
AI Investment Surge: Insights from the AI Index 2025
Executive TL;DR AI funding hit records ($252.3B), with generative video and small efficient models reshaping innovation. Public sector investments (Singapore $1B, Abu Dhabi $100B) expanded strategic competition. Adoption surged, but Responsible AI remains immature — implicit bias persists. AI drove 10–20% revenue gains in marketing, 15–30% cost reductions in service operations, and 8–15% efficiency improvements in supply chains. 57% of deployments augment work rather than automate it entirely