Epoch AI: ai-company-annual-compute-spend
Latest annual, non-excluded compute-spend cohort per company. A published Total compute spend is preferred; otherwise non-overlapping inference and R&D components are summed.
- Version
- 1.1.0
- Published
- Jul 13, 2026
- Live boards
- 1
- Method ID
- epoch-ai-company-annual-compute-spend
Where the facts come from
- Source
Epoch AI open datasets
How the order is produced
- Direction
descending
- Tie Breaker
entity slug ascending
When the method reruns
- daily
Boards using this version
Only live, quality-gated boards appear. Each board opens on the exact published table and evidence path.
| Board | Primary measure | Rows | Confidence | Freshness | Board version | Cadence | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Companies by Annual Compute Spendai-company-annual-compute-spend | epoch-ai-company-annual-compute-spend-usd | 2 | 100% | current | 1.1.0 | daily | Open board → |
Complete measurement ledger
These fields are stored with the methodology version. A changed contract must publish a new version before comparable movement can resume.
Score
USD billions; raw USD remains in components.
Source
Epoch AI open datasets
License
CC BY 4.0
Ranking
- Direction
descending
- Tie Breaker
entity slug ascending
Selection
Latest annual, non-excluded compute-spend cohort per company. A published Total compute spend is preferred; otherwise non-overlapping inference and R&D components are summed.
Attribution
Source: Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)
Limitations
- Compute spend is not capital expenditure.
- Media-reported and third-party estimates remain labeled.
- Annualized and quarterly rows are excluded from this board.
Missing Values
Missing, blank, excluded, or incomplete values are omitted and are never converted to zero.
Release Contract
- Schema Mode
exact ordered CSV headers
- Release Rollback
reject
- Release Date Required
Yes
- Raw Bytes Sha256 Required
Yes
- Same Release Hash Mutation
reject