Finland vs Japan
Japan has 1.1× more AI funding than Finland. Across 4 dimensions — funding, models, compute, orgs — one country pulls the AI race forward; the other chases.
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#1 = Japan RATIO 1.1× SHARE OF WORLD · 2/100 UPDATED 2026-05-08
Finland 1/100 Japan 1/100 rest of world 98/100
Together =
2%
of all AI funding tracked worldwide.
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🇫🇮 Finland
1/100
$600M · #15 of 40
🇯🇵 Japan
1/100
$668M · #14 of 40
SRC: epoch · forbes · cbi · manual-gaps 1 SQUARE = 1% OF WORLD AI FUNDING
🇫🇮 Finland
#15 of 40 · country
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Japan 🇯🇵
#14 of 40 · country
BARS NORMALIZED PER-ROW TO MAX(L,R) PINK = Finland · BLUE = Japan
note — Japan runs 1.1× more AI capital than Finland. 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 ──────────────────────────── ┐
🇫🇮 Finland 1/1 · $600M
🇯🇵 Japan 3/7 · $668M
CLICK A TILE → ORG PROFILE JAPAN RUNS 1.1× FINLAND