Leveraging AI for innovation (and when your project can qualify as R&D)

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Artificial intelligence has become the default tool for innovation. Many companies in Chile are building models, automating processes and launching AI-based products. A question we hear often is: can that qualify under the R&D Law?

The short answer: sometimes yes, sometimes no. It depends on whether your project uses AI or creates new knowledge with AI.

Using AI is not doing R&D

The R&D Law doesn’t reward adopting technology; it rewards generating knowledge. So it helps to separate two kinds of project:

Artificial intelligence on NovaTax Blog

Leveraging AI for innovation (and when your project can qualify as R&D)

Using AI is not doing R&D