At the epicenter of AI integration: Growing tech firms see San Jose as the place to be

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LIVES and breathes thanks to tech innovators of the 1980s and 90s who saw Silicon Valley as the landscape to develop the more than trillion-dollar computer industry.

Though AI only recently entered the public vocabulary — with the search term peaking in popularity just two months ago since Google began tracking the data in 2004 — experts told San José Spotlight the technology has been in our reach for decades. And, with NASDAQ-listed tech firm Couchbase uprooting its Santa Clara headquarters in favor of San Jose, the city has an opportunity to helm the next generation of innovators in Silicon Valley.