US tops AI readiness ranking
The U.S. leads the 2026 Global AI Brain Race with a score of 82/100, followed by China at 59, while Asian countries claim half of the top ten positions — the report highlights US strength in research, talent and platforms reported. Commentary at the Global Wealth Summit adds that India’s economic centrality could rise as manufacturing and AI adoption shift, reinforcing how the AI race is reshaping global economic power balances argued.
Singapore places third with 37 points, South Korea sits fourth and the UK fifth, while India appears at sixth in the report's top-tier list. economictimes.indiatimes.com The ranking uses a weighted composite where AI R&D is scored out of 27.78 points, economic integration out of 22.22, infrastructure and talent each out of 16.67, and governance out of 5.56. voronoiapp.com China is credited with 107 top AI universities—more than four times the U.S. total of 26—and its R&D subtotal registers 17.22 out of 27.78 in the study. voronoiapp.com Singapore’s standing is driven by academic quality: an average subject score of 90.50 and a global academic score of 82, alongside talent-readiness of 9.31 out of 16.67 despite having only two AI-focused universities. voronoiapp.com India’s overall score is 32, supported by a talent-readiness subscore of 9.12/16.67 but hampered by infrastructure at 0.65/16.67 and governance at 0.11/5.56. voronoiapp.com Speakers at Moneycontrol’s Global Wealth Summit, including Aletheia strategist Jonathan Wilmot, argued that shifts in manufacturing and faster AI adoption could raise India’s economic centrality over the next two to three decades. moneycontrol.com Only one EU country—Germany—clears the top ten (10th, score 28), and the dataset shows final scores dip below 23 after rank 20, highlighting a pronounced mid-tier performance cliff. voronoiapp.com
