The New Geoeconomics of AI: who will dominate the AI century?
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Sovereignty, industrial policy, US–China competition, emerging economies, and AI as a strategic national capability.
World AIconomy Forum is a closed-door, invitation-only convening of 500 business leaders, investors and inventors deciding how capital, policy and intelligence will shape the new AI economy.
World AIconomy Forum 2027
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Why AIconomy,
why now.
AI is no longer a technology story. It is an investment story, a geopolitical story and an industrial one, and its outcomes are being decided this decade.
Heads of state, CEOs, frontier AI leaders and investors, in rigorous, provocative, interview-led conversations with the country’s top editors.
Our purpose: global AI and economic leadership across every major sector, measured by investment, policy and deployment outcomes.
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Our Co-Chairs and Advisory Board represent the most dynamic forces in the AI economy and shape our convening, content and mission.
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Gathering a uniquely influential group of 500 for rare intellectual exchange.
Business leaders with real capital at risk, investors financing the next economy, and inventors building it, in one room, behind closed doors.
Curated spaces and interview-led formats foster candid exchange and forward-looking insight on AI’s economic outcomes.
The voices we’re convening.
Our speaker architecture spans the scientific, commercial, financial and political forces driving the AI frontier.
- Frontier AI leadership
Arthur Mensch, Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis
The scientific and commercial forces driving the AI frontier, including an anchor interview with a frontier lab leader.
Invited - Global & Indian industry
Mukesh Ambani, N. Chandrasekaran, Nikesh Arora, Cristiano Amon
CEOs with real capital at risk and meaningful AI deployment ambitions.
Invited - Capital allocators & investors
Hemant Taneja, Rajan Anandan, Amit Dixit, Ranjan Pai
Private capital, AI venture investing and infrastructure financing.
Invited - Policy & institutions
Ashwini Vaishnaw, Amitabh Kant
With key Indian chief ministers, global technology policymakers and senior UAE representatives.
Invited - Editorial anchors
Shereen Bhan, Palki Sharma, Andrew Ross Sorkin
Independent, well-researched moderation, foundational to the Forum's credibility.
Invited - The room
500 invited guests
Business leaders, investors and inventors. Attendance by invitation only.
An invitation is a merit-based distinction, and entry to a high-trust network of the hands-on architects of the AI economy.
Six editorial pillars for the AI century.
Interview-led programming that interrogates AI across every major economic sector.
Capital, Compute & Infrastructure
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Semiconductors, hyperscalers, data centres, power, financing models, and the returns on AI infrastructure.
The Intelligence Economy
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Frontier models, agents, enterprise adoption, monetisation, productivity and entirely new business models.
Reinventing the Real Economy
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AI transforming healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, defence, agriculture, education, commerce and mobility.
People, Society & Trust
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Jobs, inequality, skills, institutions, cybersecurity, safety, governance and the social contract.
The Next Trillion-Dollar Opportunity
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AI-native companies, venture capital, private equity, sovereign capital, emerging markets and the next global champions.
Onstage and private forums
Onstage, our newsroom-grade moderators interrogate the leaders shaping the AI economy, on the record.
See the programmeBehind closed doors, private forums give investors, operators and policymakers room to work through the hard questions.
Request an invitationWorld AIconomy Forum engages the institutions building, financing and governing the AI economy.
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Content franchises & partner categories
- The Geoeconomics of AI
- Global banks, advisory firms, sovereign institutions
- The AI Infrastructure Imperative
- Hyperscalers, data centres, energy, semiconductor firms
- The Intelligent Enterprise
- Cloud, software, consulting, cybersecurity companies
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- Capital & the AI Supercycle
- Private equity, asset managers, investment banks
- India's AI Transformation
- Indian conglomerates, telecom and technology firms
- AI for Humanity
- Healthcare, education, foundations, development institutions
Built around one closed-door convening of 500 leaders.
On-stage conversations and private forums, held over an invitation-only annual gathering.
Dates to be announced
World AIconomy Forum — Annual Convening
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The agenda at a glance.
Full programme and speakers to be announced closer to the convening.
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- Arrivals & welcome
- Opening conversation: The New Geoeconomics of AI
- Fireside with a frontier lab leader
- Private forums: Capital, Compute & Infrastructure
- Evening reception
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- The Intelligence Economy
- Reinventing the Real Economy
- People, Society & Trust
- The Next Trillion-Dollar Opportunity
- AIconomy Awards & close
The AIconomy Awards recognise the builders of the AI economy.
Jury
An independent jury
Drawn from industry, capital, science and policy. Members to be announced.
MEET THE JURYCategories
Award categories
Recognising leadership in AI investment, deployment, research and impact. Categories to be announced.
VIEW CATEGORIESNext generation
College & Student Initiative
Bringing the next generation of AI builders into the room.
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Attendance
By invitation only. Each request is reviewed individually.
Partnership Inquiries
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Places are limited to 500 guests.
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