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New York City

Last Updated: February 1st, 2026

New York City Artificial Intelligence


Strengths


Outlook New York is one of the most globally connected and desirable cities to live and work in, which naturally attracts top level professionals from around the world in the AI, robotics and tech space. The city’s massive advanced scale and constant activity will continue to keep it closely tied to the future of artificial intelligence and technology even with its increasingly unbearable cost of living.


Snapshot

  • The New York metropolitan area is home to more than 2,000 AI startups and technology companies.
  • New York City has 35 AI unicorns that have collectively raised over $17 billion in venture funding.
  • Columbia, NYU, Cornell Tech, CUNY, and other New York universities have produced more than 87,000 graduates with AI-relevant degrees between 2018 and 2023, creating one of the largest AI talent pipelines in the United States.
  • More than 100,000 professionals in the New York region work in artificial intelligence, data science, and advanced analytics roles.
  • The NYC Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) oversees the city’s technology systems with a FY2026 budget of about $869.5 million and more than 1,500 employees, supporting digital infrastructure and AI adoption across city government.
  • Juggernaut financial institutions JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley collectively employ tens of thousands of data scientists and AI engineers in New York City for risk analysis, fraud detection, and financial forecasting.