{"id":1020998,"date":"2026-07-15T08:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T02:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1020998"},"modified":"2026-07-15T08:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T03:11:10","slug":"ai-founder-says-even-a-300000-salary-in-san-francisco-left-him-stressed-moved-to-argentina-where-rent-is-10x-cheaper-and-hes-happier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/07\/15\/ai-founder-says-even-a-300000-salary-in-san-francisco-left-him-stressed-moved-to-argentina-where-rent-is-10x-cheaper-and-hes-happier\/","title":{"rendered":"AI founder says even a $300,000 salary in San Francisco left him stressed, moved to Argentina where rent is 10x cheaper and he&#8217;s happier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For years, San Francisco has been the dream destination for startup founders hoping to build the next billion-dollar company. But for Koby Conrad, founder of AI sobriety companion Sunflower, success no longer meant staying in the heart of Silicon Valley. <\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old entrepreneur recently relocated to Buenos Aires, Argentina, saying the move has transformed both his business and personal life. While he still believes San Francisco is unmatched when it comes to technology and innovation, Conrad told Business Insider that Argentina offers something he couldn&#8217;t find in California\u2014a more affordable life, greater peace of mind and a better place to raise a family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years, San Francisco has been the dream destination for startup founders hoping to build the next billion-dollar company. But for Koby Conrad, founder of AI sobriety companion Sunflower, success no longer meant staying in the heart of Silicon Valley. The 32-year-old entrepreneur recently relocated to Buenos Aires, Argentina, saying the move has transformed both his business and personal life. While he still believes San Francisco is unmatched when it comes to technology and innovation, Conrad told Business Insider that Argentina offers something he couldn&#8217;t find in California\u2014a more affordable life, greater peace of mind and a better place to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,4,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1020998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-economic-times","category-newspapers","category-the-economic-times"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1020998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1021021,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020998\/revisions\/1021021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1020998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1020998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1020998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}