SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft-backed OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Monday requested the US authorities to reform high-skill immigration in order that they’ll come and be a part of innovation at scale.
Altman, who visited India final month and inspired the AI startup ecosystem, stated that this coverage change might be a “hard-won reward” for the nation.
“One of many best coverage wins I can think about for the US is to reform high-skill immigration,” stated Altman.
“The truth that lots of the most gifted folks on this planet wish to be here’s a hard-won reward; embracing them is the important thing to retaining it that manner. Laborious to get this again if we lose it,” he emphasised in a Twitter put up.
A number of customers, together with Indian entrepreneurs, reacted to his put up.
“Immigrants not solely constructed the primary microchips in Silicon Valley, however they constructed the tech titans they’re generally known as as we speak. In spite of everything, greater than 50 of billion-dollar startups are based by immigrants, and plenty of of these startups had been based by immigrants on H-1B visas,” stated Amit Misra, Founder and CEO of Dazeinfo.
Gagan Sandhu, Co-founder and CEO of Xillion app stated that Universities, VCs, accelerators, tech firms and all the tech ecosystem “can come collectively and forge public-private partnership with the federal authorities to convey actual change.”
Final month, simply days earlier than Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state go to to the US, the Joe Biden administration eased inexperienced card eligibility norms for these planning to remain within the YS.
The State Division introduced {that a} small variety of Indians and different international staff on H-1B visas will now be capable of renew these visas within the US, with out having to journey overseas.
Yearly, the US authorities points 65,000 H-1B visas to companies and Indians garner a significant chunk of H-1B visa approvals yearly.
Prafull Billore, a enterprise investor, wrote to Altman that for Indians who go to the US and excel (current instance being Ajay Banga at World Financial institution) at their jobs, “it’s of utmost significance that the US continues to supply cushioning for gifted immigrants and a supportive ecosystem”.