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# US federal AI grant spending reached $5.05B in 2024, seven times its 2020 level
- URL: https://aiadoption.org/data/us-public-ai-spending-by-year/
- Published: 2026-10-19T16:45:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T06:03:37.000Z
- Description: US federal AI grants totalled $5.05B in 2024, up from $0.70B in 2020. Contracts came to $0.69B and other transaction agreements $0.12B.
- Author: Manu
- Tags: Data, AI Regulation, AI in the US, #chart, #ai-index-2026, #hub-regulation, #country-us, #industry-government

$5.05B

▲ 7.2× since 2020

US federal spending on AI-related grants in 2024

20132024

## What the chart shows

US federal agencies spent $5.05 billion on AI-related grants in 2024, up from $4.03 billion in 2023 and seven times the $0.70 billion of 2020\. Grant spending has risen every year since 2016, when it was $0.08 billion.

Spending through contracts ($0.69 billion) and other transaction agreements ($0.12 billion) grew far less. Grants were 86% of the $5.86 billion total in 2024, against 56% in 2020.

## Key numbers

| Measure          | Value  |
| ---------------- | ------ |
| Grants, 2024     | $5.05B |
| Grants, 2023     | $4.03B |
| Grants, 2020     | $0.70B |
| Contracts, 2024  | $0.69B |
| OTAs, 2024       | $0.12B |
| All awards, 2024 | $5.86B |

## How to read it

- Nominal US dollars: the AI Index does not say the figures are adjusted for inflation.
- Spending is counted from the year AI-related activity first appears in an award. OTAs are other transaction agreements, a federal award type outside standard contract rules.

**Source:** [AI Index](https://aiadoption.org/sources/#ai-index), 2026, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 8.5.2: *Public spending on AI in the United States, 2013–24*. Chart and text by AI Adoption.  
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.  
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