Ashlee Vance(@ashleevance):This is why Texas will do better than your state. There is a center of gravity forming around all the stuff @elonmusk is building between Austin and San Antonio and beyond. It's going to be the closest thing the US has to Shenzhen. Our hourlong exploration of the tech scene in Texas in full here on X.

Ashlee Vance

@ashleevance

Writing at and host of the Core Memory podcast. 2X NYT best-seller. Filmmaker @HBO (Wild, Wild Space) + @Netflix (Don't Die).

Joined October 2009

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Ashlee Vance@ashleevance

2026.10.13 16:14

This is why Texas will do better than your state. There is a center of gravity forming around all the stuff @elonmusk is building between Austin and San Antonio and beyond. It's going to be the closest thing the US has to Shenzhen. Our hourlong exploration of the tech scene in Texas in full here on X.