Their friends are making $100 million. Everyone else is wondering how to catch up.
The article discusses the transformation in social dynamics within the Bay Area due to the boom in artificial intelligence. Venture capitalist Jenny Xiao remarks on how people she knew five years ago, who were struggling as AI researchers, have now become affluent, often vacationing in exotic locations.
SAN FRANCISCO —Venture capitalist Jenny Xiao noticed a change in her Bay Area social circles as the artificial intelligence boom swelled in recent years.
“When I met these people back five years ago, they lived in the shittiest apartments and they were cheap AI researchers,” she said. “Now every other weekend someone’s in Hawaii [or] vacationing in Switzerland.”
