$581.7B
▲ 2.3× vs 2024
global corporate AI investment in 2025
20132025
What the chart shows
Companies put $581.7 billion into AI in 2025, counting private funding rounds, mergers and acquisitions, minority stakes and public offerings. That is 2.3 times the $253.0 billion of 2024 and well above the previous high of $360.7 billion in 2021.
Private investment was the largest component at $344.7 billion, followed by mergers and acquisitions at $214.4 billion. Minority stakes ($5.9 billion) and public offerings ($16.7 billion) were small by comparison.
Key numbers
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 total | $581.7B |
| 2024 total | $253.0B |
| 2021 total (previous high) | $360.7B |
| 2025 private investment | $344.7B |
| 2025 mergers & acquisitions | $214.4B |
How to read it
- Figures are nominal US dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
- Data comes from Quid’s coverage of AI-related company transactions; deals outside its database are not counted.
Source: Quid, 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 4.2.1: Global corporate investment in AI by investment activity, 2013–25. Chart and text by AI Adoption.
Numbers checked against the published data on 19 October 2026.
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Numbers checked against the published data on 19 October 2026.
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