NYC surpasses San Francisco as biggest tech talent hub, study shows

Nypost · Aug 21, 2026 · 649 words · By Thomas Barrabi

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Add The New York Post on Google New York City has surpassed San Francisco as the largest hub of tech talent in the country – and the rise of artificial intelligence is a key factor in the boom, according to new research.

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The number of tech workers based in the New York metro area was 394,300 in 2025 – an increase of 30,640 jobs, or 8.4%, compared to three years ago, CBRE’s research showed this week.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 20 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The number of tech workers based in the New York metro area was 394,300 in 2025”

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Two independent sources explicitly cite the number of tech workers in the New York metro area as 394,300 in 2025 based on CBRE data.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York, also called New York state, is a state located in the Northeastern United States. Bordering New England to its east, Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the south, and Canada to its north, New Yo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(state)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Times (NYT) is a newspaper based in Manhattan, New York City. The New York Times covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces and reviews. One of the lo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times

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Claim 2: “New York City has surpassed San Francisco as the largest hub of tech talent in the country”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm that New York City has surpassed the San Francisco Bay Area in raw tech talent headcount according to CBRE's report.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Chinatowns are enclaves of Chinese people outside of China. The first Chinatown in the United States was San Francisco's Chinatown in 1848, and many other Chinatowns were established in the 19th cen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatowns_in_the_United_State…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York City has been described as the gay capital of the world and the central node of the LGBTQ sociopolitical field, and is home to the world's largest and the most prominent LGBTQ population. Bri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_culture_in_New_York_City

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the fourth-most populous city in California and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with a population of 826,079 in 2025. Am…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco

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Claim 3: “Last month, average Manhattan rent hit a shocking all-time high of $6,655 a month”

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Claim 4: “the San Francisco Bay area had 375,730 workers last year – a decrease of 23,900 jobs, or 6%, compared to three years ago”

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Multiple sources confirm the San Francisco Bay Area had 375,730 tech workers, though the specific percentage decrease (6%) and job count (23,900) are mentioned in the claim but only the total headcount is explicitly repeated across the search results. However, the headcount matches exactly across sources.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — San Francisco Bay is a large tidal estuary in the U.S. state of California, and gives its name to the San Francisco Bay Area. It is dominated by the cities of San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland. San…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The San Francisco Bay Area is the cultural and economic center of Northern California. The region surrounds and includes San Francisco Bay, and is anchored by the cities of Oakland, San Francisco, and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area

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Claim 5: “San Francisco saw an average monthly apartment rent of $3,196 in the fourth quarter of 2025 – up 4.7% compared to 2022”

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Claim 6: “The average monthly rent in Manhattan was $3,653 as of the fourth quarter of 2025 – up 8% compared to the same period three years earlier”

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Claim 7: “the number of “AI-skilled” tech workers in the US and Canada jumped 45% year-over-year to 751,000”

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Claim 8: “OpenAI also put out an economic report in June 2025 stating that New York City could “become a global capital of the Intelligence Age.””

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding an OpenAI economic report from June 2025.

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Claim 9: “an increase of 30,640 jobs, or 8.4%, compared to three years ago, CBRE’s research showed this week”

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While sources confirm the total headcount for NYC, none of the provided evidence mentions the specific increase of 30,640 jobs or the 8.4% growth rate.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York City, with a Census-estimated population of 8,584,629 in July 2025, is a large and ethnically diverse metropolis. It is the largest city in the United States, and has a long history of intern…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_New_York_City

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York City is the most populous city in the United States, with a metropolitan area population of over 20 million as of 2026. Its skyline is one of the largest in the world, and the largest in the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_N…

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Claim 10: “the first time in the 13-year history of CBRE’s “Scoring Tech Talent” report that New York’s tech scene... has exceeded San Francisco’s by headcount”

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Multiple sources state that this is the first time in the 13-year history of CBRE's tracking that New York's tech headcount has exceeded San Francisco's.

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Claim 11: “Across the US, AI-related jobs accounted for 31% of all job postings in the tech sector as of June 2026”

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Claim 12: “Growth of AI jobs in the U.S. far outpaced the broader tech-talent category, which expanded by 1.8% last year”

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Claim 13: “OpenAI, has leased 90,000 square feet of office space at the Puck Building in SoHo”

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Three independent sources confirm OpenAI leased approximately 90,000 square feet at the Puck Building in SoHo.

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web search NEUTRAL — According to The Wall Street Journal, OpenAI has leased 90,000 square feet in Manhattan's iconic Puck Building, located in the trendy SoHo neighborhood. Photos from essential design + build.
https://www.maginative.com/article/openai-leases-nyc-office-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The maker of ChatGPT reached an agreement this month to rent 90,000 square feet in the landmark Puck Building at 295 Lafayette St. in SoHo, reported the WSJ, citing people familiar with the matter. Th…
https://www.connectcre.com/stories/openai-to-lease-90k-sf-at…

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web search NEUTRAL — Explore the increased demand for office space AI companies are driving in Manhattan's leasing market this year.OpenAI, the company that developed ChatGPT, has obtained approximately 90,000 square feet…
https://wrightlawfirmnyc.com/increased-demand-for-office-spa…

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Claim 14: “Anthropic has leased an entire office building in Manhattan’s Hudson Square and plans to double its local workforce to more than 1,000 employees by the end of this year”

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Three independent sources confirm Anthropic leased a building in Hudson Square (specifically 330 Hudson Street) and plans to increase its local workforce to over 1,000 employees.

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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic said it plans to have more than 1,000 employees in New York City by the end of this year, up from less than 500 at the start of 2026. The company added that it will begin moving into the off…
https://nypost.com/2026/07/08/business/anthropic-leases-new-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The 466,000-square-foot space is more than 30 times as large as its existing Manhattan offices, which occupy 15,000 square feet at 155 Sixth Ave. in SoHo. The artificial intelligence safety and resear…
https://www.connectcre.com/stories/anthropic-leases-entire-h…

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web search NEUTRAL — What did Anthropic just sign in New York City? Anthropic has leased a full 16-story building at 330 Hudson Street in Lower Manhattan, covering 466,000 square feet. That is roughly 30 times the company…
https://icharles.com/articles/anthropic-nyc-office-terawulf-…

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Claim 15: “In San Francisco, AI firms have accounted for 30% of all office leasing activity since 2023”

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Claim 16: “The Big Apple added more than 20,000 AI-related jobs since the middle of 2025”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the addition of 20,000 AI-related jobs since mid-2025.

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Claim 17: “That’s up from just 11% as of mid-2022”

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Claim 18: “San Francisco ranked first in the overall rankings, followed by Seattle and Toronto. New York ranked fourth.”

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Claim 19: “Smaller cities like Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Chicago and Dallas-Fort Worth also posted large gains in their AI workforces”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 20: “Most of the tech sector’s biggest AI players, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta, maintain significant office space in New York”

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While the general claim is supported by the specific leasing evidence in claims 6 and 7, the provided web search results for claim 5 specifically show these companies acting together on AI policy, and the subsequent evidence confirms their physical presence in NYC.

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web search NEUTRAL — An interactive demo for developers to try the latest text-to-speech model in the OpenAI API.
https://www.openai.fm/

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web search NEUTRAL — Meet Gemini, Google’s AI assistant. Get help with writing, planning, brainstorming, and more. Experience the power of generative AI.
https://gemini.google.com/app

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web search NEUTRAL — 1,178 employees at OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta signed a letter called Pacing the Frontier asking the US government to back an international effort to deliberately slow frontier AI development s…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/openai-anthropic-google-meta…

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