All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg California Forever: The Startup Building America's Next Great City
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Oct 21, 2025 Jan Sramek, founder and CEO of California Forever, aims to build a self-funded, sustainable city in Solano County, transforming it into America’s next great city. He discusses the project's ambitious scope, including 70,000 acres for advanced manufacturing and shipbuilding. Sramek shares his journey from the Czech Republic to California, and why he believes fixing the state is essential for national progress. He highlights the significance of creating a walkable city to support a new workforce and ensure national security through diversified shipbuilding.
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California Still Unique And Self-Inflicted Problems
- California remains irreplaceable for America's innovation despite its problems.
- Failing to build housing, offices, and infrastructure caused many current state issues.
Personal Arrival And Eye-Opening Reality
- Jan described arriving in California in 2013 and seeing homelessness and companies leaving.
- He called those failures entirely self-inflicted due to not building enough essentials.
Co-Locate R&D With Advanced Manufacturing
- Build advanced manufacturing close to Silicon Valley so R&D and production co-locate.
- Use robotics and AI to raise productivity instead of relying on raw labor.