Renting a San Francisco Apartment in the A.I. Boom? Good Luck. NYT | Top Stories By: Natallie Rocha 16 October 2025 at 21:00 The artificial intelligence gold rush has pushed San Francisco’s residential rents up by the most in the nation, as A.I. companies lease apartments and offer rent stipends to employees. © Amy Osborne for The New York TimesRoy Lee, Cluely’s chief executive, at his home in Cluely’s office in San Francisco. His start-up has leased apartments for its employees.