Silicon Valley: East meets Tech | 101 East

Beijing, Bangalore, Singapore and Shenzen are vying to become the world's next Silicon Valley, yet the place to find cutting edge Asian-led innovation is the United States.
Dreams of rubbing shoulders with companies like Facebook, Google and Apple is luring high-tech Asian immigrants to the US at an astonishing rate.
Over 100,000 Asians move to California each year, more than any other ethnic group. Stereotypes abound about a "smart race" and start-up companies are seeking out Asian brain power.
In this age of digital transformation, 101 East asks if Asia is losing its best and brightest to the US.
What makes Asian entrepreneurs so successful in #SiliconValley? Tweet us using hashtag #EastMeetsTech
More from 101 East on:
KZbin - aje.io/101eastKZbin
Facebook - / 101east
Twitter - / aj101east
Instagram - / aj101east
Website - aljazeera.com/101east

[@spencerbergquist781]

I live here in the Silicon Valley. Believe me, it IS crazy. Now retired from Electronics, lived that insane experience in the 70's and 80's. Now it's software, not hardware. We've designed ourselves out of jobs, and sent manufacturing overseas, that leaves us with Software, R & D, or new startups. Great documentary. Way too expensive here.

[@obsoleteprofessor2034]

My dad bought a house in Palo Alto for $3000 right after the Korean War. He was upset for years because his neighbor bought theirs for less. Dad recently passed and we sold the house for 2.3 mil... sold it to an Asian guy for cash.

[@AdityaSingh-oe7bz]

that's al Jazeera for u... adding pakistan just to counter India 😂

[@ripondas3677]

Aditya Singh 🤣🤣🤣

[@paul1729]

My thoughts too....IT for Pakistanis is Intl Terrorism

[@qshn]

@joebob hahahahahaha.... rub on some burnol, fake id bubba

[@sachinreddybappa1273]

I also had same thought listening I mean wtf pakistan is to do with tech & engineering 😱😱😂😂😂 I mean they shd be compared vth taliban & alkaida,hamas 😂😂😂😂😂.

[@Husnain_draws]

🤣🤣🤣

[@agnelvishal5361]

Really inspired me. thank you Al Jazeera.

[@arkapravamukherjee5363]

Come to bangalore .

[@edwardsnowden2313]

@J C especially your mum and sister😂😂😂

[@kaushikkumarray8154]

There is 2 Top IT company out of top 10 companies in India .Is that clear u froign brother??

[@nithishnithish504]

@J C India has less rapes per capita than Sweden and America

[@Musman-vr2mu]

@@kaushikkumarray8154 not it companise ; service call centers!

[@kamilshah8966]

@@Musman-vr2mu did you say terrorist call centers? Oh, then go west to india.

[@anubhav111196]

1 year later sundar pichai becomes CEO of Google.

[@tenminutetokyo2643]

Google was built by Americans. Takeover is not the same as innovation.

[@sachinreddybappa1273]

@@tenminutetokyo2643 top / more unicorn startups created by immigrants in USA belongs to Indian origin check the stats plz.

[@sachinreddybappa1273]

@@tenminutetokyo2643 search engine not something Indian can't build it Indian are way ahead in IT then china / Russia vch have their own search engine.

[@tenminutetokyo2643]

@@sachinreddybappa1273 If India is way ahead then where are the Apple and Microsoft of India? And why then do you all need jobs in America created by Americans?

[@jaypostsvideos4011]

@@tenminutetokyo2643 Indians are all moving to the united states, that's why. Just like the Europeans moved to the US for centuries.

[@jk3488]

amazing documentary Thanks Aljazeera

[@Nanix1991]

I did not know Pakistan and Philippines were suppliers of engineers to Sillicon Valley

[@jon-unicorn-doxxer]

nanix1991 thinks that Silicon Valley is dominated by Indians because they see Microsoft, Adobe and Google has Indians CEO..they think Indians rule Silicon Valley and ignore other Asian Americans.. Typical prideful Indian who just recently got a faster Internet thanks to that JIO...

[@sachinreddybappa1273]

@@jon-unicorn-doxxer lol dear Indian immigrants hold largest unicorn startups in USA more then Jewish community .

[@shivam_nagar69]

@@jon-unicorn-doxxer lol but acc. To facts and stats indians are the most successful immigrants Ah i smell jealousy 😏

[@jon-unicorn-doxxer]

@@shivam_nagar69 well, yeah Indians are successful, but you forgot that others ethnicities can be successful too, this is why Pakistanis wants your existence gone in this world , because your too eccentric, where's humility? it's like you just recently get fast internet, oh right you did, the Jio thing, Also majority of successful Indians from UK and US forgot or ignore their roots, that's actually sad,

[@MarcFun]

I'm jealous now , my major is coding but i decided to make art!!

[@Gfuckingmaniak]

"Does Asia loses it`s talent to America, or does America train the best and brightest who are returning to Asia" And then you get a vague answer about how girls can make it too in the tech world... So unsatisfying!

[@abhicherukuri1]

Ahaha I was cringing when she gave an answer to a question she made up..lol. Maybe she didn't understand it properly?

[@pooscifer]

I mean considering how silicon valley isn't white dominated despite being American it's probably just Asia losing it's talent to America.

[@SAURABHKUMAR-og3rp]

Wish Trump and his supporters would understand that...

[@doudoube6249]

Oh, I saw Dinesh ! Jian Yang pitch Octopus.

[@shivam_nagar69]

Wait pakistan in silicon valley, now i am going

[@divinenwankwo3895]

Documentary on Asian's desire to be a silicon valley 8yrs later TIKTOK : billions of users

[@chaudharyganesh8213]

india's silicon valley bangluru city. it is Indian state of karnataka capital city of bangluru city.

[@nitishkannan2919]

Chaudhary Ganesh garbage city Bangalore

[@tenminutetokyo2643]

India's economy is collapsing now that H-1B has been cut off.

[@kamilshah8966]

@@tenminutetokyo2643 🤣🤣😂 our economy does not run on H1b visas. And who said economy is collapsing??

[@richlandzee8686]

They talk about all the good things in Silicon Valley and hid the problems going on in Bay area and CA right now. I have never seen so many homeless people in downtown SF while visiting last September. I dont feel safe walking outside at night. After finding out what has been going on in that state; Santuary cities, extreme liberalism at its worst where its ok to do drugs in the underground BART stations, homelessness, gentrification, asinine laws creating higher and higher taxes, you name it, you got it, my perception of that city has changed. It is a city full of millionaires, techies and the homeless. We have a mass exodus of the middle class who simply can't take it anymore. Sure you might have the rich who is willing to help the poor but there will be a breaking point. Even the techies are now feeling the pinch of not being able to afford to buy a home there with median prices of US $850,000. I'm an engineer myself and I'm good where I'm at.

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

@Richland Zee - Totally agree. The politicians and politics are destroying what took people centuries to create and are slowly diminishing the value and future potential of the area (including Washington D.C. with our ridiculous and unsustainable immigration law/VISA system which has cost the U.S. economy $Trillions in lost innovation/ revenue/ jobs/ taxes/ investment). Median home prices are closer to $1.4 Million now.

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

@Diana Love - To call your comment an oversimplification of the cause of the problem(s) would be an understatement. It's multi-faceted in it's origins (homeless people come here from all over the U.S., Canada, and the world for the weather, liberalism, drug friendly culture/politics/free needles/Cannabis culture, etc./homeless programs/Sanctuary city/county/state, ease of panhandling for a living (I've given $thousands of dollars to homeless people, and some make as much as $100K+ a year from panhandling). It isn't the responsibility of the "rich" or middle class to help the poor. Most do regardless (in many different ways). There will always be tens of millions of poor people and as populations grow (people don't use contraception/prophylactics) the problem is inevitable. Too many people who cannot afford children continue to have them and then blame the system or sponge off it (social services/welfare), for survival. Leftism/Marxism is a disease and mental illness. People need to take personal responsibility regardless of their station in life. There is far too little of that and far too much feeling of "entitlement". We do need banking law reform (like a new and better Glass-Steagall Act). We do need tax law reform. And the wealthy should pay their fair share. Whatever amount that is, has to be fair to them also. But most importantly, Capitalism is not the problem. Corruption, collusion, and white collar crime is. We have to enforce laws, expand oversight and regulation of financial industries (especially), and corporate governance (while retaining as much of a Free Market System as possible).

[@debbies3763]

born at stanford 1963, grew up on the eastside sanjose/ moved in 1997 saw the decline of liveing standards but lucky enough too secure my dream before it became impossible, looks likely too be targeted if you know what i mean once are handlers learn they dont own the earth. BRICS NATIONS ARE THE FUTURE INVESTMENT.

[@SAURABHKUMAR-og3rp]

Pakistani entrepreneur outsourcing jobs to India and not Pakistan tells a lot about situation in Pakistan...

[@mayurkanth6987]

Don't caompre with pakistan man and be happy. Compare with china. Then u will come to know how far behind India is

[@rajavishnuvardhana6830]

Pakistan LoL 😂😀😁 Have you ever seen Ceo's list atleast 😁😁😁🐒

[@Musman-vr2mu]

jealous😜😜

[@shivam_nagar69]

@@Musman-vr2mu jealous? Bhai khush mat ho kuch nhi kiya pakistan ne silicon valley mai reports dekh authentic Al jazeera islamic channel h😂

[@shivam_nagar69]

@@Musman-vr2mu indians have conquered silicon valley and pakistan is still conquering kashmir😂

[@godisgomes]

Do note use a hand held device whilst driving cup cakes😏

[@noura4086]

just watching this in 2022, what a big loss, but thanks youtube algorithm anyway

[@PrinceChris93]

One day that will be me.

[@tundrawomansays5067]

PrinceChris93 I hope so! Good luck!

[@dhirajv6985]

as Indian let me say China is going ahead Shenzhen.

[@sachinreddybappa1273]

India Also can do it indians are more capable but lack of venture capital and risk taking of Indian investors leads Indians to move USA.

[@mayurkanth6987]

@@sachinreddybappa1273 lol venture capital is plenty in India. What India needs is FOREIGN INVESTMENT. Shenzen is a hardware Hub because of FDI only. Indian government never decided to make any city a hardware Hub. It can easily develop cities like surat, vizag, mangalore as Manufacturing Hub but Indian politicians don't have that vision

[@obonyoemmy]

I hope your whole life really is lucky.

[@thegamechanger7157]

No pressure

[@cohall46]

Aela, Driving while holding and using your cell phone is a No No in California.

[@jon-unicorn-doxxer]

well she's a Brit...

[@stina723]

One good solar flare which reaches earth or emf pulse and all tech will be useless.

[@landz2228]

steve banon might bring all this crashing down.

[@Winacro]

Indus Valley --> Silicon Valley

[@Musman-vr2mu]

indus valley ---> pakistan😜😜😜

[@kamilshah8966]

@@Musman-vr2mu pakistan

[@thegamechanger7157]

It's free to jump . You know me. The housings And cost of living Old and young

[@ridgemondhigh4891]

Why does everyone *have to* be in Silicon Valley---with all it's traffic, regulations, taxes, expensive living---in the first place? With internet connections, remote working, outsourcing, conference calls, MOOCs, texting, emails, e-payments, platforms ... anyone anywhere can work, create, innovate, market, buy, sell, collaborate, communicate with everyone else in the world. After all, isn't that the purpose of all this high-tech gadgetry? Otherwise, it will defeat its whole purpose.

[@sartajcheema7342]

I second your opinion. I think working from home will become normal. Offices are meant for customer and company representatives interaction, they are not a place for labour. Also more of the human work is becoming mental rather than physical. In future all the programmers will be sitting in their homes all day, which is kind of true already.

[@Big_Boi23]

And that is the great irony of working in Silicon Valley.

[@decentrik]

Working at home is impossible cause the heads wont be able to control their employees. They import people cause people on green cards are easier to control then Americans. They pay green card holders $18 a hour but a American citizen would make $26? The difference is control. Cant control a natural born American cause ever American believes in the right of self respect and to not be exploited. (Aka Unions)

[@effexon]

@@sartajcheema7342 kinda same way as quickly factories hid dirty work halls from those same guests and made office spaces and reception lounge separate from factory...

[@effexon]

@@decentrik so pure control? not even expenses? somewhere was said that addiction to stranglehold as much as possible is (strong) human and organizational (company) trait always emerging to the detriment of business itself.

[@jeanyork6163]

마이크로 소프트 구글 스텐포드 옆에 살았지 꿈을 키우며 꿈은 작은해일이 큰해일처럼 덮쳐서 깨지고 쫒기듯 남쪽으로 남쪽으로 때로는 모든것이 한순간에 다 사라져 버리는것은 잔실만 가지고는 다양한 환경과 정보 적응력 이 부족하고 좀 더 날쌔게 남들처럼 거짓에 이숙하지 못하고 고지식한 생각 때문이었나?

[@paktummijitts5318]

Most of people from China and India.....

[@effexon]

I've heard of chinatown, i didnt know there is one also in California/Silicon valley (Manhattan chinatown is famous, also Vancouver has similar part)... never heard of "japantown" though... I guess soon there is pakistantown, bangladesh, aussipart etc... and maybe WW3 also :D California is so crazy place nowadays.

[@rogerc7960]

secretaries can't code/quantum/invent

[@therandomchannel9226]

Lottery my foot!

[@abuhasnatshibly1369]

A LOT OF BANGLADESHI ALSO WORK HERE

[@TheSubhokolkata]

as maid servants, peon etc

[@Toxic-th4si]

They Run "Indian" Restaurants Not As CEOs,Designers!!

[@harjeetsinghaulakhtruckdri520]

@@TheSubhokolkata chai chai chai, Shab ji Pani pani

[@nikhilhembrom8952]

@@TheSubhokolkata chai sahab

[@effexon]

Kindof lame joke... Marvel is actually electronics company, not movie company :p Marvell is Asian company? I didnt know...

[@Musman-vr2mu]

hahaha😜😜😜

[@TheOutNash]

and Trump wants to kick them out.

[@hindinewsupdates4404]

Pakistan lolllllll

[@harjeetsinghaulakhtruckdri520]

Pakistan🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sachinreddybappa1273]

😱😱😂😂😂.

[@Max7770_0]

pakistan . really?

[@hrishikeshdeore5340]

Al Jazeera The name Itself explains

[@rishishukla130]

Hhahahahahha actors are Good.

[@ansar1919]

Idiot, Indians and Pakistani are of same ancestors just difference in religion.

[@indianatureandheritage7183]

@@ansar1919 not really.. most of those IT professionals in sylican valley is from southern india.. we dont understand not even your language or culture

[@indianatureandheritage7183]

@@ansar1919 not really.. most of those IT professionals in sylican valley is from southern india.. we dont understand not even your language or culture

[@dingdongchingchong8659]

This is why trump will lose the trade war.

[@johnsonokohemmanuel5869]

Pls I'm johnson emmanuel and i and my relative is building a game we need support pls

[@ravichandel8690]

indians were first then came chinese as immigrants

[@GirishVenkatachalam]

Toxic world

[@futbolistalatinoamericano5401]

the real silicon valley is in China, Shenzhen.

[@anubhav111196]

Robertoni A Can't disagree. Shenzhen is like the electrical capital of the world.

[@mars2101]

Yeah

[@utsavchatterjee6477]

Robertoni A China is copy rat

[@burtonl7239]

+Robertoni A That's not silicon valley. That's copycat alley.

[@armv7-m603]

Found the CCP propaganda troll

[@vtecpreludevtec]

Could they,,cut some firewood,,grow a vege garden,,repair a house?useless.

[@MinhPhan-sf9hk]

without them, you could not watch even this video and comment like that!No need to go further, just think about who created youtube?

[@khanmaida]

Mike Berg stop being petty and study what matters. Cut firewood, like really?!

[@carolhien2328]

Mike Berg I suppose youre trying to say that you can cut firewoods but you are hopeless at cutting codes. Exchange done to a dumb & ignorant axe holder..whats your complaint? As you rightfully pointed out, no one is perfect. Youre good with chopping wood. Keep that job.

[@ummonk]

Umm yes? I can do all three, and I imagine most of my fellow coders here can as well (as can most people in general). Those aren't very difficult things...

[@carolhien2328]

Mike Berg, the audience & community at large are detecting resentment & envy streak coming out from your statement. What is your problem and point here? Nitpicking because theyre much much better than you? Reality check, mate or youre going to drown in your own pool

[@vtecpreludevtec]

I dont admire any of these people.

[@carolhien2328]

Mike Berg people with your views and attitude need a big awakening wash! If you dont appreciate diversity, why arent you capable of delivering these tasks yourself instead of hiring others you dont like to do it for you? RESPECT diversity and talent..and, wakeup and smell the coffee mate

[@tundrawomansays5067]

Mike Berg It doesn't appear they require your "admiration." Their goals are far more global, their aspirations are no different than any other motivated person on this planet and their ability to make it happen has consistently been documented.

[@carolhien2328]

TundraWoman Says Well said - thanks!

[@carolhien2328]

I truly dont think they care what you think or admire - thats your own shallow narrow perspective.

[@iosdev5652]

@ Carol, what does this have to with diversity? If someone doesn't admire the industry or people in it, it doesn't mean you label them racist and stomp on them with diversity card.