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country profile · #13 of 49 countries · part of Africa

South Africa
is #13 in AI funding.

South Africa sits in the upper half of the AI race — $723M of all-time AI capital across 2 orgs.One company — Cassava Technologies — accounts for 100% of AI funding in South Africa. Take it out and the country falls from #13 to #17 worldwide.

LIVE #13 OF 49 COUNTRIES 1% OF WORLD UPDATED 2026-05-08
FUNDING
$723M
all-time AI capital raised
#13/ 49
AI ORGS
2
notable AI organisations
#17/ 49
NOTABLE MODELS
0
shipped to date
OPERATIONAL MW
no live AI DCs on record
01 — Position on the curve

Where South Africa sitsall countries ranked by AI funding

#13 · 🇿🇦 #1 🇺🇸 United States #12 🇮🇱 Israel #14 🇯🇵 Japan #49 🇸🇮 Slovenia ↑ LEADER TAIL ↓ 49 COUNTRIES · BAR HEIGHT ∝ FUNDING
RANK-SPACED · HEIGHT ∝ SQRT(FUNDING) NAVY = SOUTH AFRICA
02 — Share of world
South Africa 1/100 rest of world 99/100
South Africa = 1% of world AI funding tracked.
Total AI funding worldwide: $407.8B across 49 countries.
South Africa: $723M · rank #13 of 49countries.
SRC: epoch · forbes · cbi · manual-gaps 1 SQUARE = 1% OF WORLD AI FUNDING
03 — Roster

Top 2 of 2 AI orgs tile area ≈ funding

CLICK TILE → ORG PROFILE NAVY TILE = #1 IN SOUTH AFRICA
04 — Compute skyline

1 datacenter 40 MW planned

40 MW Teraco JB7 (Isand… PLANNED
operational planned total: 40 MW
BAR HEIGHT ∝ MW · SORTED LIVE-FIRST, THEN POWER 0 LIVE / 1 TOTAL