United States vs China
United States 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 = United States RATIO 15× SHARE OF WORLD · 91/100 UPDATED 2026-05-08
United States 85/100 China 6/100 rest of world 9/100
Together =
91%
of all AI funding tracked worldwide.
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🇺🇸 United States
85/100
$347.2B · #1 of 40
🇨🇳 China
6/100
$23.5B · #2 of 40
SRC: epoch · forbes · cbi · manual-gaps 1 SQUARE = 1% OF WORLD AI FUNDING
🇺🇸 United States
#1 of 40 · country
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China 🇨🇳
#2 of 40 · country
BARS NORMALIZED PER-ROW TO MAX(L,R) PINK = United States · BLUE = China
note — United States 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 UNITED STATES RUNS 16× CHINA · NARROW SIDE FLOORED FOR LEGIBILITY