Charli XCX Ignites San Francisco as Tahoe Gala Rakes In Millions and AI Minds Take Center Stage

San Francisco’s week of pop culture and tech gossip spans Charli XCX headlining Outside Lands and triggering a citywide fan frenzy (with a postponed Amoeba meet‑and‑greet), OpenAI researcher Naomi Bashkansky switching to a mind‑reading startup to work on thought‑to‑text tech, and the Keep Tahoe Blue fashion show pulling in a record $1.67 million with Bay Area elites. The saga includes Corgi Cafe weathering a media circus after a funding rumor was retracted, Phoebe Bridgers’ Lost Weekend dome shows, Zak Williams returning to SF with projects from a Death Bridge documentary to a film and a TV series on AI, and newlyweds Leopold Aschenbrenner and Avital Balwit amid a hedge fund implosion.