SF transformed in 3 months: 20-somethings made generational wealth off AI
ericwdolan · x · 2026-09-03
A viral thread describes how San Francisco has drastically changed in the last three months: people in their 20s and early 30s have made generational wealth courtesy of AI, while startups are shutting down at a record rate — if you're not crushing it, the opportunity cost of staying at a stagnant startup is too high. OpenAI and Anthropic have become the new Google that everyone wants to join, some angel investors turned six-figure checks into nine-figure returns, and people hold onto leases out of fear of not affording them later. The air mixes over-optimism with over-anxiety: peak FOMO.
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