Asia vs Europe
Asia has 1.3× more AI funding than Europe. Across 4 dimensions — funding, models, compute, orgs — one country pulls the AI race forward; the other chases.
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#1 = Asia RATIO 1.3× SHARE OF WORLD · 12/100 UPDATED 2026-05-08
Asia 7/100 Europe 5/100 rest of world 88/100
Together =
12%
of all AI funding tracked worldwide.
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🌏 Asia
7/100
$29.7B · #2 of 6
🌍 Europe
5/100
$22.4B · #3 of 6
SRC: epoch · forbes · cbi · manual-gaps 1 SQUARE = 1% OF WORLD AI FUNDING
🌏 Asia
#2 of 6 · region
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Europe 🌍
#3 of 6 · region
BARS NORMALIZED PER-ROW TO MAX(L,R) PINK = Asia · BLUE = Europe
note — Asia runs 1.3× more AI capital than Europe. Whether that translates to frontier compute is what the next chart shows.
— ai-race-map · methodology @ /m
┌─ tile area ≈ funding · column width ≈ side total · all orgs shown ──────────────────────────── ┐
CLICK A TILE → ORG PROFILE ASIA RUNS 1.4× EUROPE