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AI Investment Barometer

Track the AI investment conversation.

AI mentions alongside R&D or CapEx in corporate earnings calls.

AI investment discussion in earnings calls, Q1 2017 to Q2 2026. Mean matched sentences per call rises markedly from 2023. Quarterly data without smoothing.

Mean matched sentences per earnings call · Quarterly, unsmoothed · Jan 2017–Jun 2026

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  • European Commission
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • Bank of England
  • Banca d'Italia
  • Brookings Institution

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  • The Wall Street Journal

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