North America vs China
North America has 15× more AI funding than China. Across 4 dimensions — funding, models, compute, orgs — one country pulls the AI race forward; the other chases.
LIVE
#1 = North America RATIO 15× SHARE OF WORLD · 92/100 UPDATED 2026-05-08
North America 86/100 China 6/100 rest of world 8/100
Together =
92%
of all AI funding tracked worldwide.
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🌎 North America
86/100
$351.7B · #1 of 6
🇨🇳 China
6/100
$23.5B · #2 of 40
SRC: epoch · forbes · cbi · manual-gaps 1 SQUARE = 1% OF WORLD AI FUNDING
🌎 North America
#1 of 6 · region
━━ vs ━━
China 🇨🇳
#2 of 40 · country
BARS NORMALIZED PER-ROW TO MAX(L,R) PINK = North America · BLUE = China
note — North America runs 15× more AI capital than China. 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 ──────────────────────────── ┐
CLICK A TILE → ORG PROFILE NORTH AMERICA RUNS 16× CHINA · NARROW SIDE FLOORED FOR LEGIBILITY