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Euro Zone Firms Fund AI Internally Amid Funding Barriers, ECB Blog

European Union companies are primarily using their own capital to invest in artificial intelligence due to funding obstacles, contrasting with U.S. firms that have widely borrowed for expansion, according to data cited in an European Central Bank blog post.

Euro zone firms are largely financing artificial intelligence investments from their own cash and are running into funding barriers, according to data the European Central Bank published Friday. That contrasts with US counterparts, where tech giants often described as hyperscalers or the Magni… have tapped global borrowing markets to support their expansion.