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# The US took 96% of private generative AI investment in 2025
- URL: https://aiadoption.org/data/genai-investment-by-region/
- Published: 2026-10-19T16:14:50.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T06:01:51.000Z
- Description: US companies raised $163.6B of the $170.9B in private generative AI investment in 2025. Europe drew $3.2B and China $1.5B.
- Author: Manu
- Tags: Data, AI Investment, Generative AI, AI in the US, #chart, #ai-index-2026, #hub-investment, #country-us, #topic-generative-ai

96%

US share of global private generative AI investment in 2025 ($163.6B of $170.9B)

United States$163.6B

Europe$3.21B

China$1.48B

## What the chart shows

US-based generative AI companies raised $163.6 billion of private investment in 2025, about 96% of the $170.9 billion global total ([related chart](https://aiadoption.org/data/generative-ai-investment-2025/)). Europe drew $3.2 billion and China $1.5 billion.

Both fell from 2024: China from $3.5 billion and Europe from $3.6 billion.

## Key numbers

| Measure             | Value   |
| ------------------- | ------- |
| United States, 2025 | $163.6B |
| Europe, 2025        | $3.2B   |
| China, 2025         | $1.5B   |
| Global total, 2025  | $170.9B |

## How to read it

- Europe groups European countries as defined by the AI Index.
- Investment is attributed to the company’s headquarters location.

**Source:** [Quid](https://aiadoption.org/sources/#quid), 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 4.2.10: *Global private investment in generative AI by geographic area, 2019–25*. Chart and text by AI Adoption.  
Numbers checked against the published data on 19 October 2026.  
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