Bob Lee Part 5: Tech vs. San Francisco

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🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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With Nima Momeni convicted of second degree murder, the media storm around Bob Lee faded. Reporter Shawn Wen tries to make sense of the widespread fascination with Lee’s death. She looks to the period before his death, when San Francisco was gripped by a bitter political fight over street crime, and to the years afterwards, when it emerged from the doom loop and into the AI boom.

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0:00.0	Humans will never be more intelligent than AI.
0:04.0	There's going to be two types of companies.
0:06.0	Those are great at AI and those that went out of business because they weren't.
0:09.0	How do we build a future that is human-centered?
0:14.0	I'm Rana El-Kalubi, and on my podcast Pioneers of AI, we answer that question and so many more.
0:21.9	As an AI scientist, entrepreneur, and investor, I know what it takes to build AI that works for everyone.
0:29.0	Every week, I sit down with the pioneers shaping our future.
0:32.0	And we take you behind the scenes of the AI that's transforming our lives.
0:38.4	Find Pioneers of AI wherever you tune in.
0:45.1	Bloomberg Audio Studios, Podcasts Radio News.
0:51.6	Previously on.
0:53.1	We don't know exactly what happened yet, but I think we suspect, and I would bet dollars to dimes,
0:58.6	that the story is very similar to a case we had in LA recently, where a young woman was basically
1:03.5	stabbed for no reason by a psychotic homeless person.
1:06.9	San Francisco police arrested 38-year-old Nima Momini. The suspect is another tech executive who knew Lee.
1:14.6	While we're not going to release any additional facts at this time, I must point out that reckless and irresponsible statements,
1:21.6	like those contained in Mr. Must's tweet that assumed incorrect circumstances about Mr. Lee's death
1:28.8	served to mislead the world in their perceptions of San Francisco
1:32.5	and also negatively impact the pursuit of justice for victims of crime.
1:38.4	A jury has just found Nemo Momani guilty of second-degree murder in the killing of Kashap founder Bob Lee. Didn't turn out to be a first-degree murder guilty. It of second-degree murder in the killing of cash-app founder Bob Lee.
1:44.9	Didn't turn out to be a first-degree murder guilty. It is second-degree murder.
1:50.7	When you spend a year reporting out a murder story, you accidentally learn a thing or two about how to commit crimes.
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