Databricks doubles its Manhattan R&D hub, betting NYC is becoming an AI metropolis
jefrankle · x · 2026-10-21
Databricks is doubling the size of its R&D hub at 5 Bryant Park in Manhattan, citing growth across AI research, infrastructure, and applications teams. The company argues NYC isn't just catching up to the Bay Area: it cites the city's density of Fortune 500 companies where AI gets deployed in the real world, a talent pipeline from Columbia, NYU, and Princeton plus a thriving startup scene, and a time zone overlapping Europe and India — noting a recent study found NYC is the largest tech talent hub in the US.
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