accounting for 73%, China 10% and Korea 8%. While their manufacturing facilities (foundries) are globally distributed to some extent, nearly 60% of them are located in East Asia. This means that almost six out of every ten chips produced, whether GPUs or CPUs, are manufactured in the region, underscoring East Asia's central role in the global semiconductor supply chain. East Asia. Public awareness of its potential expanded after the widely publicised 2016 match between the Korean Go player, Se-dol Lee, and the Al computer Go programme, AlphaGo. In the years that followed, China (2017), Korea (2020) and Japan (2025) announced national Al strategies, signalling a shift toward more The number of venture capital investments in Al has been on the rise. While the United States has been leading the trend, China, the European Union and Korea have also emerged as major players in the landscape. The amount of money