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Industry·Jun 30·all news from June 30, 2026

San Francisco's AI boom is pricing out six-figure tech workers who can't find rent under $5,000

San Francisco's AI boom is driving up the cost of living so fast that even couples earning $365,000 a year can't find an affordable apartment. Median rent sits at $3,827, and homes cost $1.7 million on average. The expected IPOs of OpenAI and Anthropic could make things even worse for those not profiting from the AI boom. The article San Francisco's AI boom is pricing out six-figure tech workers who can't find rent under $5,000 appeared first on The Decoder .

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