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New York

Northeast State Power #2/51Per-capita #4
State Power
83.1
of 100 · #2
SPI
83.1
SCC
79.6
SDI
82.9

Pillar profile

Talent71.9
Capital80.0
Research75.2
Infrastructure87.9
Agentic82.9
Report · generated from New York's indicators

New York — standing in full

New York is the #3 state by economic size ($2,050bn GSP) and ranks #2/51 on absolute State Power and #4/51 on per-capita intensity. Its strongest pillar is Capital (80.0, Leading); no single pillar is a binding weakness.

Economic & scale context

GDP
$2,050bn
#3 of 51
GDP / capita
$104k
Population
19.7M
AI investment
$45.0bn
#2 of 51
Notable AI orgs
130

Index & pillar read

Index / pillarValueStandingWhat a high vs low value means — and where New York sits
SPI State Power83.1Leading · #2/51High here — a heavyweight that anchors national AI capacity and pulls in capital and talent.
▲ high: a heavyweight that anchors national AI capacity and pulls in capital and talent  ·  ▼ low: limited absolute weight — a smaller node leaning on capacity built in larger states
SCC State Coefficient79.6Leading · #4/51High here — deep capability per resident — a concentrated, high-intensity AI economy.
▲ high: deep capability per resident — a concentrated, high-intensity AI economy  ·  ▼ low: thin intensity per resident — capability is sparse relative to population
SDI State Agentic82.9Leading · #4/51High here — agents are widely deployed locally — a near-term productivity multiplier.
▲ high: agents are widely deployed locally — a near-term productivity multiplier  ·  ▼ low: agentic deployment is shallow — the local agent lever is under-used
Talent Talent71.9Strong · #6/51High here — a deep talent pool — the scarcest input to building AI.
▲ high: a deep talent pool — the scarcest input to building AI  ·  ▼ low: a shallow talent base that constrains how much can be built locally
Capital Capital80.0Leading · #2/51High here — abundant capital flowing into building cognitive infrastructure.
▲ high: abundant capital flowing into building cognitive infrastructure  ·  ▼ low: thin investment — good ideas struggle to scale locally
Research Research75.2Leading · #4/51High here — a strong research base feeding a pipeline of ideas and people.
▲ high: a strong research base feeding a pipeline of ideas and people  ·  ▼ low: a weak research base — fewer home-grown breakthroughs and spinouts
Infrastructure Infrastructure87.9Leading · #4/51High here — the physical and digital rails to run AI at scale are in place.
▲ high: the physical and digital rails to run AI at scale are in place  ·  ▼ low: infrastructure gaps cap how much AI can actually be run locally
Agentic Agentic82.9Leading · #4/51High here — agents are actively deployed — an early-mover productivity edge.
▲ high: agents are actively deployed — an early-mover productivity edge  ·  ▼ low: little agentic deployment — the near-term lever is unused

Strengths to build on

  • Capital (80.0, Leading) — abundant capital flowing into building cognitive infrastructure.
  • Research (75.2, Leading) — a strong research base feeding a pipeline of ideas and people.
  • Infrastructure (87.9, Leading) — the physical and digital rails to run AI at scale are in place.

Risk factors

  • No acute structural gaps stand out across the state pillars.
State values are curated v1 estimates on a consistent scale — not yet measured sub-national data.