Toronto vs Shanghai
Shanghai has 1.2× more AI funding than Toronto. Across 3 dimensions — funding, models, compute, orgs — one country pulls the AI race forward; the other chases.
LIVE
#1 = Shanghai RATIO 1.2× SHARE OF WORLD · 2/100 UPDATED 2026-05-08
Toronto 1/100 Shanghai 1/100 rest of world 98/100
Together =
2%
of all AI funding tracked worldwide.
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🇨🇦 Toronto
1/100
$4.1B · #7 of 12
🇨🇳 Shanghai
1/100
$5.0B · #6 of 12
SRC: epoch · forbes · cbi · manual-gaps 1 SQUARE = 1% OF WORLD AI FUNDING
🇨🇦 Toronto
#7 of 12 · hub
━━ vs ━━
Shanghai 🇨🇳
#6 of 12 · hub
BARS NORMALIZED PER-ROW TO MAX(L,R) PINK = Toronto · BLUE = Shanghai
note — Shanghai runs 1.2× more AI capital than Toronto. 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 ──────────────────────────── ┐
🇨🇦 Toronto 5/7 · $4.1B
🇨🇳 Shanghai 6/7 · $5.0B
CLICK A TILE → ORG PROFILE SHANGHAI RUNS 1.2× TORONTO