Study: AI startup funding gains concentrated in North America and Middle East

A new NYU Stern study analyzing 116,795 startup funding deals across 172 countries (2015-2022) finds AI funding gains concentrated in North America and the Middle East. In Africa, 51% of AI funding goes to compute infrastructure, with application-layer startups raising 57% less, driven by gaps in complementary physical and institutional infrastructure rather than demand or human capital.

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