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Georgia Tech has more graduates working in artificial intelligence than any other school in the country, according JLL's new Technology Top 5 report.
Georgia Tech has produced 3.2% of all current AI talent. The Atlanta-based university beat out the University of California at Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University and University of Southern California.
The report details different positive aspects of Atlanta's technology sector.
Major companies and small startups point to that expand to Atlanta's talent pool as a major reason for the city's growing tech sector.
Georgia Tech, the University of Georgia, Kennesaw State University, Georgia State University and Emory University combined to graduate thousands of students with degrees in tech in 2023, per the report. STEM graduates in metro Atlanta have increased by 54% in the last four years.
The average tech salary job in metro Atlanta is a little over $130,500, which is the second largest in the Southeast, according to the report.
The report projects that tech jobs will increase in metro Atlanta over the next five years by about 12%, leading to over 112,000 jobs. This is the third-fastest projected pace in the Southeast.
JLL also found that companies in software as a service received the most amount of venture capital funding last year at over $750 million. This was followed by AI at over $520 million; technology, media and telecom at $321 million; cybersecurity at $233 million; and clean tech at $208 million.
Several large tech companies have significant office space in Atlanta, according to JLL. NCR, Microsoft, Google, Fiserv and MailChimp all have more than 312,000 square feet.
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| Rank | Prior Rank | Institution |
|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Georgia State University |
2 | 2 | Georgia Institute of Technology |
3 | 3 | Kennesaw State University |
