From Silicon Valley to LatAm: A Brief Comparison of AI Ecosystems and What It Will Take to Scale Innovation in Latin America
A brief overview of the Latin American and US AI ecosystems, highlighting differences in development stages, funding deployed, and major players and motifs. The presentation will reveal how the US builds the "scale machine" through foundation models, infrastructure, and outsized funding, while Latin America acts as ‘the problem solver,’ applying AI to local, high-friction problems.