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The state of AI talent in 2025

Katja Spanz


June 2, 2025 - 1 min read

The Zeki Data's 2025 State of AI Talent Report reveals market shifting predictions based on an analysis of top 800.000 AI professionals globally. The 10 key findings include major shifts, corporate winners and losers as well as identifies sector impacts of artificial intelligence.


The 10 Key Takeaways are:

Major shifts:

  1. US loses dominance as top AI talent destination
  2. India transforms from talent provider to consumer
  3. Europe/Gulf intensify talent retention efforts

Corporate Winners/Losers:

  1. Google leverages talent for LLM dominance
  2. NVIDIA strengthens lead through talent magnetism
  3. Big Pharma outsources AI drug discovery instead of building internally

Sector Impacts:

  1. London becomes responsible tech hub
  2. Medical research loses talent to AI companies
  3. Defense successfully retains specialized talent
  4. Quantum companies hurt by AI talent drain


Summarized, what does this mean? The global AI talent shifts indicate that future success in AI will increasingly depend on countries' and organizations' ability to attract, develop, and retain top-tier AI expertise to remain competitive in the global market.


Read more here: https://zekidata.com/report/the-state-of-ai-talent-2025/#subscribe

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