Our competition is with the Silicon Valley: Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai

Silicon Valley in the US continues its reign as the world's pre-eminent startup ecosystem, according to experts

Chief Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj Bommai said on Thursday the competition for Karnataka is Silicon Valley in the US, which serves as a global centre for high technology and innovation. He said the government would go the extra mile to support startups.

"The Karnataka government will go any miles in supporting startups. We are not worried about the competition. It keeps us going and growing. We convert the competition into acceleration," said Bommai during a conversation with Claude Smadja, President of Smadja & Smadja advisory at the India Global Innovation Connect conference in Bengaluru.

While addressing an audience of startup