Artificial intelligence is transforming the U.S. economy: California exhibits unmatched strength and dominance across all aspects of the industry
Superstars: The San Francisco and San Jose metropolitan areas exhibit unmatched strength across all three AI success pillars (talent, innovation, and adoption). The two Superstar metro areas reflect broad and dominant strength across all success pillars.
Artificial intelligence is transforming the U.S. economy, yet regional disparities in talent development, research capacity, and enterprise adoption are stark, and not yet fully understood.
AI activity remains highly concentrated, with the Bay Area alone accounting for 13% of all AI-related job postings.
However, the recent boom in generative AI and agentic systems is beginning to widen the geography of AI activity to a broader set of emerging metro areas.

Mapping the AI economy: Which regions are ready for the next technology leap | Brookings
The AI revolution across 387 U.S. metropolitan areas and assessing how the nation and local economies are positioned to create, apply, and harness AI.
