FalcoScan Atlas maps 3,885 AI tools across 19 active global hubs (of 19 mapped); 2,061 carry full audit-trail enrichment. San Francisco Bay Area leads with 1,569 tools, dominant in Coding — roughly 41% of the geo-attributed sample. Singapore, NYC, London, Tel Aviv round out the top five. The parent catalog tracks 8,203 tools across 4 markets; this view zooms in on where the most-watched are headquartered.

Atlas · The Geography of AI · Updated

See where AI tools are built.

20 hubs. 3,885 AI tools mapped.

Drawn from FalcoScan’s 8,203-tool catalog across 4 markets. Atlas surfaces only tools with verified HQ data. Coverage expands quarterly.

MethodologyTools mapped: every tool with a verified HQ. 2,061 carry full audit-trail enrichment (confidence ≥ 50). Coverage: 19 of 20 hubs · 3,885 tools placed. Refreshed .

FalcoScan Atlas — global hubs of AI tool developmentWorld map (Natural Earth projection) with the 19 active AI hubs marked. Top 10 hubs carry typographic callouts.
FalcoScan Atlas hubs and tracked tools, ranked by tool count.
RankHubCountryTracked toolsDominant category
1San Francisco Bay AreaUnited States1569Coding
2SingaporeSingapore396Data
3New York CityUnited States357Finance
4Greater LondonUnited Kingdom254Voice
5Tel Aviv-YafoIsrael171Security
6Greater BostonUnited States154Marketing
7Île-de-FranceFrance150AI Models
8BangaloreIndia124Writing
9Seattle MetroUnited States113AI Models
10Greater TorontoCanada87AI Models
11BerlinGermany78Productivity
12Greater TokyoJapan65Automation
13BeijingChina52AI Models
14AustinUnited States51AI Models
15StockholmSweden44Automation
16AmsterdamNetherlands43Design
17Los AngelesUnited States30Ecommerce
18ZürichSwitzerland30Automation
19ShenzhenChina22Video
§01 · Capital Concentration

See estimated AI capital by hub.

Bay Area concentrates an estimated $43.0B in tracked AI capital across 1,590 funded tools — 50% of the $85.3B aggregated across 3,841 funded tools we track. NYC, the next-largest, holds $9.1B (11%). The capital concentration of AI is more extreme than the tool concentration above.

All AI hubs ranked by estimated capital concentration in USD. Each tool’s tracked funding stage is mapped to its industry-median round size and summed per hub. Bars fill proportionally to the largest hub.

01Bay Area
$43.0B
1,590 tools
02NYC
$9.1B
362 tools
03London
$5.5B
254 tools
04Boston
$4.5B
160 tools
05Seattle
$3.6B
119 tools
06Tel Aviv
$3.2B
174 tools
07Paris
$2.5B
153 tools
08Toronto
$2.1B
92 tools
09Bangalore
$1.9B
124 tools
10Beijing
$1.6B
52 tools
11Austin
$1.4B
50 tools
12Singapore
$1.3B
398 tools
13Berlin
$1.1B
78 tools
14Tokyo
$1.1B
66 tools
15Amsterdam
$1.1B
42 tools
16Shenzhen
$740M
22 tools
17Stockholm
$659M
44 tools
18LA
$472M
31 tools
19Zurich
$317M
30 tools

Methodology — estimated capital is the sum, per hub, of each HQ’d tool’s funding-stage industry median. Stage medians (Crunchbase / Carta US, 2024): seed $3M, Series A $12M, Series B $25M, growth $50M, public $50M (exit proxy), bootstrapped $0. FalcoScan tracks the funding stage but not the per-tool USD raised — these are defensible estimates, not verified raise totals.

§01b · Hub distribution + heat

See every hub, ranked by tool count.

The chart above tells the headline. Every hub in the index, with heat band, dominant category, and the two scores that ground each deep-dive — opportunity (where to build) and saturation (where the field is already crowded).

#
Hub
Tools
Heat
Dominant category
Opp
Sat
01
Bay Area
1,569
saturated
Coding
66.5
37.6
02
Singapore
396
saturated
Data
71.5
31.7
03
NYC
357
saturated
Finance
71.0
31.9
04
London
254
saturated
Voice
68.1
34.5
05
Remote
214
saturated
Writing
59.5
42.9
06
Tel Aviv
171
saturated
Security
68.0
36.0
07
Boston
154
saturated
Marketing
68.6
35.4
08
Paris
150
saturated
AI Models
68.6
34.3
09
Bangalore
124
saturated
Writing
58.9
47.3
10
Seattle
113
saturated
AI Models
67.6
36.1
11
Toronto
87
competitive
AI Models
70.1
32.7
12
Berlin
78
competitive
Productivity
63.7
39.8
13
Tokyo
65
competitive
Automation
70.9
33.8
14
Beijing
52
competitive
AI Models
66.8
41.9
15
Austin
51
competitive
AI Models
67.0
38.7
16
Stockholm
44
competitive
Automation
69.8
31.5
17
Amsterdam
43
competitive
Design
61.7
43.4
18
LA
30
competitive
Ecommerce
72.7
26.8
19
Zurich
30
competitive
Automation
70.2
27.3
20
Shenzhen
22
competitive
Video
71.5
38.1
SaturatedCompetitiveBalancedEmergingTool bars proportional to the leader. Opp / Sat are 0–100 averages across each hub’s tracked tools.
United States

AI in Bay Area

Foundation models, infrastructure, frontier labs

“Where the AI economy is denominated. Saturated at the top, brutal in the middle.”
Tracked
1,569
Avg opp
67
Funding stage
series_a

Top tools by opportunity

  1. 01Devin AIAgentsHigh
  2. 02Stack AIAgentsHigh
  3. 03MuxVideoHigh
  4. 04AgnoAgentsHigh
  5. 05Relay.appAgentsHigh
  6. 06Bolt New AI BuilderCodingHigh

Category mix

  • Coding10%
  • AI Models10%
  • Agents8%
  • Data7%
  • Image7%
  • Finance7%
Hot721Rising520Declining41
Read the Coding brief →
United States

AI in NYC

Applied AI, enterprise, vertical SaaS

“NYC sells the picks and shovels. Less glamour, better margins.”
Tracked
357
Avg opp
71
Funding stage
series_a

Top tools by opportunity

  1. 01Hume EVIAgentsHigh
  2. 02ChameleonSupportHigh
  3. 03UnthreadSupportHigh
  4. 04PromptLayerAgentsHigh
  5. 05SWE-agentAgentsHigh
  6. 06Clay AI EnrichmentSalesHigh

Category mix

  • Finance11%
  • Security9%
  • Healthcare8%
  • Ecommerce7%
  • Marketing7%
  • Data6%
Hot108Rising197Declining7
Read the Finance brief →
United Kingdom

AI in London

Research labs, video AI, fintech-native AI

“London is where research becomes product, slowly and well.”
Tracked
254
Avg opp
68
Funding stage
series_a

Top tools by opportunity

  1. 01PolyAIAgentsHigh
  2. 02ElevenLabs Voice AIVoiceHigh
  3. 03DeepMind AlphaFoldHealthcareHigh
  4. 04PlainSupportHigh
  5. 05Isomorphic LabsHealthcareHigh
  6. 06Kaedim 3D AI3D & AR/VRHigh

Category mix

  • Voice9%
  • Image9%
  • Video7%
  • Finance7%
  • Automation7%
  • Data5%
Hot68Rising140Declining5
Read the Voice brief →
France

AI in Paris

Open source, foundation models, sovereign AI

“Paris owns open source. Everyone else is renting.”
Tracked
150
Avg opp
69
Funding stage
series_a

Top tools by opportunity

  1. 01Dust.ttAgentsHigh
  2. 02Yuma AISupportHigh
  3. 03Nabla CopilotHealthcareHigh
  4. 04Mistral AIAI ModelsHigh
  5. 05DentalMonitoringHealthcareHigh
  6. 06Owkin Federated AIHealthcareHigh

Category mix

  • AI Models14%
  • Security9%
  • Social8%
  • Agents7%
  • Marketing6%
  • Productivity6%
Hot40Rising82Declining4
Read the AI Models brief →
Israel

AI in Tel Aviv

Cybersecurity AI, dev tools, agentic infra

“Tel Aviv ships infrastructure. The unsexy parts everyone needs.”
Tracked
171
Avg opp
68
Funding stage
series_a

Top tools by opportunity

  1. 01Tolstoy VideoEcommerceHigh
  2. 02LTX VideoVideoHigh
  3. 03Aidoc Radiology AIHealthcareHigh
  4. 04TorqAgentsHigh
  5. 05Orca Security Cloud AISecurityHigh
  6. 06Skyline AI CREReal EstateHigh

Category mix

  • Security30%
  • Coding10%
  • Video8%
  • Image6%
  • AI Models5%
  • Sales4%
Hot52Rising88Declining8
Read the Security brief →
Canada

AI in Toronto

Deep learning research, healthcare AI

“Toronto trained the founders of half the AI economy.”
Tracked
87
Avg opp
70
Funding stage
growth

Top tools by opportunity

  1. 01MoonvalleyVideoHigh
  2. 02Voiceflow ProAgentsHigh
  3. 03Cohere Command AIAI ModelsHigh
  4. 04Perpetua AdsEcommerceHigh
  5. 05Blue JLegalHigh
  6. 06Canvass AnalyticsReal EstateHigh

Category mix

  • AI Models18%
  • Image11%
  • Finance10%
  • Legal8%
  • Design7%
  • Automation7%
Hot41Rising32Declining3
Read the AI Models brief →
United States

AI in Boston

Bio AI, robotics, academic spinouts

“Boston is where AI meets atoms.”
Tracked
154
Avg opp
69
Funding stage
series_a

Top tools by opportunity

  1. 01Nuance DAX CopilotHealthcareHigh
  2. 02Beacon BiosignalsHealthcareHigh
  3. 03AnumanaHealthcareHigh
  4. 04Elucid BioimagingHealthcareHigh
  5. 05PathAI PathologyHealthcareHigh
  6. 06Themis AI ComplianceLegalHigh

Category mix

  • Marketing18%
  • Healthcare13%
  • Security9%
  • Ecommerce8%
  • Voice6%
  • Automation5%
Hot43Rising92Declining6
Read the Marketing brief →
United States

AI in Seattle

Cloud AI, voice, large-org tooling

“Seattle is the quiet AI capital. Built into the pipes.”
Tracked
113
Avg opp
68
Funding stage
public

Top tools by opportunity

  1. 01AutoGen StudioAgentsHigh
  2. 02Saykara Clinical AIHealthcareHigh
  3. 03Phi-3 Microsoft AIAI ModelsHigh
  4. 04Protect AISecurityHigh
  5. 05BrookHealthcareHigh
  6. 06NewDaysHealthcareHigh

Category mix

  • AI Models13%
  • Sales13%
  • Coding10%
  • Data9%
  • Agents8%
  • Learning5%
Hot36Rising49Declining8
Read the AI Models brief →
Germany

AI in Berlin

Open source, dev tools, enterprise AI

“Berlin builds for builders. Practical, slow-burning, durable.”
Tracked
78
Avg opp
64
Funding stage
seed

Top tools by opportunity

  1. 01Beam AIAgentsHigh
  2. 02voizeHealthcareHigh
  3. 03NoxtuaLegalHigh
  4. 04RecareHealthcareHigh
  5. 05n8n AI WorkflowsAutomationHigh
  6. 06Parloa Voice AISupportHigh

Category mix

  • Productivity15%
  • Writing12%
  • Automation10%
  • Agents9%
  • Sales6%
  • Design6%
Hot14Rising41Declining4
Read the Productivity brief →
Singapore

AI in Singapore

APAC distribution, fintech AI, regulated AI

“Singapore is the regulated-AI on-ramp into Asia.”
Tracked
396
Avg opp
72
Funding stage
pre_seed

Top tools by opportunity

  1. 01Docseek.aiHealthcareHigh
  2. 02149 TechnologiesHealthcareHigh
  3. 03Zeya HealthHealthcareHigh
  4. 04My AyurHealthcareHigh
  5. 05MaxightHealthcareHigh
  6. 06GreyDx AIHealthcareHigh

Category mix

  • Data10%
  • Automation9%
  • Healthcare9%
  • Finance8%
  • Ecommerce8%
  • Agents7%
Hot17Rising41Declining0
Read the Data brief →
India

AI in Bangalore

Applied AI, services-to-product, BPO disruption

“Bangalore rewrites the services economy in code.”
Tracked
124
Avg opp
59
Funding stage
series_a

Top tools by opportunity

  1. 01Glood CommerceEcommerceHigh
  2. 02DubverseVideoHigh
  3. 03Sarvam AIAI ModelsHigh
  4. 04BrainSightAIHealthcareHigh
  5. 05Morphle LabsHealthcareHigh
  6. 06SpotDraftLegalHigh

Category mix

  • Writing22%
  • Support12%
  • Voice11%
  • Automation6%
  • Coding6%
  • Finance5%
Hot22Rising67Declining4
Read the Writing brief →
China

AI in Beijing

Frontier models, computer vision, autonomy

“Beijing builds for the largest market in the world. Different rules apply.”
Tracked
52
Avg opp
67
Funding stage
public

Top tools by opportunity

  1. 01Moonshot AIAI ModelsHigh
  2. 02BioGeometryHealthcareHigh
  3. 03Zhipu AIAI ModelsHigh
  4. 04TripoSG 3D Model3D & AR/VRHigh
  5. 05Apex IntelligenceAI ModelsHigh
  6. 06SiliconFlowAI ModelsHigh

Category mix

  • AI Models38%
  • Image17%
  • Video13%
  • Coding6%
  • Learning6%
  • Design6%
Hot20Rising22Declining1
Read the AI Models brief →
China

AI in Shenzhen

Hardware AI, robotics, edge inference

“Shenzhen is where AI meets manufacturing speed.”
Tracked
22
Avg opp
72
Funding stage
public

Top tools by opportunity

  1. 01Tencent HunyuanAI ModelsHigh
  2. 02Tencent ARC LabImageHigh
  3. 03SenseTime SenseNovaAI ModelsHigh
  4. 04Omix ScienceHealthcareHigh
  5. 05UBTECH Walker SAutomationHigh
  6. 06DJI Mavic AI TrackingVideoHigh

Category mix

  • Video27%
  • AI Models23%
  • Automation18%
  • Healthcare5%
  • Data5%
  • Marketing5%
Hot4Rising13Declining1
Read the Video brief →
Japan

AI in Tokyo

Robotics, industrial AI, anime/creative

“Tokyo ships robots. Everyone else ships pitch decks.”
Tracked
65
Avg opp
71
Funding stage
series_a

Top tools by opportunity

  1. 01Sakana AIAI ModelsHigh
  2. 02ELYZAAI ModelsHigh
  3. 03AnautHealthcareHigh
  4. 04CraifHealthcareHigh
  5. 05iSiPHealthcareHigh
  6. 06Preferred NetworksAI ModelsHigh

Category mix

  • Automation17%
  • Voice14%
  • AI Models11%
  • Data11%
  • Healthcare6%
  • Image6%
Hot14Rising40Declining1
Read the Automation brief →
Sweden

AI in Stockholm

Open source, audio AI, fintech AI

“Stockholm punches three weight classes above its size.”
Tracked
44
Avg opp
70
Funding stage
seed

Top tools by opportunity

  1. 01Lovable AI App BuilderCodingHigh
  2. 02Tandem HealthHealthcareHigh
  3. 03Legora Legal WorkspaceLegalHigh
  4. 04AloiLegalHigh
  5. 05StiltaLegalHigh
  6. 06evrocAI ModelsHigh

Category mix

  • Automation14%
  • Legal11%
  • Coding11%
  • Social9%
  • Finance7%
  • Gaming5%
Hot13Rising19Declining1
Read the Automation brief →
Netherlands

AI in Amsterdam

Search, recommendation, payments AI

“Amsterdam is where European AI scales commercially.”
Tracked
43
Avg opp
62
Funding stage
growth

Top tools by opportunity

  1. 01TrengoSupportHigh
  2. 02Framer AI Website BuilderDesignHigh
  3. 03WatermelonSupportHigh
  4. 04Weaviate Vector DBDataHigh
  5. 05DuckDBDataHigh
  6. 06AdyenFinanceHigh

Category mix

  • Design28%
  • Finance14%
  • Data12%
  • Support9%
  • Coding9%
  • Ecommerce9%
Hot12Rising23Declining1
Read the Design brief →
United States

AI in Austin

Defense AI, robotics, capital-light infra

“Austin took the Bay Area exodus and built something different.”
Tracked
51
Avg opp
67
Funding stage
series_a

Top tools by opportunity

  1. 01Retention.comEcommerceHigh
  2. 02Insight HealthHealthcareHigh
  3. 03BrainCheckHealthcareHigh
  4. 04Thoughtful AI Healthcare RPAAutomationHigh
  5. 05Autonomize AIHealthcareHigh
  6. 06Vulcan TechnologiesLegalHigh

Category mix

  • Security14%
  • AI Models14%
  • Automation12%
  • Writing10%
  • Voice8%
  • Ecommerce8%
Hot10Rising27Declining0
Read the AI Models brief →
United States

AI in LA

Creative AI, video, agentic media

“LA is where AI meets entertainment. Volume over rigor.”
Tracked
30
Avg opp
73
Funding stage
series_a

Top tools by opportunity

  1. 01Spotter StudioVideoHigh
  2. 02Regard Clinical AIHealthcareHigh
  3. 03Promethean AI ForgeGamingHigh
  4. 04TapcartEcommerceHigh
  5. 05Wonder Studio AI3D & AR/VRHigh
  6. 06Welby Health Remote MonitoringHealthcareHigh

Category mix

  • Ecommerce26%
  • Learning19%
  • Avatars13%
  • Video10%
  • Gaming6%
  • 3D & AR/VR6%
Hot13Rising11Declining1
Read the Ecommerce brief →
Switzerland

AI in Zurich

Research, robotics, ETH spinouts

“Zurich builds quietly. ETH labs feed half of European AI.”
Tracked
30
Avg opp
70
Funding stage
series_a

Top tools by opportunity

  1. 01Browser UseAgentsHigh
  2. 02DeepJudgeLegalHigh
  3. 03FlexionAI ModelsHigh
  4. 04OptimlReal EstateHigh
  5. 05JuaAI ModelsHigh
  6. 06RiviaResearchHigh

Category mix

  • Automation23%
  • Productivity13%
  • AI Models13%
  • Data10%
  • Security7%
  • Design7%
Hot4Rising21Declining0
Read the Automation brief →
Distributed · Remote-first

See AI tools with no single HQ.

Fully distributed teams with no fixed HQ

214Tools tracked
02 · Hub vs Hub

Compare two AI hubs.

Pick two hubs to compare tool counts, top categories, and top tools side by side.

United States

San Francisco Bay Area

Tools
1,569
Avg opp
67
Avg sat
38
Top categories
  • Coding10%
  • AI Models10%
  • Agents8%
Top tools by opportunity
  1. 01Devin AIHigh
  2. 02Stack AIHigh
  3. 03MuxHigh
  4. 04AgnoHigh
  5. 05Relay.appHigh
Momentum mix
Hot721Rising520Declining41
03 · By Category

See which categories each hub builds.

Each hub on the left flows into the categories its tools cluster in. Ribbon weight equals tool count. Edges below three tools and hubs producing fewer than three distinct edges are excluded for legibility.

Sankey diagram showing each AI hub on the left flowing into the categories its tools cluster in. 10 hubs, 13 categories, 77 flow edges.

Atlas hub-to-category flows: which AI tool categories each hub produces. ≥3 tools per edge.
HubCategoryTools
AustinAI Models6
AustinSecurity4
AustinOther (15)3
AustinHealthcare3
BangaloreSupport5
BangaloreVoice4
BangaloreFinance4
BangaloreAutomation4
BangaloreMarketing4
BangaloreOther (15)3
BangaloreSecurity3
Greater BostonHealthcare10
Greater BostonAutomation7
Greater BostonVoice4
Greater BostonFinance4
Greater LondonOther (15)19
Greater LondonAutomation9
Greater LondonMarketing6
Greater LondonData6
Greater LondonFinance5
Greater LondonHealthcare5
Greater LondonSecurity4
Greater LondonAI Models4
Greater LondonVoice3
Greater LondonVideo3
Greater TokyoAutomation9
Greater TokyoAI Models6
Greater TokyoData4
Greater TokyoHealthcare4
Île-de-FranceSecurity8
Île-de-FranceHealthcare5
Île-de-FranceOther (15)4
Île-de-FranceAI Models3
Île-de-FranceSupport3
New York CityFinance18
New York CityOther (15)15
New York CitySecurity14
New York CityHealthcare12
New York CityAutomation10
New York CityData8
New York CityMarketing8
New York CitySupport5
New York CityVoice5
New York CityAgents4
New York CityAI Models4
New York CityVideo4
San Francisco Bay AreaOther (15)100
San Francisco Bay AreaCoding30
San Francisco Bay AreaAgents27
San Francisco Bay AreaAI Models24
San Francisco Bay AreaFinance23
San Francisco Bay AreaData17
San Francisco Bay AreaSecurity13
San Francisco Bay AreaVideo12
San Francisco Bay AreaVoice10
San Francisco Bay AreaSupport10
San Francisco Bay AreaMarketing7
San Francisco Bay AreaAutomation5
San Francisco Bay AreaHealthcare3
SingaporeOther (15)31
SingaporeAutomation18
SingaporeFinance13
SingaporeData11
SingaporeHealthcare10
SingaporeAgents10
SingaporeSecurity7
SingaporeVideo7
SingaporeSupport5
SingaporeVoice4
SingaporeCoding4
SingaporeAI Models3
Tel Aviv-YafoSecurity14
Tel Aviv-YafoVideo5
Tel Aviv-YafoOther (15)4
Tel Aviv-YafoAI Models4
Tel Aviv-YafoCoding4
Tel Aviv-YafoAutomation3

Hubs producing fewer than three distinct categorized edges, and edges below three tools, are excluded for clarity. Coverage expands with each quarterly enrichment cycle.

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