Business Daily - Follow the money: The chips powering AI
Download Follow the money: The chips powering AI
Artificial intelligence is transforming industries and creating vast new fortunes. But behind every chatbot, image generator and AI model is a physical product: a semiconductor chip.
We trace the global supply chain powering the AI revolution. From the companies designing the world's most advanced chips, to the factories manufacturing them, and the specialist machines needed to produce them, we examine who is profiting from the surge in demand.
We also explore why so much of the world's most advanced chip production is concentrated in one place, Taiwan, and what that means for the global economy at a time of growing tensions between China and the West.
As governments compete for technological leadership and businesses spend billions on AI infrastructure, we ask a simple question: who is getting rich from the AI boom, and what happens if the supply chain breaks?
Presenter: Sam Fenwick
Producer: David Cann
(Photo: Holographic robot arms making semiconductor Credit:Yuichiro Chino / Getty Images)
Published on Monday, 22nd June 2026.
Available Podcasts from Business Daily
We are not the BBC, we only list available podcasts. To find out more about the programme including episodes available on BBC iPlayer, go to the Business Daily webpage.