Apollo's 'VC-funded AI spending' chart questioned over single data source

Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok's widely shared chart claimed top 1% AI spenders rely 80% on VC funding, but critics found the data comes almost entirely from the Ramp AI Index, raising questions about its credibility.

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