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

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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.

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