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country profile · #14 of 40 countries · part of Asia

Japan
is #14 in AI funding.

Japan sits in the upper half of the AI race — $668M of all-time AI capital across 7 orgs, and 30 MW of operational AI compute across 3 datacenters.One company — Sakana AI — is 72% of all AI funding in Japan.

LIVE #14 OF 40 COUNTRIES 1% OF WORLD UPDATED 2026-05-08
FUNDING
$668M
all-time AI capital raised
#14/ 40
AI ORGS
7
notable AI organisations
#9/ 40
NOTABLE MODELS
1
shipped to date
#12/ 40
OPERATIONAL MW
30 MW
across 3 live DCs
#10/ 40
01 — Position on the curve

Where Japan sitsall countries ranked by AI funding

#14 · 🇯🇵 #1 🇺🇸 United States #13 🇿🇦 South Africa #15 🇫🇮 Finland #40 🇸🇮 Slovenia ↑ LEADER TAIL ↓ 40 COUNTRIES · BAR HEIGHT ∝ FUNDING
RANK-SPACED · HEIGHT ∝ SQRT(FUNDING) NAVY = JAPAN
02 — Share of world
Japan 1/100 rest of world 99/100
Japan = 1% of world AI funding tracked.
Total AI funding worldwide: $407.8B across 40 countries.
Japan: $668M · rank #14 of 40countries.
SRC: epoch · forbes · cbi · manual-gaps 1 SQUARE = 1% OF WORLD AI FUNDING
03 — Roster
CLICK TILE → ORG PROFILE NAVY TILE = #1 IN JAPAN
04 — Compute skyline
BAR HEIGHT ∝ MW · SORTED LIVE-FIRST, THEN POWER 3 LIVE / 3 TOTAL