Station F and Anthropic say the AI boom is drawing startups back in person
THE SO WHAT
If Station F is seeing more AI founders choose to co-locate, the constraint has shifted from access to tools to speed of iteration and trust. Early-stage teams betting on in-person should design offices and rituals around rapid model experiments and customer loops, not just generic coworking.
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