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The $259 Billion That Left the Room: How the AI Boom Is Draining the Emerging World
AI companies absorbed $259 billion in venture capital last year — 61% of every VC dollar on Earth — and three-quarters of it landed in the United States. So what happens to everyone else? Dr. Vivian Atud, PhD economist and international consultant, follows the money from Silicon Valley to Lagos, Accra, and Luanda — where a quiet revolution in pension funds, development finance, and venture debt is building something more durable than a funding boom: capital sovereignty. Featuring the Capital Sovereignty Stack™, a three-layer framework for nations, founders, and households — and the surprising…
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