Chennai, Aug 31 (Reporter) Tamil Nadu led the AI race in India, with Chief Minister M K Stalin, on an official visit to US to attract investments, signing a MoU with Google for setting an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab in Chennai, besides meeting top executives of Apple and Microsoft and invited them to invest in TN. The MoU was signed at Google headquarters in California on Saturday. The AI Lab would be set up jointly by Google and Guidance TN. During the meeting with top executives of Google, the Chief Minister also discussed about expansion of Pixel-8 smartphone production and commence manufacturing of other products of Google in the State. Mr Stalin said his government was determined to strengthen these partnerships and make Tamil Nadu one of the foremost growth engines of Asia, according to an official release here. Later in a social media post, Mr Stalin said "An awe-inspiring visit to the offices of Apple, Google and Microsoft." "Discussed various opportunities and exciting partnerships. Determined to strengthen these partnerships and make Tamil Nadu one of the foremost growth engines of Asia!', he added. Tamil Nadu Industries Minister TRB Rajaa, who is also part of the delegation that accompanied the Chief Minister, in a social media post said "On our visit to the Google HQ today, we’ve signed an MoU to set up the Tamil Nadu AI Labs at GuidanceTN in Chennai in partnership with Google!" "Say hello to what I would like to call ‘Chennai.ai”, he said...////...