$344.7B
▲ 2.3× vs 2024
global private investment in AI in 2025
20132025
What the chart shows
Private investors put $344.7 billion into AI companies in 2025, up from $151.5 billion in 2024. In 2013 the figure was $5.2 billion.
The rise was not steady: private investment fell from $145.4 billion in 2021 to $104.3 billion in 2023 before recovering in 2024 and more than doubling in 2025.
Key numbers
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $344.7B |
| 2024 | $151.5B |
| 2023 | $104.3B |
| 2021 | $145.4B |
| 2013 | $5.2B |
How to read it
- Private investment means funding rounds into privately held AI companies; it excludes mergers, acquisitions and public offerings.
- Nominal US dollars.
Source: Quid, 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 4.2.2: Global private investment in AI, 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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