UniCredit
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
