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# Since 2003, the US has produced 596 notable AI models, nearly four times China's 160
- URL: https://aiadoption.org/data/notable-ai-models-by-country-since-2003/
- Published: 2026-10-19T14:40:06.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T06:03:02.000Z
- Description: From 2003 to 2025, US organisations released 596 notable AI models, against 160 from China and 84 from the UK.
- Author: Manu
- Tags: Data, AI Models, AI in the US, AI in China, #chart, #ai-index-2026, #hub-models, #lens-us-china, #country-us, #country-china

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notable AI models from US organisations, 2003–2025 (China: 160; UK: 84)

United States596

China160

United Kingdom84

## What the chart shows

Across 2003–2025, organisations in the United States released 596 notable AI models, 3.7 times China’s 160\. The United Kingdom (84), Canada (54) and France (50) follow.

Thirty-four countries have produced at least one notable model in that period; the chart shows the top 15.

## Key numbers

| Measure        | Value |
| -------------- | ----- |
| United States  | 596   |
| China          | 160   |
| United Kingdom | 84    |
| Canada         | 54    |
| France         | 50    |

## How to read it

- A model from organisations in several countries counts once for each.
- Top 15 of 34 countries shown.

**Source:** [Epoch AI](https://aiadoption.org/sources/#epoch-ai), [Data on AI models](https://epoch.ai/data/ai-models?ref=aiadoption.org) (CC BY 4.0), accessed 19 October 2026\. Analysis and chart by AI Adoption, following the method of the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 1.1.3\. The report shows this as a map; we show the top 15 countries.  
Numbers checked against the published data on 19 October 2026.  
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