Zeki Research, a UK-based talent intelligence platform that provides actional intelligence on top science and engineering talent published a Zeki Horizon Report: The State of AI Talent 2024 today.

The report celebrates the top AI scientists and engineers who are building the most transformative technology of our generation. Zeki’s analysis also shows which countries have emerged as importers or exporters of top AI talent.

Zeki’s insights are purely data-led, drawing on a carefully curated dataset, which melds unique technology and data to deliver insights on 140,000 top AI scientists and engineers globally, all of whom have advanced skills and expertise and most of whom are in the early stages of their career.

Each chapter of the 177-page report includes actionable talent intelligence and extensive data visualization. Select findings include:

• The top AI talent market is diversifying and deepening. Large companies hire five times more top AI scientists and engineers than the Big Five (Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft). New AI national champions are emerging outside the USA.
• The health sector, particularly in Europe, has attracted a twenty-fold increase in top AI talent in the last 10 years. The global market is also shifting away from heavy US dominance. National champions are emerging in some major economies and anchoring talent at home.
• The characteristics of top AI talent that decides to move overseas or stay closer to home. There are uniform trends globally which form early in the career of top AI talent.

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