{
  "slug": "us-ai",
  "name": "US AI",
  "updated": "2026-09-22",
  "page": "https://godofstartups.com/atlas/markets/us-ai",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "facts": [
    {
      "metric": "Decline in full-quarter initial earnings, most AI-exposed decile of college majors",
      "value": "13",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "post-2022 cohorts",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/2026/adrm/CES-WP-26-56.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "AI adoption association with current sales-increase likelihood, US firms",
      "value": "6.4",
      "unit": "percentage points",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "November 2025-January 2026; published April 2026",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www2.census.gov/library/working-papers/2026/adrm/ces/CES-WP-26-25.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "US firms where workers use AI in work-related tasks, Census BTOS AI supplement",
      "value": "23",
      "unit": "% of firms",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "Nov 2025-Jan 2026",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www2.census.gov/library/working-papers/2026/adrm/ces/CES-WP-26-25.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "US AI-using firms reporting AI augments worker tasks",
      "value": "44",
      "unit": "% of AI-using firms",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "Nov 2025-Jan 2026",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www2.census.gov/library/working-papers/2026/adrm/ces/CES-WP-26-25.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "US firms using AI in a business function, Census BTOS AI supplement",
      "value": "18",
      "unit": "% of firms",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "Nov 2025-Jan 2026",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www2.census.gov/library/working-papers/2026/adrm/ces/CES-WP-26-25.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "US AI-using firms reporting pure task substitution",
      "value": "5",
      "unit": "% of AI-using firms",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "Nov 2025-Jan 2026",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www2.census.gov/library/working-papers/2026/adrm/ces/CES-WP-26-25.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Median time to close a US venture capital fund",
      "value": "6.4",
      "unit": "months",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "H1 2026",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://nvca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Q2-2026-PitchBook-NVCA-Venture-Monitor.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "US first-time VC financings, deal count",
      "value": "5674",
      "unit": "VC deals",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "H1 2026",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://nvca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Q2-2026-PitchBook-NVCA-Venture-Monitor.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "US AI venture capital deal value",
      "value": "355.9",
      "unit": "USD billion",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "H1 2026",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://nvca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Q2-2026-PitchBook-NVCA-Venture-Monitor.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "AI share of all US venture capital deal value",
      "value": "86",
      "unit": "percent of VC deal value",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "H1 2026",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://nvca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Q2-2026-PitchBook-NVCA-Venture-Monitor.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Share of US VC deal value going to companies with all-female founding teams",
      "value": "0.7",
      "unit": "percent of VC deal value",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "H1 2026",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://nvca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Q2-2026-PitchBook-NVCA-Venture-Monitor.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "US Information-sector businesses expecting to use AI within six months",
      "value": "42",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2026-05",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2026/05/ai-use-businesses.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "US businesses with 250+ employees using AI in operations",
      "value": "37",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2026-05",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2026/05/ai-use-businesses.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "US firms with 250 or more employees currently using AI",
      "value": "37",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2026-05",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2026/05/ai-use-businesses.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "US Retail Trade businesses currently using AI",
      "value": "14",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2026-05",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2026/05/ai-use-businesses.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "US Information-sector businesses expecting to use AI within next six months",
      "value": "42",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2026-05",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2026/05/ai-use-businesses.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Share of US firms with 250+ employees using AI",
      "value": "37",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2026-05",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2026/05/ai-use-businesses.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "US Information-sector businesses currently using AI",
      "value": "39.7",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2026-05",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2026/05/ai-use-businesses.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Alphabet quarterly capital expenditure (AI-infrastructure demand proxy)",
      "value": "35.67",
      "unit": "USD billion",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2026-03",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/the-ai-buildout-and-the-economy-publicly-available-data-to-assess-ais-impact-20260717.html"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Microsoft quarterly capital expenditure (AI-infrastructure demand proxy)",
      "value": "30.88",
      "unit": "USD billion",
      "geo": "US",
      "period": "2026-03",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/the-ai-buildout-and-the-economy-publicly-available-data-to-assess-ais-impact-20260717.html"
    }
  ],
  "note": "status: ready = two or more independent sources or an official series; proxy = one source; context = macro background, not a validation figure."
}