Where will the next trillion dollar company be founded?

Investors are increasingly looking outside Silicon Valley to cities across the U.S.

with cheaper cost of living.

A recent journal article highlighted the growth of new businesses in Atlanta, Georgia and census data shows

them outpacing the rest of the country, along with places like Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans.

Here to discuss in today's Tech Check is Duncan Davidson.

He's co-founder and general partner at Bullpen Capital.

It's good to see you, Duncan.

Do you experience this where you are?

Oh, I think that story got it exactly wrong.

It might have been OK a couple years ago but now no no

everything's coming back to Silicon Valley because of AI as you started the

okay but but wait a minute let me just to come to their defense for just a moment can

both things be true in other words are we seeing a

real boom and startup activity elsewhere across the country and also at the

same time seeing AI kind of revitalizing the original Silicon Valley?

Well, you must understand. I love startup culture and I spent time around the whole world trying

to generate startups in various communities. It's a very different question

and whether you can diffuse startups

and whether Silicon Valley remains the center.

I agree.

We've seen other places like Nashville

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