This city is one of the world’s most important AI hubs. It’s not where you’d expect
Even non-tech firms are now eyeing the city for its AI expertise: pharmaceutical company Sanofi this year announced a nearly $300 million investment in a Toronto AI Center of Excellence.
Among Toronto’s new generation of AI leaders is Nick Frosst, who studied under Hinton at the University of Toronto and was one of the first hires at Hinton’s Google AI lab in Toronto in 2017.
Silicon Valley is the beating heart of the tech industry, but a thriving AI ecosystem has developed around Hinton in Toronto.
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