Top 10 cities with the most AI enterprises

The recently published China's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Development Report 2018 evaluates the country's AI development from a global perspective.

The size of China's AI market reached 23.7 billion yuan (US$3.5 billion) in 2017, up 67 percent year-on-year, according to a recently published report by Tsinghua University titled China’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Development Report 2018.

The report evaluates the country's AI development measured according to the relative output, talent, market application, strategies, policies and social cognition in a global context.

By June 2018, the number of AI enterprises in China had reached 1,011 (excluding Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region, and Taiwan Province), with Beijing, the country's capital, home to the largest number of AI enterprises.

Overall, cities in the United States occupy four of the top 10, compared to three from China.

Paris, France

Paris, France

Number of AI enterprises: 83

Palo Alto, U.S.

Palo Alto, U.S. [cityofpaloalto.org]

Number of AI enterprises: 105

Toronto, Canada

Toronto, Canada

Number of AI enterprises: 109

Boston, U.S.

Boston, U.S.

Number of AI enterprises: 117

Shenzhen, China

Shenzhen, China

Number of AI enterprises: 119

New York, U.S.

New York, U.S.

Number of AI enterprises: 188

Shanghai, China

Shanghai, China

Number of AI enterprises: 210

London, U.K.

London, U.K.

Number of AI enterprises: 274

San Francisco, U.S.

San Francisco, U.S.

Number of AI enterprises: 287

Beijing, China

Beijing, China

Number of AI enterprises: 395