What is California?

California's mandatory outdoor workplace heat standard reduced the temperature-injury link for outdoor firms by 50 to 80 percent.

“That effect is reduced greatly reduced, you know, on the order of 50 to 80 plus% of that effect.”

Wildfire resilience investments added a 4 cent per kWh surcharge to California ratepayer bills.

“Wildfire resilience investments added four cents per kilowatt hour surcharge to California ratepayers bills, which is substantial.”

Taiwan's rooftop solar permitting averages over one year, slower than even California.

“In Taiwan, if you want to do rooftop solar, it is well over a year. It is on average a year or maybe even over a year.”

The US faces a projected electricity shortfall of 1.7 terawatt-hours by 2050, equivalent to 6x California's entire energy consumption.

“We will be 1.7 terowatt hours short by 2050, which is when you calculate it as energy. It is 6x of California's entire energy consumption.”

An average Nairobi motorcycle taxi owner spends more on fuel per year than a California commuter driving an SUV.

“Your average Kenyan motorbike owner in Nairobi will spend more on fuel in a year than a California commuter who owns an SUV.”

Better has deployed an AI digital twin of top loan officer Ryan Grant, encoding his communication style and all underwriting guidelines, to scale individual expert capacity.

“We literally have one Ryan Grant who's the top loan officer in Orange County in California and he now has an AI digital.”

Expected US energy load growth from now to 2050 leaves the country short by roughly three Californias worth of supply.

“If you just look at the load growth that's expected between now and 2050, we are about three entire California's worth of energy short.”

By 2050, the US is projected to face an electricity deficit equivalent to 2.5 times California's total energy consumption.

“By 2050, the United States of America will be 2 and 12 California's worth of energy in deficit.”

Elad Gil on California's billionaire tax driving an exodus of founders.

“I think the immediate effect is a huge number of people that are attempting to create value or do new things in California choose to leave. It's that's already happening.”