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London vs New York

Tied on funding — New York has 1.1× more orgs. Across 3 dimensions — funding, models, compute, orgs — one country pulls the AI race forward; the other chases.

LIVE #1 = New York RATIO 1.0× SHARE OF WORLD · 4/100 UPDATED 2026-05-08
01 — Share of world
London 2/100 New York 2/100 rest of world 96/100
Together = 4% of all AI funding tracked worldwide.
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🇬🇧 London
2/100
$6.8B · #5 of 12
🇺🇸 New York
2/100
$7.1B · #4 of 12
SRC: epoch · forbes · cbi · manual-gaps 1 SQUARE = 1% OF WORLD AI FUNDING
02 — Head-to-head
🇬🇧 London
#5 of 12 · hub
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New York 🇺🇸
#4 of 12 · hub
$6.8B $7.1B FUNDING · 1.0× #1 2 4 NOTABLE MODELS · 2.0× #1 17 18 AI ORGS · 1.1× #1
BARS NORMALIZED PER-ROW TO MAX(L,R) PINK = London · BLUE = New York
note — New York runs 1.0× more AI capital than London. 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 ──────────────────────────── ┐
🇺🇸 New York 17/18 · $7.1B
CLICK A TILE → ORG PROFILE LONDON RUNS 1.1× NEW YORK
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