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Washington

West State Power #5/51Per-capita #3
State Power
70.1
of 100 · #5
SPI
70.1
SCC
80.4
SDI
83.9

Pillar profile

Talent77.4
Capital74.9
Research77.9
Infrastructure88.1
Agentic83.9
Report · generated from Washington's indicators

Washington — standing in full

Washington is the #10 state by economic size ($750bn GSP) and ranks #5/51 on absolute State Power and #3/51 on per-capita intensity. Its strongest pillar is Research (77.9, Leading); no single pillar is a binding weakness.

Economic & scale context

GDP
$750bn
#10 of 51
GDP / capita
$96k
Population
7.8M
AI investment
$35.0bn
#3 of 51
Notable AI orgs
80

Index & pillar read

Index / pillarValueStandingWhat a high vs low value means — and where Washington sits
SPI State Power70.1Leading · #5/51High 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 Coefficient80.4Leading · #3/51High 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 Agentic83.9Leading · #3/51High 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 Talent77.4Leading · #4/51High 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 Capital74.9Leading · #4/51High 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 Research77.9Leading · #3/51High 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 Infrastructure88.1Leading · #3/51High 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 Agentic83.9Leading · #3/51High 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

  • Research (77.9, Leading) — a strong research base feeding a pipeline of ideas and people.
  • Infrastructure (88.1, Leading) — the physical and digital rails to run AI at scale are in place.
  • Agentic (83.9, Leading) — agents are actively deployed — an early-mover productivity edge.

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.