South Korea has 1.1× more AI funding than Türkiye. Across 4 dimensions — funding, models, compute, orgs — one country pulls the AI race forward; the other chases.
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#1 = South Korea RATIO 1.1×SHARE OF WORLD · 2/100UPDATED 2026-05-08
01 — Share of world
South Korea 1/100Türkiye 1/100rest of world 98/100
Together =
2%
of all AI funding tracked worldwide.
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🇰🇷 South Korea
1/100
$1.7B · #8 of 40
🇹🇷 Türkiye
1/100
$1.5B · #9 of 40
SRC: epoch · forbes · cbi · manual-gaps1 SQUARE = 1% OF WORLD AI FUNDING
02 — Head-to-head
🇰🇷South Korea
#8 of 40 · country
━━ vs ━━
Türkiye🇹🇷
#9 of 40 · country
BARS NORMALIZED PER-ROW TO MAX(L,R)PINK = South Korea · BLUE = Türkiye
note — South Korea runs 1.1× more AI capital than Türkiye. 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 ──────────────────────────── ┐
🇰🇷South Korea5/13 · $1.7B
🇹🇷Türkiye1/1 · $1.5B
CLICK A TILE → ORG PROFILE SOUTH KOREA RUNS 1.1× TÜRKIYE