{
  "name": "EU AI Investment and Startup Landscape Scoreboard 2026",
  "version": "1.0",
  "publisher": "Alice Labs",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "datePublished": "2026-04-23",
  "dateModified": "2026-04-23",
  "accessedDate": "2026-04-23",
  "description": "Reproducible public-source scoreboard for the EU AI Investment and Startup Landscape 2026 report. Combines Eurostat enterprise AI adoption, OECD.AI venture capital, European Commission policy and infrastructure indicators, EIC Fund data, and national ecosystem mappings.",
  "indicators": [
    { "metric": "EU enterprise AI adoption (10+ employees)", "value": "20.0%", "year": "2025", "geography": "EU27", "source": "Eurostat", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20251211-2", "confidence": "High", "notes": "Up from 13.5% in 2024" },
    { "metric": "Denmark enterprise AI adoption", "value": "42.0%", "year": "2025", "geography": "DK", "source": "Eurostat", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20251211-2", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "Sweden enterprise AI adoption", "value": "35.0%", "year": "2025", "geography": "SE", "source": "Eurostat", "sourceUrl": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20251211-2", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "Global AI VC", "value": "USD 258.7 bn", "year": "2025", "geography": "Global", "source": "OECD/Preqin", "sourceUrl": "https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/venture-capital-investments-in-artificial-intelligence-through-2025_a13752f5-en/full-report.html", "confidence": "High", "notes": "AI = 61% of global VC" },
    { "metric": "EU27 AI VC", "value": "USD 15.8 bn", "year": "2025", "geography": "EU27", "source": "OECD/Preqin", "sourceUrl": "https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/venture-capital-investments-in-artificial-intelligence-through-2025_a13752f5-en/full-report.html", "confidence": "High", "notes": "6% of global AI VC" },
    { "metric": "US AI VC", "value": "USD 194 bn", "year": "2025", "geography": "US", "source": "OECD/Preqin", "sourceUrl": "https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/venture-capital-investments-in-artificial-intelligence-through-2025_a13752f5-en/full-report.html", "confidence": "High", "notes": "75% of global AI VC" },
    { "metric": "China AI VC", "value": "USD 13.9 bn", "year": "2025", "geography": "CN", "source": "OECD/Preqin", "sourceUrl": "https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/venture-capital-investments-in-artificial-intelligence-through-2025_a13752f5-en/full-report.html", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "UK AI VC", "value": "USD 13.8 bn", "year": "2025", "geography": "UK", "source": "OECD/Preqin", "sourceUrl": "https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/venture-capital-investments-in-artificial-intelligence-through-2025_a13752f5-en/full-report.html", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "AI share of European VC", "value": "27%", "year": "2025", "geography": "Europe", "source": "EC StepUp", "sourceUrl": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/funding-ai-economy-strengthening-europes-investment-capacity", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "metric": "EU AI VC concentration in top-10 metros", "value": ">66%", "year": "2020-2025", "geography": "EU", "source": "EC StepUp", "sourceUrl": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/funding-ai-economy-strengthening-europes-investment-capacity", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "metric": "Paris AI VC 2020-2025", "value": "EUR 8 bn", "year": "2020-2025", "geography": "Paris", "source": "EC StepUp", "sourceUrl": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/funding-ai-economy-strengthening-europes-investment-capacity", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "metric": "EU investor share in large AI rounds (>€25m)", "value": "26%", "year": "2025", "geography": "EU", "source": "EC StepUp", "sourceUrl": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/funding-ai-economy-strengthening-europes-investment-capacity", "confidence": "Medium", "notes": "Late-stage capital leakage" },
    { "metric": "Apply AI startups", "value": "4,100+", "year": "2025", "geography": "EU", "source": "EC Innovation Radar Bridge", "sourceUrl": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/supporting-apply-ai-strategy-ai-start-and-investment-activity-across-10-key-industrial-sectors", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "metric": "Apply AI startups enterprise value", "value": "EUR 161 bn", "year": "2025", "geography": "EU", "source": "EC Innovation Radar Bridge", "sourceUrl": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/supporting-apply-ai-strategy-ai-start-and-investment-activity-across-10-key-industrial-sectors", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "metric": "Apply AI startups VC raised since 2020", "value": "EUR 20 bn", "year": "2020-2025", "geography": "EU", "source": "EC Innovation Radar Bridge", "sourceUrl": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/supporting-apply-ai-strategy-ai-start-and-investment-activity-across-10-key-industrial-sectors", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "metric": "AI Factories operational/planned", "value": "19", "year": "2025", "geography": "EU", "source": "European Commission", "sourceUrl": "https://commission.europa.eu/topics/competitiveness/ai-continent_en", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "First wave AI Factories", "value": "7", "year": "2024", "geography": "FI/DE/GR/IT/LU/ES/SE", "source": "EuroHPC JU", "sourceUrl": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/selection-first-seven-ai-factories-drive-europes-leadership-ai-2024-12-10_en", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "InvestAI mobilization target", "value": "EUR 200 bn", "year": "2025", "geography": "EU", "source": "European Commission", "sourceUrl": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/eu-launches-investai-initiative-mobilise-eu200-billion-investment-artificial-intelligence", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "AI gigafactory fund", "value": "EUR 20 bn", "year": "2025", "geography": "EU", "source": "European Commission", "sourceUrl": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/eu-launches-investai-initiative-mobilise-eu200-billion-investment-artificial-intelligence", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "EIC Fund capitalisation", "value": ">EUR 4 bn", "year": "2026", "geography": "EU", "source": "European Innovation Council", "sourceUrl": "https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-fund_en", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "EIC Accelerator (Feb 2025) selected companies", "value": "71", "year": "2025", "geography": "EU", "source": "EISMEA", "sourceUrl": "https://eic.ec.europa.eu/news/eic-accelerator-71-companies-selected-most-competitive-funding-round-so-far-2025-02-17_en", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "France AI startups", "value": "1,114", "year": "2026", "geography": "FR", "source": "France Digitale", "sourceUrl": "https://francedigitale.org/publications/mapping-startups-ia-2026", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "metric": "Germany AI startups", "value": "935", "year": "2025", "geography": "DE", "source": "appliedAI Institute", "sourceUrl": "https://www.appliedai-institute.de/en/publications/ai-startup-landscape-2025/", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "metric": "Germany AI startup YoY growth", "value": "+36%", "year": "2025", "geography": "DE", "source": "appliedAI Institute", "sourceUrl": "https://www.appliedai-institute.de/en/publications/ai-startup-landscape-2025/", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "metric": "Spain AI investment since 2020", "value": ">EUR 2 bn", "year": "2020-2025", "geography": "ES", "source": "ICEX Invest in Spain", "sourceUrl": "https://www.investinspain.org/content/icex-invest/en/noticias-main/2025/dealroom.html", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "metric": "Estonia deep-tech startups", "value": "166", "year": "2024", "geography": "EE", "source": "Startup Estonia", "sourceUrl": "https://startupestonia.ee/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/REPORT-DeepTech-ecosystem-2024_ENG.pdf", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "metric": "Netherlands share of European AI talent", "value": "8%", "year": "2025", "geography": "NL", "source": "Prosus/Dealroom/Techleap", "sourceUrl": "https://www.prosus.com/news-insights/2025/prosus-publishes-new-research-report-on-dutch-state-of-ai-with-dealroom-co-and-techleap", "confidence": "Medium", "notes": "On 2.8% of population" },
    { "metric": "Notable AI models 2024 - Europe", "value": "3", "year": "2024", "geography": "Europe", "source": "Stanford HAI AI Index", "sourceUrl": "https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2025-ai-index-report/research-and-development", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "Notable AI models 2024 - US", "value": "40", "year": "2024", "geography": "US", "source": "Stanford HAI AI Index", "sourceUrl": "https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2025-ai-index-report/research-and-development", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "US private AI investment 2024", "value": "USD 109.1 bn", "year": "2024", "geography": "US", "source": "Stanford HAI AI Index", "sourceUrl": "https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2025-ai-index-report/economy", "confidence": "High" }
  ]
}