The future isn't evenly distributed. It pools in pockets, and the Bay Area is its deepest reservoir.
Today, I rode in a self-driving car to OpenAI's office. I walked back along the Embarcadero, watching F-35s slice through the sky. This isn't a sci-fi film. It's a Friday in San Francisco.
For founders, this matters more than you think.
Living on the bleeding edge doesn't just inform your vision—it reshapes it. Your instincts sharpen when "impossible" becomes your daily commute. You start to see further, clearer, than anyone else on the planet.
It's not about the tech toys. It's about the people.
In the Bay, you're surrounded by those who've turned "can't be done" into "old news" a dozen times over. Their experience becomes your accelerant. Their failures, your shortcuts. They pay it forward to your future.
What starts as a glimmer in a founder's eye here becomes the world's new normal. Born in San Francisco, built in the Bay, bought by the world—eventually.
This is why the next wave of world-changing companies will likely emerge from the Bay. Not because of Sand Hill Road and access to more capital but because founders in SF are already living in tomorrow.
The Bay Area isn't just a place. It's a time machine.
So ask yourself: Are you building for the world as it is or will be? If it's the latter, you might want to consider a move. The future is calling, and its area code is 415.