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Circular relationships among AI firms

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  • Jon Frost
  • Rudraksh Kansal
  • Kumar Rishabh
  • Vatsala Shreeti
  • Leanne Si Ying Zhang

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Between 2021 and 2025, 28.7% of artificial intelligence (AI) firms’ investment deals (by deal value) involved a target company that was also an AI firm, while 55.2% of incoming investments in AI firms came from other AI firms.Of all the AI-to-AI investment deals between 2021 and 2025, 16.1% (by deal count) and 46.4% (by deal value) also involved commercial supply chain relationships between the investor and target firms.Circular investment relationships reflect key economic features such as the need to secure critical inputs and the presence of information asymmetries, yet they entail macroeconomic risks and increase opacity.

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  • Jon Frost & Rudraksh Kansal & Kumar Rishabh & Vatsala Shreeti & Leanne Si Ying Zhang, 2026. "Circular relationships among AI firms," BIS Bulletins 137, Bank for International Settlements.
    • Handle: RePEc:bis:bisblt:137
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