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Rising AI commitments span mega-scale cloud builds, defence tech, and medical tools, signalling deeper cross-border integration of the technology into core infrastructure.
Strategic AI Commitments Intensify Across Borders – SwissCognitive AI Investment Radar
It’s been a notably active week on the AI capital front, with major public and private sector moves reinforcing how deeply artificial intelligence is being integrated into infrastructure, defence, healthcare, and enterprise software.
At the national level, Amazon announced a £40 billion ($55 billion) investment in the UK, focused on expanding its AI and cloud footprint, while the UK Government pledged over £2 billion to further develop the country’s AI ecosystem. Meanwhile in Asia, SK Group and Amazon will jointly invest $5.1 billion in South Korea’s largest AI data centre, and Thailand confirmed AI infrastructure commitments totalling $15.4 billion by 2027.
The week also saw continued support for defence and medical applications. Abridge closed a $300 million round at a $5.3 billion valuation to expand its AI medical documentation platform, and Spotify’s Daniel Ek led a €600 million investment into an AI-focused defence tech company.
On the venture capital side, PhysicsX raised $135 million to develop AI-powered engineering tools, Norrsken Foundation earmarked $348 million for ‘AI for good’ initiatives, and Bosch committed €2.5 billion by 2027 to support AI use across automated driving and manufacturing.
Nvidia’s AI investment footprint also came into focus, with reports showing it has backed over 80 startups in the past two years, providing insight into how hardware incumbents are shaping the broader AI ecosystem from behind the scenes.
Across Europe, Canada, and the Middle East, state-backed and cross-border initiatives are becoming a central part of long-term AI planning. Smaller yet strategic rounds include Filuta AI (€3.6M), SportsVisio ($3.2M), and Snowcap Compute ($23M), which is working on superconducting AI chips.
Overall, the end of the first half of 2025 shows no sign of a slowdown in AI capital deployment. With 58% of global venture capital now flowing into AI, the focus is shifting toward where and how these funds are applied, and whether they will translate into sustainable platforms, not just short-term signals.
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