1、Where Will Tomorrows AI Geniuses Go?July 2025 By Nikolaus S.Lang,Leonid Zhukov,Etienne Cavin,and Johann HarnossBOSTON CONSULTING GROUPWHERE WILL TOMORROWS AI GENIUSES GO?2The worlds best and brightest AI minds have long been drawn to the US.But as other countries increasingly seek to attract these r

2、esearchers while retaining their own home-grown talent,the map of AI influence could shift.Even a modest decline,by US standards,in the inflow of AI talent could significantly boost other countries efforts to become tech innovation hubs.This would be particularly beneficial to the GenAI“middle power

3、s”including the EU,the UK,Canada,Japan,and some Gulf countriesthat are hoping to compete as global suppliers of the technology.The opportunity is ripe for those that bet on research breakthroughs as sources of competitive advantage.In fact,the stakes for attracting top AI research talentthe AI geniu

4、ses of tomorrowwill only increase as GenAI foundation models continue to become commoditized.In this end state,innovation will be the main differentiator,and countries able to capitalize on the shift stand to win the most.The global competition for AI talent is not new,but its intensity has increase

5、d as a result of changing US policies.While many CEOs are understandably focused on tariffs and the rising cost of data center expansion in the US,we believe that changes in immigration policies and public funding for R&D may have greater long-term effects on global competition for AI leadership.BOS

6、TON CONSULTING GROUPWHERE WILL TOMORROWS AI GENIUSES GO?3On April 1,2025,the US Department of Commerce opened an investigation into the national security implications of importing semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment.The resultswhich as of this writing are still pendingwill deter