NIZHNY NOVGOROD, May 31. /TASS/. Around 800 Russian companies work in the field of artificial intelligence and about 90% of them are promising startups, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko told TASS.

"Today, there are around 800 companies working in the field of AI in the country. At the same time, 90% of them are promising start-ups. A well-developed scientific base provides a high potential for creating and implementing own know-hows," Chernyshenko said.

"We see how artificial intelligence is rapidly expanding and becoming the main component in the implementation of ambitious projects in various fields. <...> The large-scale use of AI has already become a steady trend," he added.

According to Chernyshenko, Russian neural networks Kandinsky 2.1, GigaChat, and YandexGPT have already become a full-fledged replacement for several Western innovations.

"Russian developments have already become a full-fledged replacement for many existing foreign developments: Kandinsky 2.1 neural network (made by Sber - TASS) has over 2 million unique users. The multimodal GigaChat is already being tested by the country's top scientists, and Yandex has integrated the YandexGPT neural network into its virtual assistant Alice," he noted.

Chernyshenko recalled that according to experts, the economic impact of implementing artificial intelligence solutions in Russia will be more than 1 trillion rubles ($12.27 bln) by 2025.