Bengaluru has an overall score of 4.64 with 759 AI startups, according to Linkee.ai, which conducted research to identify the top 10 leading AI hubs in 2024.

When it comes to AI research institutes, India (Bengaluru) and Germany (Berlin) top the charts with nine such research facilities.

The report states that there are only six AI research institutes in China, which has 518 AI startups.

The Berlin Institute for the Foundations of Learning and Data (BIFOLD) is one of the leading AI research institutes.

AI hubs are the cities with the most investment in AI, where there are many AI-related jobs, highly paid AI experts, data scientists and machine learning experts along with a large number of AI institutes.

"Similar to Berlin, Bengaluru has the highest number of AI research institutes on the list, as well as the highest number of AI jobs available in the city," the report said.

Boston in the US leads the list as the top AI hub in 2024 with a score of 6.26.

Singapore ranks second in the list of best AI hubs in the world with an overall score of 5.92.

Tel Aviv, Israel is the third leading AI hub in 2024 due to its overall score of 5.62.

Zurich, Switzerland is fourth on the list and Toronto, Canada is fifth.

According to the report, out of the 10 major AI hubs listed, five are Asian cities.