Tied on funding — South Korea has 1.2× more orgs. Across 4 dimensions — funding, models, compute, orgs — one country pulls the AI race forward; the other chases.
LIVERATIO tiedSHARE OF WORLD · 2/100UPDATED 2026-05-08
01 — Share of world
Seoul 1/100South Korea 1/100rest of world 98/100
Together =
2%
of all AI funding tracked worldwide.
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🇰🇷 Seoul
1/100
$1.7B · #9 of 12
🇰🇷 South Korea
1/100
$1.7B · #8 of 40
SRC: epoch · forbes · cbi · manual-gaps1 SQUARE = 1% OF WORLD AI FUNDING
02 — Head-to-head
🇰🇷Seoul
#9 of 12 · hub
━━ vs ━━
South Korea🇰🇷
#8 of 40 · country
BARS NORMALIZED PER-ROW TO MAX(L,R)PINK = Seoul · BLUE = South Korea
03 — Top AI organizations by funding
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