North America takes the bulk of artificial intelligence investments, despite the difficult political environment

Despite what some experts have described as an increasingly hostile environment for AI R&D, North America continues to get the largest part of AI, according to Pitchbook Tracker data.

Between February and May this year, VCS poured 69.7 billion dollars in North American Amnesty International and emerging companies in machine learning across 1528 transactions. This is compared to the $ 6.4 billion that VC companies invested in European artificial intelligence projects through 742 deals during the same period.

Asia -based startups have been a little worse than their European counterparts, according to Pitchbook. Between February and May, the VCS has invested only $ 3 billion in startups AI in Asia via 515 transactions.

During the era of President Donald Trump, the United States The funding dramatically reduced For scientific grants related to basic artificial intelligence research, make it More difficult For foreign students specializing in artificial intelligence to study in the United States, and Dismantle Artificial intelligence laboratories at the university by freezing billions of dollars from federal funds. Meanwhile, the trade policies of management, including reprisals, have led to a chaotic, unfavorable market for risky artificial intelligence projects.

in After x In March, Pioneer Pioneer and Jeffrey Hunton from artificial intelligence called for billionaire Elon Musk, who until recently advised the Trump group to reduce costs, the Ministry of Government efficiency, from the British Royal Society “due to the major damage caused to scientific institutions in the United States.”

One may expect that Europe, which has pledged to become a global pioneer in artificial intelligence, will attract more investment capital in the light of Trump’s controversial policies in the United States, which created uncertainty and confusion for both founders, investors and researchers. Moreover, the European Union has adhered to hundreds of billions of euros to support the development of artificial intelligence within member countries and has already a number of successful and well -funded startups (see Mistral, H and Alph Alpha, for example, but not limited to).

But this expected shift in global investment did not succeed. There is no sign of a collective VC exit to the mass, or a significant height in financing artificial intelligence abroad – at least not yet.

The same applies to China, which has been born with artificial intelligence companies Dibsic and Butterfly – The company behind the manus agent platform – but where the VC activity in the country and the wider Asian region remains relatively volatile. (Exporting controls that affect the ability of some Asian countries to buy artificial intelligence chips are definitely a factor.)

In 2024, startups in North America received 75.6 % of all VC AI – 106.24 billion dollars. This class increased only this year. So far in 2025, Amnesty International’s investments in North America represented 86.2 % ($ 79.74 billion) of all VC international financing worldwide.

It draws a fairly surprising picture. Even amid the escalation of political and organizational opposite winds under Trump’s second state, the United States is still the undisputed center of male capital, and this means that investors, who are being exhausted because they may be through the inability to predict management, still depend on American innovation to provide the largest returns, at least at the present time.