With competition from Chinese startup DeepSeek intensifying, the largest US technology companies, including Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Alphabet, plan to spend more than $300 billion on artificial intelligence (AI) by 2025. The investments are a response to growing demand and the new opportunities that AI offers.

According to the Financial Times, these companies’ combined capital expenditure in 2024 will be $246 billion, significantly higher than the $151 billion in 2023. The companies predict that their spending in 2025 could exceed $320 billion, indicating a significant increase in investment in AI technology. Over the past year, spending on AI has increased by 63%, and companies are ready to increase this spending further to keep up with competitors.

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, announced that the company plans to spend $75 billion on AI development in 2025, which is 42% more than $53 billion in 2024. Pichai noted that the emergence of Chinese startup DeepSeek will increase demand for new AI models, as the startup has demonstrated effective methods that can reduce the cost of development and stimulate new areas of research in this field.

Microsoft, in turn, is also preparing for significant investments. Satya Nadella, CEO of the company, announced that Microsoft plans to invest $80 billion in the development of Azure, the company's cloud platform that provides tools and infrastructure for creating and integrating AI.

For its part, Amazon plans to spend more than $100 billion on AI technologies in 2025, significantly more than $77 billion in 2024 and more than double the previous year’s spending. The funds will be used to build data centers and servers for Amazon Web Services (AWS), a major focus for cloud and AI development.

Meta is also keeping up with its competitors. It plans to spend $65 billion on AI technologies in 2025. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that this investment will allow the company to adapt its technologies depending on the development of new methods of artificial intelligence, which is strategically important for the future development of its products and services.

These large investments demonstrate the importance of AI for the future of the tech giants and the global economy. They not only allow companies to maintain leadership positions in the market, but also contribute to the development of new technologies that can change the very nature of work and life in the future.