BarcelonaArtificial intelligence has conquered the world’s major investment portfolios. This is made clear by a report published by consulting firm PwC in collaboration with technology conference South Summit, which guarantees that by 2025, more than 60% of venture capital on the planet will be focused on AI tools. In just three years, the proportion has more than doubled, and in 2022, only 30% of funds mobilized for business initiatives went to AI, according to the document. “AI has already established itself as the go-to engine for global venture capital funding,” the authors said.
According to the report’s authors, a milestone that will change the pace of investment in AI will be the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, which will popularize the use of generative artificial intelligence. In the decade leading up to the market launch of North American company OpenAI’s flagship product, the sector’s investment attractiveness has gradually increased from 13% in 2012 to 32% in 2021. However, in just a few months, the portfolio of these products has opened up wide open, already accounting for two out of every three dollars of the more than $411 billion raised by global startups in 2025. Moreover, the market is reacting to the pace of investment. AI Enterprises outperforms the average valuation of technology companies by about 40%.
Spain, Europe’s 5th largest market
Under the stable interest rate environment, venture capital funds in major markets around the world accelerated their overall activities in 2025, especially AI-related investments. According to the report, the global investment pool surged by 26%.
As is tradition, North American investment groups from the United States and Canada are leading the charge, with total capital at nearly $290 billion, up 42% from a year ago. Europe lags far behind, with $64 billion invested primarily from Britain, France and Germany. Spanish funds contributed around 3 billion euros to global investments.
Especially when it comes to investments in AI, Spain has established itself as the fifth largest country in Europe, with around 1.6 billion euros invested in this sector in 2025. Ahead is the UK ecosystem, which leads the region with €18 billion, followed by Germany, with more than €8 billion invested in artificial intelligence. Rounding out the top five are Germany, with 8 billion people, and Switzerland, which has just over Spain.
