China vs France
China has 3.3× more AI funding than France. Across 4 dimensions — funding, models, compute, orgs — one country pulls the AI race forward; the other chases.
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#1 = China RATIO 3.3× SHARE OF WORLD · 8/100 UPDATED 2026-05-08
China 6/100 France 2/100 rest of world 92/100
Together =
8%
of all AI funding tracked worldwide.
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🇨🇳 China
6/100
$23.5B · #2 of 40
🇫🇷 France
2/100
$7.2B · #3 of 40
SRC: epoch · forbes · cbi · manual-gaps 1 SQUARE = 1% OF WORLD AI FUNDING
🇨🇳 China
#2 of 40 · country
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France 🇫🇷
#3 of 40 · country
BARS NORMALIZED PER-ROW TO MAX(L,R) PINK = China · BLUE = France
note — China runs 3.3× more AI capital than France. 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 ──────────────────────────── ┐
🇨🇳 China 23/38 · $23.5B
🇫🇷 France 11/12 · $7.5B
CLICK A TILE → ORG PROFILE CHINA RUNS 3.1× FRANCE