Bengaluru has second-largest AI talent pool: Report

Bengaluru is the world’s second-largest hub for the talent pool working in Artificial Intelligence (AI), according to the Karnataka Global Capability Center (GCC) Landscape Report 2024 released on Monday.

“Bengaluru is home to more than 25% of India’s digital talent of more than 3.25 lakh professionals. Bengaluru is the world’s second-largest hub of AI talent pool. It is now being recognized as a Global AI hub,” the report reads.

On GCCs in Bengaluru, the report noted that 60 per cent of the Forbes 2000 global companies who have GCCs in India have their centres set up in Bengaluru. The report was released by IT and BT Minister Priyank Kharge.