San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, Councilman David Cohen, and others, Tuesday at City Hall, touted the city’s past while penning a "welcome" memo for AI companies that are searching for a home.Thirty years ago, North San Jose-based Supermicro, Inc.
He is proposing an AI economic development pilot program, with energy discounts, and tax & fee rebates. The mayor also wants the city to court AI entrepreneurs and start-ups in the Downtown Area through business incubators. And Mahan wants to harness existing AI to improve city services. Some experts say a tug-o-war is taking shape between the Capitol of Silicon Valley, and its cosmopolitan neighbor 45-miles to the north.