77%
California's share ($218.5B) of the $285.0B of private AI investment tracked across US states in 2025

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

MeasureValue
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, 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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