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On an episode of the Hill & Valley Forum<\/a> podcast this week, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that AI has brought new life to San Francisco.<\/p>\n It’s welcome news, considering that, since 2019, the story<\/a> has been about San Francisco’s decline, both in population<\/a> and in businesses<\/a>. Business Insider<\/i> reports that as many as 89,000 households<\/a> left San Francisco during the pandemic, and major businesses like Palantir<\/a> and Oracle<\/a> also abandoned the once bustling<\/a> tech hub.<\/p>\n Major retailers, including Nordstrom, shuttered their downtown locations<\/a>, and sunny cities like Austin and Miami became the new hot places to establish an HQ.<\/p>\n But then came the AI boom.<\/p>\n Related:<\/b> Elon Musk Calls San Francisco ‘Post-Apocalyptic’ as Another Major Retailer Leaves Due to Crime<\/a><\/p>\n The popularity of ChatGPT since it was released in late 2022 has led to an AI innovation wave, and San Francisco is seeing the benefits, Huang noted.<\/p>\n “It’s because of AI that San Francisco is back,” Huang said on the podcast.<\/p>\n “Okay, anybody who lives in San Francisco, you’ll know what I’m talking about. Just about everybody evacuated San Francisco,” he added. “Now it’s thriving again. It’s all because of AI.”<\/p>\n Related:<\/b> Here’s How Much a Typical Nvidia Employee Makes in a Year<\/a><\/p>\n