Meta Plans to Expand in India and Hire Engineers and Artificial Intelligence Talent

Nitin Konde, Varun Bhardwaj

24 Feb 2025 — 2 min read

Meta Expands in India, Hiring AI and Engineering Talent

In an attempt to increase its footprint in India, Meta is establishing a new office in Bengaluru and is currently searching for artificial intelligence product and engineering positions in the city. Major tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon have already begun establishing engineering and product teams in Bengaluru and throughout the nation, which comes following Meta's statement. According to the company's website, there are 41 job vacancies in Bengaluru, mostly for positions like hardware, software, and machine learning engineers.

15 Years of Meta in India

Meta has been a part of the Indian market for around 15 years. As of right now, it maintains offices in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, New Delhi, and Gurugram. According to estimates, it currently employs between 300 and 400 people in India. Sales, marketing, business development, operations, policy, legal, and finance, however, make up the majority of this workforce. This action appears to be consistent with the tech giant's overarching plan to improve its engineering prowess, especially in the area of artificial intelligence.

A representative for Meta commented on the development, saying that in order to support its long-term investments, the company frequently updates its location strategies. The company is hiring for a few engineering jobs in Bengaluru as part of this. Last month, Mark Zuckerberg, the company's CEO, declared that it would increase its spending on AI by double, potentially reaching "hundreds of billions of dollars" in the long run. Number-wise, Meta anticipates spending between $60 and $65 billion this year, primarily on AI data centres, as opposed to $39.23 billion in 2024. In order to put 1 GW of capacity online this year and finish 2025 with 1.3 million GPUs, the corporation is also constructing a 2 GW AI data centre.

CM Fadnavis Says Maharashtra is on Track to Become India's AI capital

As part of a national initiative to boost the uptake of the rapidly evolving technology, Maharashtra hopes to become the artificial intelligence (AI) capital of India within the next four to five years, according to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Fadnavis stated at the Nascomm Technology and Leadership Forum on February 24 that the Maharashtra government is developing a new AI strategy in an effort to take the lead in the nation's current AI revolution. According to CM, the committee, which is made up of business leaders, is working on creating a new AI strategy since the state government wants to spearhead this revolution.

In fact, India's prime minister outlined the nation's AI roadmap at the AI conference in France. Additionally, he believes that India aspires to be a leader in AI. This comes after Ashish Shelar, the IT minister for Maharashtra, stated that the state was preparing to draft an autonomous AI policy shortly. Fadnavis added that the Maharashtra government has partnered with Microsoft, a supporter of OpenAI, to train and upskill 10,000 women in artificial intelligence. He declared, "We want everyone in Maharashtra to benefit from the AI revolution."