27-05-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
Immigration Is the Only Thing Propping Up California's Population
MENLO PARK, Calif.—One of California's newest residents recently stepped off a plane after a 16-hour flight from New Delhi. He was at work within two hours.
'We paid a lot of money to get him here so we want our return on investment,' quipped Darren Kimura, CEO of a Silicon Valley startup called AI Squared. His just-arrived chief technology officer, Nagendra 'Nag' Dhanakeerthi, settled into a meeting with a customer.