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# California took $218.5B, 77% of US private AI investment, in 2025
- URL: https://aiadoption.org/data/ai-investment-by-us-state/
- Published: 2026-10-19T16:14:36.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T06:01:40.000Z
- Description: California received $218.5B of the $285.0B in private AI investment tracked across US states in 2025. Colorado was second with $19.1B.
- Author: Manu
- Tags: Data, AI Investment, AI in the US, #chart, #ai-index-2026, #hub-investment, #country-us

77%

California's share ($218.5B) of the $285.0B of private AI investment tracked across US states in 2025

California$218.5B

New York$13.1B

Massachusetts$4.83B

## What the chart shows

California-based AI companies received $218.5 billion of private investment in 2025, about 77% of the $285.0 billion recorded across all US states. Colorado ($19.1 billion) and New York ($13.1 billion) were a distant second and third, followed by Florida ($6.3 billion) and Massachusetts ($4.8 billion).

## Key numbers

| Measure       | Value   |
| ------------- | ------- |
| California    | $218.5B |
| Colorado      | $19.1B  |
| New York      | $13.1B  |
| Florida       | $6.3B   |
| Massachusetts | $4.8B   |

## How to read it

- Investment is attributed to the state where the company is headquartered.
- South Dakota, Oklahoma, Arkansas and West Virginia have no recorded data.

**Source:** [Quid](https://aiadoption.org/sources/#quid), 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 4.2.15: *US state private investment in AI, 2025*. Chart and text by AI Adoption.  
Numbers checked against the published data on 19 October 2026.  
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