AI's Funding Boom Is Drawing Billions From Abroad, Raising Echoes of 2008

Global investment in artificial intelligence surged past $60 billion in the first quarter of 2025 alone, with capital now flowing in from sovereign wealth funds, foreign investors, and development agencies at an accelerating pace. Yet warnings from financial regulators, economists, and lawmakers are growing sharper: the pace and structure of this buildout risks creating the kind of systemic financial vulnerability that preceded the 2008 crisis.