Northern Ireland’s artificial intelligence-related revenue reached £188 million in 2024, a report has found.

The Artificial Intelligence Collaboration Centre (AICC), a partnership between Ulster University and Queen’s University, Belfast , has published the first comprehensive baseline of the region’s AI ecosystem.

Its first artificial intelligence capability census identifies 198 firms actively engaged in AI across Northern Ireland , employing approximately 1,340 AI professionals.

It found the region’s AI-related revenue reached £188 million in 2024, generating £82 million in gross value added (GVA), a metric which measures the value of the sector to the economy.

The report went on to find that with the right interventions, the mid-growth scenario outlined in the report shows AI

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