Economist Antitrust Summit: AI partnerships: collaboration, control or competitive risk?
Speakers
AI partnerships: collaboration, control or competitive risk? AI companies are building the industry through a dense network of partnerships, cross‑investments, talent moves and “acqui-hires”. What began as regulatory curiosity has become a defining competition question: are these partnerships engines of innovation or veiled mechanisms of entrenchment? This roundtable will explore whether initial concerns about competition in the AI field were justified, and what new risks are emerging in the light of rapid advances. How should competition authorities respond to the way in which AI relationships are being structured? Should these partnerships be treated with a default setting of regulatory suspicion or be assessed with a lighter touch? What is the evidence so far on whether tie‑ups between established players and new entrants help consumers and boost innovation, or whether they actually make markets harder to enter for smaller, independent AI companies?
Event Name
Economist Antitrust Summit: AI partnerships: collaboration, control or competitive risk?
Details
Date: February 26, 2026 - February 26, 2026
Location: County Hall, London
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