The US federal budget in 2024 had outlays of 6.8 trillion dollars [1]. nVidia's current market cap (nearly all AI investment) is currently 4.4 trillion dollars

The US federal budget in 2024 had outlays of 6.8 trillion dollars [1]. nVidia's current market cap (nearly all AI investment) is currently 4.4 trillion dollars [2][3]. While that's hardly an exact or exhaustive accounting of AI spending, I believe it does demonstrate that AI investment is clearly in the same order of magnitude as government spending, and it wouldn't surprise me if it's actually surpassed government spending for a full year, let alone half of one. 1. https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61181 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61181 2. https://www.google.com/finance/quote/NVDA:NASDAQ https://www.google.com/finance/quote/NVDA:NASDAQ 3. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/30/nvidias-market-cap-tops-4point5-trillion-on-ai-infrastructure-deals.html https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/30/nvidias-market-cap-tops-4poi...