The Tech Baron Seeking to “Ethnically Cleanse” San Francisco

Tech figures linked to the Network State movement are seeking political control of San Francisco, with Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan as a leading example. Balaji Srinivasan, who wrote the 2022 book The Network State, told the Moment of Zen podcast that loyalty-based "Grays" would push out "Blues," the liberal voters he blames for the city's problems, and called a Gray Pride parade with 50,000 Grays a huge win. Tan, who was named CEO in 2022 after writing that Y Combinator is a prototype of the Network State, has used his platform to campaign for political control of San Francisco and to attack local journalists.