A.I. Has Ushered in Silicon Valley's 'Hard Tech' Era

I'm on the investor side these days and this seems consistent with what I'm seeing. Aside from the "Oooh, AI, defense tech, yada yada" part of the article, I think the real estate angle is interesting in the context of the larger demographic trends (the US population pyramid has a wasp waist around Gen X, ref (1)) I kind of wonder what the shift will look like when the 40-50 crowd in the Valley retires over the next 10-20 years. Will they be replaced or will the housing prices come down?

(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_Sta...

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