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The use of AI is never a purely technical matter: when it enters processes that affect people’s lives, it touches on rights, opportunities, status and freedom"

—Pope Leo XIV

AI Takes 53% of Global VC Deal Value as R&D Spending Hits Record, WIPO Finds

Artificial intelligence is increasingly concentrating global venture capital investment, while corporate R&D spending reaches record levels, according to WIPO’s Global Innovation Index 2026.

Artificial intelligence is driving a rebound in venture capital funding and corporate research and development spending, with AI accounting for 53% of global VC deal value in 2025 and 77% in the first half of 2026, according to WIPO’s Global Innovation Index 2026.

AI Investment Is Cushioning War-Driven Global Slowdown: IMF

An IMF report states that AI led investments have cushioned the economic slowdown led by war in the middle east.

According to IMF economies with strong exposure to AI hardware manufacturing and semiconductor exports have emerged as the biggest beneficiaries.