Americans are fleeing the U.S. at record rates—an ex-Google engineer who left India to build a $7.2 billion AI firm says they’re making a mistake

Americans are fleeing the U.S. at record rates due to political instability and rising costs, but Arvind Jain, co-founder of a $7.2 billion AI firm, argues the U.S. remains a land of opportunity for entrepreneurship. The U.S. recorded its first net negative migration in over 50 years in 2025, with up to 405,000 people leaving voluntarily.