Transforming Startup Ecosystems in Emerging Markets Through Artificial Intelligence.

Abstract

In the current global economy, startups have emerged as a prominent trend that fosters individual entrepreneurship. They contribute to local economic growth and provide rapid and flexible solutions to the economic and service needs of society, relying on limited human and material resources. Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have significantly contributed to the growth of these companies by providing tools that enable them to reduce operational costs and perform technical tasks with high efficiency and accuracy. However, the competitive landscape has undergone a profound transformation with the intensive adoption of AI by large corporations, imposing an unequal playing field on startups. This has led to the disappearance of many recent startups that were unable to keep pace with this unfair competition. In this regard, sociological studies indicate that the technological gap resulting from unequal access to and ownership of AI technologies has reproduced and deepened existing forms of social inequality, as technological disparities have become a mechanism for reproducing socioeconomic hierarchies within society.