The amount of money invested annually into startup companies working in the artificial intelligence (AI) market worldwide has continuously increased from 2014 to 2021. In 2020, AI startups attracted around 36 billion U.S. dollars in investment. Just in the first six months of 2021, this figures was surpassed and reached 38 billion U.S. dollars.
Funding of artificial intelligence (AI) startup companies worldwide from 2014 to 2021
(in billion U.S. dollars)
The latest figures published by the source are not as precise as previous editions and figures from 2020 onwards were illustrated quarterly, rounded to the nearest integer and added up by Statista.
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