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June 22, 2026

AI Boom Widens The Gap In Emerging Market Tech

Daily UpdateEquitiesInformation Technology

Emerging market technology is experiencing a significant performance divergence between semiconductor-heavy markets like Taiwan and Korea, which are capturing AI-driven gains, and India's IT services sector, which is grappling with the uncertainty of AI's disruption to its outsourcing model.

Key Takeaways

  • 1.Emerging market tech is diverging, with semiconductor-heavy markets like Korea and Taiwan benefiting from AI-related capital expenditure, while India's IT services sector lags due to uncertainty regarding AI's impact on outsourcing models.
  • 2.The investment outlook for Indian IT hinges on execution and the ability of firms to shift from labor-based revenues to high-value AI integration and support services.

Table of Contents

  • AI boom widens the gap in emerging market tech
  • AI IS DRIVING A WIDENING GAP BETWEEN SEMICONDUCTOR LEADERS AND IT SERVICES LAGGARDS
  • THE CONTEXT
  • THE DATA
  • OUR VIEW
  • OTHER THINGS TO NOTE
  • Timid improvements in US-Iran negotiations
  • UK politics in the spotlight

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Authors

Tobias Keller

Securities

MSCI IT indices

Themes

AI-driven divergenceHardware vs Software IT cycle

Regions

Asia PacificKoreaTaiwanIndia