With second-largest AI talent pool, Bengaluru ranked fifth in world

BENGALURU: Bengaluru has emerged among the top five cities in the world for Artificial Intelligence (AI), ranked at No. 5, with the first four being cities in the USA. The ranking is among top 50 AI cities, measured by the TIDE Framework and listed by Harvard Business Review (HBR). The top four cities are San Francisco, New York, Boston and Seattle. Reviewers have noted that Bengaluru also has the world's second-largest AI talent pool and is ranked fifth for diversity among AI workers, as measured by data from Fletcher school, Tufts University, and derived at based on a framework of indicators such as talent pool, investments, diversity of talent, evolution of the country's digital foundations (TIDE). Another feather in Bengaluru's cap is that it is also among cities on HBR's list of AI hotspots in the developing world -- these cities also score favourably on the cost of living, which could be a powerful draw for diverse talent, the reviewers noted.