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Tech employees pay as much as $900 a month to dwell in tiny beds, tiny bins of wooden and metal solely 4 ft excessive.
The pods, that are manufactured by Brownstone, can solely match one double mattress, and people staying should make do with out full kitchens or washing machines, they usually additionally share 5 loos.
Beds are organized in order that they’re stacked two excessive within the dormitories, they work on month-to-month contracts and don’t require a safety deposit.
One resident, tech startup founder Christian Lewis, who created the unreal intelligence firm Spellcraft, stated the small areas received “somewhat toasty” however he loved a restful eight hours’ sleep. He and others making an attempt to launch AI careers in San Francisco praised the housing in an interview with ABC 7 Information, notably for the networking alternatives it provided with different pod residents.
The brownstone had its first clients this summer time, its CEO James Stallworth informed SFGATE, including that it at the moment rents areas for $500 in Bakersfield, $700 in San Francisco and $900 in Palo Alto.
“Our non-public beds have 40% extra space than typical bunk beds, and include particular person lights, privateness curtains, temperature-controlled followers and different necessities,” the corporate’s web site says.
“Along with your personal non-public mattress, you get keyless entry to a house in an incredible location, entry to a totally geared up kitchen and totally geared up frequent areas resembling a front room and shared workplace room,” it added.
Stallworth stated the corporate has had many inquiries from individuals concerned with AI.
“Going into the home, we simply knew there have been quite a lot of causes to be in San Francisco,” Stallworth stated. “It seems that AI is what lots of people are doing proper now,” he informed SFGATE.
San Francisco skyline. Alexander Spatari/Getty Photos through BI
Regardless of the excessive price of the mattress field, he stated they are going to be at full capability in October, with all 28 pods.
Renting prices in San Francisco’s tech hub are sky-high, with the median worth for a studio residence at $2,200 per thirty days, in response to actual property market Zillow.
Earlier this month, Lewis shared pictures of his expertise in one of many pods on X, previously often called Twitter.
“Individuals are getting bitchy, however I am undecided why. I am simply making an attempt to remain within the metropolis of San Francisco with out paying $4,000 a month or getting stabbed, and I feel this can be a nice resolution for now,” he wrote. “And there are quite a lot of cool individuals right here.”