Mary Meeker AI Trends Report: Mind-Boggling Numbers Paint AI's Massive Growth Picture

Here are some incredibly powerful numbers from Mary Meeker's AI Trends report, which showcase how artificial intelligence as a tech is unlike any other the world has ever seen. 

• Training dataset size (number of words) for key AI models, such as OpenAI's GPT-2, saw a 260% annual growth over the past 15 years.

• Training compute for AI models like GPT-4 and xAI's Grok 3 saw 360% annual growth over the past 15 years.

• 75% of global chief marketing officers are using/testing AI tools.

• 72% of employed US adults using AI chatbots say it helps do work quicker and better.

• Interest in AI agents as per Google Searches has risen 1,088% over the past 16 months.

• $212 billion capex of big six US-based tech companies on AI, with 63% YoY growth.

• $455 billion global IT company data centre capex in 2024.

• Nvidia GPU performance has risen 225x over eight years and installed GPU computing power 100x over six years.

• Number of AI developer repositories on GitHub have risen 175% over 16 months. 

• Open-source models are rising due to lower costs, with Meta’s Llama reaching 1.2 billion downloads in 10 weeks (3.4x growth in eight months).