Pittsburgh, Where AI Gets Real
Steel and silicon. Brainiacs and brawn-iacs. This is where energy and industry meet intelligence.
To power AI, you need more than code.
You need natural gas and water. You need talent that builds, not just dreams. You need testbeds—factories, innovation districts, and rivers—where people work together to solve the hardest, most impactful problems. Pittsburgh is where serious AI gets built.
What’s New
Pittsburgh AI Unicorns On Stampede in the Past Year
Headquarters’ Home to Technological Firsts
The Full Stack Advantage
Home to the world’s #1 artificial intelligence school, Carnegie Mellon University and a leading university in computational health sciences, the University of Pittsburgh – it’s the city 1 in 10 roboticists call home.
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From Appalachian natural gas to a legacy in nuclear power and regional hydropower, we’ve got affordable, reliable energy to run AI at scale.
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Former steel sites are being reborn as AI factories and Physical AI hubs—fiber-connected, river-cooled, and zoned for growth.
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From our globally ranked universities to our hospital systems and manufacturing base, Pittsburgh generates the real-world data modern AI craves.
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Home to two R1 universities within a mile—and a workforce that builds more than code. We make robots, sensors, and the AI infrastructure to power them, backed by skilled trades like electricians, steamfitters, and HVAC pros.
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Build your company here—and still afford to buy a house, hike in the Laurel Highlands, or catch a Steelers game after work. Here, innovation doesn’t come at the cost of balance.
AI Lives Here.
Innovation isn’t hidden in labs. It’s built into our streets, factories, and skyline. Each zone in the city is designed for what’s next and already alive with what’s happening now.
Why We Built Here
Affordable, Grounded, Relentless: Read AI Founders’ Perspectives on choosing Pittsburgh
About AI Power Pittsburgh
AI Power Pittsburgh exists to communicate Pittsburgh’s physical and intellectual strengths as a top city to build and scale real-world artificial intelligence.
CMU is ranked first in the United States for graduate AI programs, according to US News & World Report
Pittsburgh leads the world in natural gas resources and production
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Pittsburgh ranks third in housing affordability among 300 U.S. cities, according to WalletHub
newly-minted Unicorn companies in just the past 6 months
11,000+
70%
life sciences patents since 2020
of U.S. and Canadian industrial demand within a day’s drive
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Flip the Switch.
Build Where AI Runs.
If you want to build something real, something durable—something that matters—build it in Pittsburgh.