The first time I tried ChatGPT in action, I was impressed. While I would never use it to write a legal brief we have found lots of uses in our practice that save time and increase efficiencies. Of course, we all use AI technologies on a daily basis from opening our phones with our faces to getting directions and traffic updates to asking digital voice assistants what song is playing. The potential impact of AI technologies is huge, and not just for procrastinating students trying to get that essay written for school.

As with all technological advancements, innovators and entrepreneurs are leading the way, whether as highly skilled researchers involved in the creation or refinement of the AI technology, or as entrepreneurs adapting the technology in a new way to an old industry. In this post, we discuss one of the best visa options—the O-1 visa—for those AI innovators and entrepreneurs who want to live and work in the US.

Immigrant-owned businesses employ more than 19 million people and generate $4.8 trillion in revenue, according to the National Immigration Forum, figures that demonstrate the tremendous positive impact immigrants have on the US economy. Immigrants are important business creators, in addition to holding positions in the service, construction, and farming industries as well as in Silicon Valley. "This phenomenon is across all ethnicities and education levels," Dr. Kerr, a professor of entrepreneurship who has been tracking the topic for over ten years, says. "There are many reasons immigrants start more businesses. Among them: They tend to be more daring and less risk averse, considering they were brave enough to migrate here and tolerate change. Many come to the U.S. specifically to start a business. Others face discrimination in the job market and opt to become business owners."