As I was developing my reporting plan for TechCrunch Disrupt last week, one key question loomed large in my head: Would I find any AI startups at this annual summit for fledgling tech companies? The conference is in San Francisco, after all, so finding AI tech might prove difficult. But I wanted to at least try.
The preceding paragraph is, of course, insane. Sorry, but I had to go full ad absurdum to match the craziness of our cultural moment. Everything seems to be about AI right now. And San Franscico – the city I call home – is the world’s locus of AI attention.
In case you haven’t been following current events, know that San Francisco has become AI Crazy Town. OpenAI and Anthropic are both headquartered here. Our AI billboards signal the city’s obsession with agents. AI wealth is spiking housing costs. AI startups are filling up post-pandemic office space.
And for the non-AI-adjacent free folk, San Francisco is home to 100 concurrent conversations on how AI impacts the job market, digital security, education, dating and night life, humankind’s existential countdown clock, what’s real and what’s fake, and whether an AI bubble burst will tank the economy.
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