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Lucknow AI City: Yogi Targets 50 Global AI Startups
CM Yogi Adityanath says work is underway on India's first AI City in Lucknow and asked HCL to help build 50 world-class AI startups. What the project includes.
Key Highlights
- The plan: UP is working to develop what it calls India's first AI City in Lucknow, with an AI ecosystem around it.
- The ask: CM Yogi Adityanath invited HCL to help build at least 50 world-class AI startups in Lucknow.
- The design: The official plan includes an incubation centre, high-performance compute capacity and AI testing labs.
- IT spreads out: IT parks are operational in Kanpur, Prayagraj, Meerut and Agra, with more coming up.
- The competition: Telangana is also building a 200-acre AI City in Hyderabad.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Tuesday that the state is working to develop India's first Artificial Intelligence (AI) City in Lucknow. He was speaking at HCL Tech's 10th anniversary event in the city.
"HCL has now completed ten years here, marking the first milestone of a journey in which Lucknow has demonstrated to the world that, given the right opportunities, the youth of Uttar Pradesh will not lag behind anyone," he said, calling the state's young workforce its greatest strength.
50 AI Startups: The Target
The CM said he has made an offer to HCL to help build at least 50 world-class AI startups in Lucknow and take them to global markets. "We are ready and committed to providing full support for building a robust innovation ecosystem," he said, urging young professionals to join the effort.
