AI adoption can add $90 bn to economy by 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to add nearly $90 billion to the Indian economy by 2025, a new report showed on Wednesday. During the pandemic, India has reported the highest increase in the use of AI at 45 per cent, as compared to other major economies (the US at 35 per cent, the UK at 23 per cent and Japan at 28 per cent). "In fact, AI startups in India attracted total funding of $836.3 million in 2020. Also, despite the total number of high-value funding shrunk, the companies that received funding almost doubled in 2020 compared to 2019," according to homegrown independent Transaction Advisory firm, RBSA Advisors.

"The future of Indian ecosystem is poised to witness the rapid penetration and adoption of AI and investors should make full use of this opportunity," said Rajeev Shah, MD and CEO of RBSA Advisors.

According to the study titled 'Artificial Intelligence & Its role in Delivering Economic Value to Indian Enterprise, investment in AI has accelerated in India during the pandemic and the country has a potential to be a global epicentre of AI.