{"id":990979,"date":"2026-02-10T08:48:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T03:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=990979"},"modified":"2026-02-10T08:57:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T03:27:47","slug":"ai-ambition-not-cheap-labour-is-driving-big-techs-h-1b-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/02\/10\/ai-ambition-not-cheap-labour-is-driving-big-techs-h-1b-push\/","title":{"rendered":"AI ambition, not cheap labour, is driving Big Tech\u2019s H-1B push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US technology companies are hiring H-1B visa holders largely to support their artificial intelligence ambitions, according to an analysis by the National Foundation for American Policy. The data show that more than 80% of labour condition applications certified for new H-1B petitions in FY 2025 for Amazon, Meta, Google, Microsoft and Apple were linked to AI-related roles. <\/p>\n<p>The findings come at a time when US immigration policies are under scrutiny, even as the country aims to remain a global leader in artificial intelligence. The concentration of AI-linked hiring suggests that access to skilled talent remains central to Big Tech\u2019s long-term plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US technology companies are hiring H-1B visa holders largely to support their artificial intelligence ambitions, according to an analysis by the National Foundation for American Policy. The data show that more than 80% of labour condition applications certified for new H-1B petitions in FY 2025 for Amazon, Meta, Google, Microsoft and Apple were linked to AI-related roles. The findings come at a time when US immigration policies are under scrutiny, even as the country aims to remain a global leader in artificial intelligence. The concentration of AI-linked hiring suggests that access to skilled talent remains central to Big Tech\u2019s long-term [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,4,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-990979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bpo-the-economic-times","category-newspapers","category-the-economic-times"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=990979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=990979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=990979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=990979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}