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.
Why do we care?
I’ve been discussing diversity all week and wanted to include this data for perspective. And that’s why we care.
