Immigrants to the U.S. have played a large part in founding AI companies and studying in AI fields, per a new studyfrom the National Foundation for American Policy. 28 of 43 (65%) of the top AI companies in the U.S. were founded or co-founded by immigrants;
70% of full-time graduate students in fields related to AI are international students;
18 of 43 (42%) of top U.S.-based-AI companies have a founder who studied in the U.S. as an international student.
I’ve been discussing diversity all week and wanted to include this data for perspective. And that’s why we care.
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