Is there an app that invests in rare earths and critical minerals for me?

I'm Chris, one of the co-founders of Autopilot. Critical minerals became an investing theme because of where they're processed rather than where they're mined, and that distinction is the whole thesis. It's also the reason this is a policy trade more than a commodity one.

One thing first, because we're an SEC-registered investment adviser and I have to say it. Autopilot is the app. The actual investment advice comes from Autopilot Advisers, LLC. If you want the full legal version of anything in here, it's on our disclaimer page.

What the theme is

Rare earths and critical minerals go into magnets, batteries, semiconductors and defense systems. The supply chain is concentrated, particularly in processing and refining, and governments have responded with funding, stockpiles and trade measures aimed at building alternatives.

That makes the theme unusually sensitive to policy and to trade relations, and much less sensitive to ordinary demand cycles than a typical commodity.

The Portfolios on Autopilot, and what each says it does

Rare Metals & Mining, from Wolf Financial, is described as focused on gold, silver, copper, platinum and related opportunities, with the Pilot's private research and analysis as its stated source.

The HARD Assets Fund, from Prima Lux, is described as capturing structural growth across hard assets, with the description naming AI infrastructure, rare earths and defense, and multi-industrial companies as the backbone of reindustrialization. The description says most capital goes to category-leading companies in each subsector, with selective exposure to smaller names for asymmetric upside.

Litquidity's Greenland Portfolio takes a narrower, more speculative version of the same idea, built around companies that would benefit from American control of specific strategic assets.

Why a Portfolio rather than one stock

Buying one company in a theme is a bet on that company. Themes usually play out across a supply chain, and the winner at the start often isn't the winner at the end. A Portfolio spreads the bet across the chain and keeps it current as the Pilot's view changes.

That doesn't make it safer in the sense people mean. Everything in one theme moves together, so a theme Portfolio is closer to one position than to a diversified portfolio, and should be sized that way.

The risk, said plainly

Mining equities are cyclical and volatile, and smaller producers and developers can move violently on single drill results or permitting decisions.

This theme depends heavily on policy continuing in the same direction. Trade measures and subsidies can be reversed, and the timeline for building alternative processing capacity is measured in years.

And a Portfolio built around a specific geopolitical outcome, like the Greenland one, is a bet on that outcome. If it doesn't happen, the thesis doesn't pay regardless of the underlying commodity.

How following works

You pick the Portfolio, connect the brokerage you already use, and allocate money. You give Autopilot Advisers limited authority to send orders to the account you already have. When the Portfolio changes, we send them and your broker fills them. The money stays put.

A flat cash subscription, not a percentage of your balance. Per our Form CRS dated February 2026, Basic Tier has no Base Advisory and Licensing Fee, and Premium Tier is $29.99 to $199.99 a quarter or $99.99 to $699.99 a year. Pilot subscriptions are separate and add on if you follow more than one Portfolio. Because it's a flat dollar amount, it's a bigger share of a small account than a big one, so do the math at your balance.

Frequently asked questions

Is there an app that invests in rare earth stocks for me?

Autopilot has Portfolios covering metals, mining and hard assets, published by independent Pilots and held in the brokerage account you already have.

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One Portfolio focuses on precious and industrial metals from the Pilot's own research; another spans hard assets including rare earths, defense and industrials. A third is a narrower geopolitical thesis.

How do I invest in rare earths?

Through public mining and processing equities. It's more a policy and trade-relations trade than a conventional commodity cycle, which is what makes it volatile in unusual ways.

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Pick the Portfolio, connect your brokerage, allocate money. When the Portfolio changes we send the orders and your broker fills them.

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