South America vs China
China has 25× more AI funding than South America. Across 4 dimensions — funding, models, compute, orgs — one country pulls the AI race forward; the other chases.
LIVE
#1 = China RATIO 25× SHARE OF WORLD · 7/100 UPDATED 2026-05-08
South America 1/100 China 6/100 rest of world 93/100
Together =
7%
of all AI funding tracked worldwide.
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🌎 South America
1/100
$941M · #4 of 6
🇨🇳 China
6/100
$23.5B · #2 of 40
SRC: epoch · forbes · cbi · manual-gaps 1 SQUARE = 1% OF WORLD AI FUNDING
🌎 South America
#4 of 6 · region
━━ vs ━━
China 🇨🇳
#2 of 40 · country
BARS NORMALIZED PER-ROW TO MAX(L,R) PINK = South America · BLUE = China
note — China runs 25× more AI capital than South America. 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 ──────────────────────────── ┐
🌎 South America 4/5 · $941M
🇨🇳 China 23/38 · $23.5B
CLICK A TILE → ORG PROFILE CHINA RUNS 25× SOUTH AMERICA · NARROW SIDE FLOORED FOR LEGIBILITY