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Zürich vs United States

United States has 1753× more AI funding than Zürich. Across 4 dimensions — funding, models, compute, orgs — one country pulls the AI race forward; the other chases.

LIVE #1 = United States RATIO 1753× SHARE OF WORLD · 86/100 UPDATED 2026-05-08
01 — Share of world
Zürich 1/100 United States 85/100 rest of world 14/100
Together = 86% of all AI funding tracked worldwide.
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🇨🇭 Zürich
1/100
$198M · #12 of 12
🇺🇸 United States
85/100
$347.2B · #1 of 40
SRC: epoch · forbes · cbi · manual-gaps 1 SQUARE = 1% OF WORLD AI FUNDING
02 — Head-to-head
🇨🇭 Zürich
#12 of 12 · hub
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United States 🇺🇸
#1 of 40 · country
$198M $347.2B FUNDING · 1753× #1 0 370 · 61F NOTABLE MODELS · ∞× #1 7.0 GW · 21DC OPERATIONAL COMPUTE · ∞× #1 4 136 AI ORGS · 34× #1
BARS NORMALIZED PER-ROW TO MAX(L,R) PINK = Zürich · BLUE = United States
note — United States runs 1753× more AI capital than Zürich. Whether that translates to frontier compute is what the next chart shows.
— ai-race-map · methodology @ /m
03 — Top AI organizations by funding
┌─ tile area ≈ funding · column width ≈ side total · all orgs shown ──────────────────────────── ┐
CLICK A TILE → ORG PROFILE UNITED STATES RUNS 1.8k× ZÜRICH · NARROW SIDE FLOORED FOR LEGIBILITY
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