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What does AI adoption reveal in Corfo's projects?
Original title, in Spanish: “¿Qué revela la adopción de IA en los proyectos de Corfo? – El Ecosistema Startup”
- Publication
- El Ecosistema Startup (Spain)
- Author
- Unsigned
- Published on
- 2 October 2026 · read in the page structured data
Summary
According to an internal measurement by Corfo (Chile), a quarter of the more than 11,000 innovation projects funded between 2009 and 2025 use artificial intelligence, a record level reached in 2025. Jocelyn Olivari, Corfo's Innovation Manager, says companies mainly use it to automate tasks and optimise processes, before transforming their products. The trend spans information technology, health, mining, construction, banking, education and the creative industries, with a majority of micro and small businesses. Concrete examples are cited in mining (predictive maintenance, digital twins) and health (virtual agents to reduce waiting lists), but Corfo acknowledges it has no quantitative analysis of the impact. The article also cites global data from McKinsey and CaixaBank Research on AI adoption by industry and country.
Summary based on the full text of the article.
Read the article on El Ecosistema Startup →Figures cited
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25 %
share of Corfo-funded innovation projects that use AI
more than 11,000 projects funded by Corfo between 2009 and 2025
« Uno de cada cuatro proyectos de innovación apoyados por la Gerencia de Innovación de Corfo ya utiliza inteligencia artificial (IA). »
Source: Corfo
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89 %
global AI adoption in at least one business function
organisations worldwide, according to QuantumBlack / McKinsey
« A nivel global, según QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey, la adopción alcanza al 89% de las organizaciones en al menos una función de negocio, con un 44% ya incorporándola a gran escala. »
Source: QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey
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44 %
organisations incorporating AI at scale
organisations worldwide, according to QuantumBlack / McKinsey
« con un 44% ya incorporándola a gran escala. »
Source: QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey
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60 %
AI adoption in the information/communication and ICT industries in Spain
Spain, 2025, according to CaixaBank Research
« En España, CaixaBank Research encontró en 2025 que los sectores de información y comunicaciones y TIC presentan niveles de adopción cercanos al 60%, muy superiores a otros rubros. »
Source: CaixaBank Research
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37 %
share of companies reporting a positive impact on their gross margin thanks to AI
global, according to McKinsey
« solo el 37% de las compañías reporta impacto positivo en su beneficio bruto, según McKinsey. »
Source: McKinsey
Classification
- Country
- Chile, Spain
- Company size
- SMEs, All sizes
- Industries
- All industries, or industry not specified · Software vendors, IT services companies, telecoms · Healthcare, pharmaceuticals, social care · Industry and manufacturing · Construction, civil engineering, real estate · Banking, insurance, asset management, finance departments · Education and training
- Companies
- McKinsey (cited), CaixaBank Research (study author), Startup Blink (study author), Corfo (study author)
- Keywords
- ai adoption, innovation, corfo, chile, automation, smes
Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to El Ecosistema Startup. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.