Colin Yasukochi

“The story there is that there's been cuts in the Bay Area, so the tech industry has contracted the size of the tech talent workforce, and the finance sector [in New York] has hired a lot of tech talent and a lot of AI workers,”

Colin Yasukochi · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21

Colin Yasukochi explained why New York surpassed the San Francisco Bay Area in tech talent jobs.

“It basically changes jobs and creates new jobs, more so than it eliminates,”

Colin Yasukochi · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21

Colin Yasukochi addressed concerns about AI eliminating jobs and reducing demand for office space.

“Through this whole innovation process, being together and working in person is just much more efficient and innovative.”

Colin Yasukochi · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21

Colin Yasukochi highlighted the benefits of in-person collaboration for AI innovation.

“It's more of the sort of startup innovation culture that we've seen, where people are in the office [a] minimum of four, but usually like five or six days a week,”

Colin Yasukochi · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21

Colin Yasukochi described the in-office culture of AI companies that is driving office market demand.