Almost half of the government support for small and medium-sized technological companies went to mechanical engineering and artificial intelligence. In Russia there are more than 250 thousand small and medium-sized enterprises operating in fields related to technological sovereignty. During the last 5 years, their number has increased by about 1/4. Such companies make up about 4% of all small and medium-sized companies in Russia, according to a study by the SME Corporation. The largest number of technological enterprises is concentrated in Moscow (over 47 thousand), St. Petersburg (22 thousand) and the Moscow region (19 thousand). In terms of the share of such companies among all small businesses, St. Petersburg leads - 6%. In the regions of Moscow, Tomsk and Yaroslavl, Tatarstan, Nizhny Novgorod and Novosibirsk, the figure is 5%. During January - September 2026, small and medium-sized technological companies received about 56 billion rubles using the instruments of the national guarantee system. Almost half of this amount - 25.8 billion rubles - was provided by the SME Corporation. Most of the support came from mechanical engineering and artificial intelligence.