Shanghai vs London
London has 1.3× more AI funding than Shanghai. Across 3 dimensions — funding, models, compute, orgs — one country pulls the AI race forward; the other chases.
LIVE
#1 = London RATIO 1.3× SHARE OF WORLD · 3/100 UPDATED 2026-05-08
Shanghai 1/100 London 2/100 rest of world 97/100
Together =
3%
of all AI funding tracked worldwide.
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🇨🇳 Shanghai
1/100
$5.0B · #6 of 12
🇬🇧 London
2/100
$6.8B · #5 of 12
SRC: epoch · forbes · cbi · manual-gaps 1 SQUARE = 1% OF WORLD AI FUNDING
🇨🇳 Shanghai
#6 of 12 · hub
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London 🇬🇧
#5 of 12 · hub
BARS NORMALIZED PER-ROW TO MAX(L,R) PINK = Shanghai · BLUE = London
note — London runs 1.3× more AI capital than Shanghai. 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 LONDON RUNS 1.6× SHANGHAI