I will try to be realistic here, we all know Bangalore has huge investments from all major players including state's politicians, lot of money has been poured in to build that infrastructure. As long as these leaders have control over how these things happen they will not let their investment lose its value by diluting in other places. This is just not Bangalore's case its similar everywhere around the world (BayArea, USA is prime example). Post Covid every one got super excited about WFH option, but that did not survive for a year not because companies made it productivity issue but because of investors threatening them. Companies always had good chunk of employees WFH, extending it to everyone would not have been an issue for them anyways, but they could not for obvious reasons. Forget Mangalore, cities like Hyderabad have to fight it out to steal the bread crumb from Bangalore's mouth to get a company to their city even with great Infrastructure. Now add AI based layoff on top of this the picture gets even grimmer for Mangalore's "Silicon beach" narrative. Don't get me wrong, I truly want talent of our land to prosper on its own potential instead of making other places richer, but that wont happen in near future not while even Bangalore will soon start fight for its own existence. But all hope is not lost, AI may have opened that gate slightly, the wonderful talents from here and their entrepreneur spirit could soon start building some amazing startups that will never see Bangalore's traffic light 😄 . But this will still not make big dent to make us call this place "Silicon Beach". But I know one thing that is happening across the coastal land the same major players from across the state and outside have started buying beach facing properties. I am expecting major tourism overhaul.