United States has 49× more AI funding than United Kingdom. Across 4 dimensions — funding, models, compute, orgs — one country pulls the AI race forward; the other chases.
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#1 = United States RATIO 49×SHARE OF WORLD · 87/100UPDATED 2026-05-08
01 — Share of world
United Kingdom 2/100United States 85/100rest of world 13/100
Together =
87%
of all AI funding tracked worldwide.
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom
2/100
$7.0B · #4 of 40
🇺🇸 United States
85/100
$347.2B · #1 of 40
SRC: epoch · forbes · cbi · manual-gaps1 SQUARE = 1% OF WORLD AI FUNDING
02 — Head-to-head
🇬🇧United Kingdom
#4 of 40 · country
━━ vs ━━
United States🇺🇸
#1 of 40 · country
BARS NORMALIZED PER-ROW TO MAX(L,R)PINK = United Kingdom · BLUE = United States
note — United States runs 49× more AI capital than United Kingdom. Whether that translates to frontier compute is what the next chart shows.
— ai-race-map · methodology @ /m
03 — Top AI organizations by funding
┌─ tile area ≈ funding · column width ≈ side total · all orgs shown ──────────────────────────── ┐