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LOCATION: San Francisco Bay Area, California. HQ COUNT: Apple, Google, Meta, Tesla, Netflix, NVIDIA, and 6,000+ startups. Silicon Valley produces $275…
Open this tour on the live map →LOCATION: San Francisco Bay Area, California. HQ COUNT: Apple, Google, Meta, Tesla, Netflix, NVIDIA, and 6,000+ startups. Silicon Valley produces $275 billion in GDP — roughly equal to Finland's entire economy. Stanford University's research park seeded the ecosystem in 1951. The average software engineer earns $180,000/year. VC funding…
LOCATION: Guangdong Province, southern China. KEY PLAYERS: Huawei, Tencent, BYD, DJI, ZTE, Xiaomi. In 1980, Shenzhen was a fishing village of 30,000 people. Today: 17.5 million, with GDP of $470 billion. It produces 90% of the world's consumer electronics. The Huaqiangbei electronics market sells more components per day than entire…
LOCATION: Karnataka, India — the "Garden City." KEY PLAYERS: Infosys, Wipro, Flipkart + offices of Google, Amazon, Microsoft, SAP. Bangalore employs 1.5 million IT workers — the highest concentration in Asia. India's IT exports: $194 billion/year, with Bangalore responsible for 40%. The city produces more STEM graduates per year than the…
LOCATION: South Korea — population 10 million (metro: 26 million). KEY PLAYERS: Samsung, LG, Hyundai, SK Hynix, Naver, Kakao. South Korea has the fastest average internet speed on Earth (200+ Mbps). Samsung alone accounts for 20% of South Korea's GDP. SK Hynix and Samsung produce 70% of the world's memory chips. Seoul has 5G coverage…
LOCATION: Israel — the most startups per capita on Earth. KEY PLAYERS: Waze, Mobileye, Check Point, CyberArk, Monday.com. Israel has more companies on the NASDAQ than any country outside the US. With just 9.8 million people, Israel produces more startups per capita than anywhere else. The IDF's Unit 8200 (cyber intelligence) is the top…
LOCATION: Germany — the largest startup ecosystem in continental Europe. KEY PLAYERS: Zalando, N26, Delivery Hero, SoundCloud, SAP (Potsdam). Berlin attracts more VC funding than any other European city — $10B+ in 2023. The city's low cost of living (compared to London/SF) and creative culture drew 500+ international startups. Factory…
LOCATION: Greater Tokyo Area — 37.4 million people, the world's largest metro. KEY PLAYERS: Sony, Toyota, SoftBank, Nintendo, Hitachi, NEC, Panasonic. Japan holds the most industrial robotics patents in the world. Toyota is the world's largest automaker. SoftBank's Vision Fund ($100B) is the largest tech investment fund ever created.…
LOCATION: City-state, Southeast Asia — 5.9 million people, 733 km². KEY PLAYERS: Grab, Sea Group, Razer + regional HQs of Google, Meta, ByteDance. Singapore ranks #1 globally for ease of doing business. Zero natural resources — yet GDP per capita: $82,000 (higher than the US). The government invested $19B in the "Smart Nation" initiative…
LOCATION: Texas, USA — the fastest-growing tech hub in America. KEY PLAYERS: Tesla (HQ), SpaceX, Oracle (HQ), Dell, Samsung fab, Apple campus. Elon Musk moved Tesla and SpaceX HQs here in 2021. Oracle followed. 170+ companies relocated from California (2020-2024). Austin adds 150 new residents per day. No state income tax. South by…
WHERE THE DIGITAL FUTURE IS BUILT. KEY STATISTICS: • Global tech industry revenue: $5.3 trillion/year • Software developers worldwide: 28.7 million • Most valuable tech company: Apple ($3.4T market cap) • Largest chip manufacturer: TSMC (Taiwan) — 55% global market share • AI investment in 2024: $200B+ • Countries with 5G networks: 95+ •…
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