Tracking AI Investment: Initial Findings From the Private Markets

Authors:
  • CTCenter for Security and Emerging Technology
    Center for Security and Emerging Technology
  • ZAZachary Arnold
    Zachary Arnold
  • IRIlya Rahkovsky
    Ilya Rahkovsky
  • THTina Huang
    Tina Huang
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Abstract
The global AI industry is booming, with privately held firms pulling in nearly $40 billion in disclosed investment in 2019 alone. U.S. companies continue to attract the majority of that funding—64 percent of it in 2019—but that lead is not guaranteed. This report analyzes AI investment data from 2015 to 2019 to help better understand trends in the global AI landscape.