Tech companies chop hundreds of Bay Area jobs as layoffs persist

All of the layoffs for both the tech and non-tech companies were described as permanent. So far in 2025, the Bay Area has lost 19,700 jobs and California has shed 54,800 jobs, the EDD reported. The ... Read More

AI boom fuels San Francisco rent surge, AvalonBay CEO claims

AvalonBay is blaming rising rents in San Francisco on the recent influx of AI workers, but a city economist isn’t convinced. Read More

AI BOOM REVITALIZES SAN FRANCISCO

Photo from sf.gov San Francisco, once defined by post-pandemic uncertainty and economic stagnation, is undergoing a striking transformation—driven by the rise of artificial intelligence. At the ... Read More

Bay Area tech workers thought their jobs were safe. Then the ‘golden handcuffs’ came off

The tech industry, once seen as a relatively stable place to grow a career, continues to be hit by job cuts in 2025. Tech companies including Meta, Block, Autodesk and others are among businesses that ... Read More

Tech industry jobs and layoff woes jolt Bay Area to kick off 2025

Overall job losses by the tech industry could be weighing down the nine-county region’s market in 2025, with a total loss of 19,700 jobs over the first three months. The tech cuts account for 56% of ... Read More

Nvidia CEO says 'San Francisco is back' — and it's thanks to the AI gold rush

"Just about everybody evacuated San Francisco," Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said. "Now it's thriving again. It's all because of AI." ... Read More

Resolution passes to protect San Mateo County jobs from AI

The San Mateo County ... stating that if AI displaces jobs, the county will do all it can to create new jobs that humans can fill. Land trust to purchase, preserve Bay Area nude beach property ... Read More

Slump deepens: Bay Area, California lose thousands of jobs in March

(Karl Mondon/Bay Area News ... downturns in all three of the region’s biggest metro areas. The East Bay lost a net total of 1,200 jobs, the South Bay shed 1,900, and the San Francisco-San ... Read More

San Mateo Co. supervisor proposes resolution to track jobs lost to AI, find alternate solutions

So, we are seeing studies where AI is able to identify cancer and things like that even more effectively than all but the best radiologists," said Zac Henderson, UC Law San Francisco visiting ... Read More