India, July 5 -- As Bengaluru cements its status as a global tech powerhouse, former Infosys CFO and industry veteran T.V. Mohandas Pai has made a striking statement, the city now has more tech professionals than the entire state of California in the United States.

Responding to Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar's social media post celebrating Bengaluru's recognition in CBRE's Global Tech Talent Guidebook 2025, Pai called for urgent action to improve infrastructure and quality of life for the city's booming tech population.

"We have 25 lakh people in tech in Bengaluru, the largest in the world. California has 15 lakh. We have 65,000 IT companies, nearly 20,000 startups, 46 unicorns, and close to $100 billion in software ex...