$225M
- Twilio$170M
- Seagate Technology Hldngs Pl$143M
- Intel$36.3M
- Space Exploration Techn$26.1M
- Cerebras Systems$11.2M
Closed out
- Advanced Energy Inds$330M
- Roblox$200M
- Tower Semiconductor$187M
- Ciena$89.8M
- Arm Holdings$68.4M
- Microsoft$19.9M
- Netflix$12.7M
Read on the quarter
What the moves add up to
Whale Rock’s Q2 2026 activity points to a clear rotation toward semiconductors and AI-adjacent infrastructure, with the most consequential top move being a major increase in Advanced Micro Devices. The firm added to AMD (share count up 2081.2%) and also built positions in Ttm Technologies (up 20.4%), Coherent (up 25.3%), and Fabrinet (up 21.8%). On the “new” side, it initiated Astera Labs alongside smaller new stakes such as Snowflake, Twilio, and Seagate Technology Hldngs Pl.
That theme is reinforced by the trimming actions concentrated among prior large holdings, led by a pullback in Sandisk (share count down 25.4%) and reductions across Alphabet (down 10.3%), Corning (down 2.8%), Mks (down 2.7%), Celestica (down 2.8%), and Bloom Energy (down 2.8%). Despite the exits—such as Advanced Energy Inds, Roblox, and Arm Holdings—the top-10 concentration remains high at 59.3% of the portfolio, suggesting the quarter’s reshuffling largely reweights existing conviction rather than broadly diversifying into many new positions.
Context
How to read this filing
A Form 13F is a quarterly snapshot institutional managers with over $100M in US-listed assets must file within 45 days of quarter end. It shows long equity positions only: no short book, no cash, no non-US listings, no timing inside the quarter. Treat it as a delayed map of where the manager's conviction sat on the reporting date — not a live portfolio, and not a buy list.
