Artificial intelligence: investments doubled in the last year. Forecasts up to 2025

Continuing the economic analysis, it is noted that AI companies attract financing rounds of more than 500 million dollars with greater ease (15 in 2021 against four in the previous year). The start-up sectors that receive the most resources are data management, processing and cloud (12.2 billion dollars), while companies operating in the medical and fintech sectors follow. We talked about start-ups, but it should be noted that the number of newly established AI companies has decreased : 746 in 2021 against 762 in 2020 and 1,051 in 2019.

It should also be remembered what was estimated in a IDC report, which has provided for a increase in spending on artificial intelligence by a further 20% by 2025, for a total volume at country level of 120 billion dollars (about 110.8 billion euros) and which will lead the US to represent 50% of all investments in artificial intelligence in the world.

The rise of the economy linked to artificial intelligence has also led to a shift in the labor market. The largest increase in hiring is found in New Zealand and Hong Kong, while in Europe Sweden, Luxembourg and Ireland are brilliantly defending. If we look at the job offer, however, by calculating the specific announcements in relation to the totality of the hiring proposals, Singapore emerges, closely followed by the USA, Canada and Great Britain.

In the American market, on which the study of the famous Californian University is particularly concentrated, those specializing in machine learning, neural networks and natural language processing are particularly sought after.. The United States of America represent the leading country in private investments in artificial intelligence and double the economic volumes recorded by China. The Asian giant, however, excels in the quantity of AI publications, conferences and repositories (+ 62.3% compared to the American panorama).

The largest number of jobs related to the use of solutions related to artificial intelligence are found in the information sector (3.3% of the employed), followed by professional ICT services (scientific and technical, 2.59%). There is also space in the manufacturing industry (2.02%) as well as in finance and insurance (1.81%), without forgetting the primary sector (0.95%). The public administration and educational services fall further behind.

Another parameter that certifies the exponential growth of artificial intelligence at a global level concerns the request for patents, it is increasing at record rates on a global scale: there is even talk of an increase of 30 times compared to what occurred in 2015, the numbers are doubled compared to 2020. Natural competition emerges between the US and China, but the two countries have established a fruitful partnership that has led to the publication of joint research and to the establishment of a higher degree of collaboration than that between other nations.

Jack Clark , head of the AI Index program along with Ray Perrault, drew his conclusions about the report and said that 2020 was a turning point year for artificial intelligence, moving from the phase of emerging technology to a phase of maturity. AI has definitively emerged from a sector linked exclusively to scientific research, but it has become a factor capable of having a huge impact on the real world.

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