Gamma data: Global artificial intelligence industry financing amount will exceed 400 billion yuan in 2024, with a year-on-year growth of over 77%.

Gamma Data released the "2024 Global AI Application Trends Annual Report." The report states that in 2024, the global artificial intelligence industry's financing amount exceeded 400 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of over 77%. General model financing amounted to 266.5 billion yuan, accounting for over 50% of the total financing amount. In terms of applications, the annual growth rate of global AI application visits reached 111%, with Chat assistant products occupying 62.93% of the total traffic. Looking ahead to 2025, it is expected that the product form will evolve from a conversational direction towards being more platform-oriented. Product forms will further integrate, providing a richer experience, and platforms such as browsers and operating systems will achieve deeper integration with AI assistants. Additionally, AI assistants will develop higher-level capabilities in understanding complex video scenes, including recognizing multiple objects, their relationships, and their movements within the same frame. Investment and financing situation In 2024, the global artificial intelligence industry's financing amount exceeded 400 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of over 77%. Investment and financing data sources: IT Orange, public news and other materials, compiled by Gamma Data. The same applies to the following, without further annotations. The financing amount for general models reached 266.5 billion yuan, accounting for over 50% of the total financing amount. A-round financing had the highest number of cases, totaling 189; strategic investment amount was the highest at 242 billion yuan. The financing amount for C-end application companies accounts for less than 10% of the total financing amount. Global investment trends: the United States ranks first in financing amount, and China leads in the number of financing projects. Policy situation Significant regional differences: Guangdong, Zhejiang, and Beijing lead in the development of artificial intelligence policies. 44% of policies cover the construction of computing power centers. AI application situation The annual growth rate of global AI application visits reached 111%. Visit data sources: Similarweb, products are based on statistics from over 20,000 AI products compiled by Gamma Data. The same applies to the following, without further annotations. Chat assistant products occupy 62.93% of the total traffic. Vertical field situation The growth in visits of Chat assistant products reached 144.41%. In the past year, the number of Chat assistant products increased by 150. ChatGPT's visit volume exceeds the sum of the top ten, showing a clear Matthew effect. In the past year, a summary of the update status of the top Chat assistant products globally in 2024 and the forecast for their development direction in 2025.