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US AI investment hits record 5.4% of GDP as Q3 spending jumps 7.3%

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US AI investment hits record 5.4% of GDP as Q3 spending jumps 7.3%
  • US private fixed investment in information processing equipment and software grew at a 7.3% annualized rate in Q3 2026 to a record $1.77 trillion, per BEA data.
  • The Q3 2026 increase is the largest quarterly gain since Q4 1983. At the height of the 2000 Dot-Com Bubble, the metric grew 6.2%.
  • Since Q4 2022, the metric has risen 61%, or $671 billion.
  • As a share of GDP, the metric reached a record 5.4%, above the previous high of 4.5% in Q4 2000.

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US AI investment hits record 5.4% of GDP as Q3 spending jumps 7.3% — Heurist Finance