AI could upend the headquarters economy that made Minnesota rich

By: Thomas Lee

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: September 2, 2026

Words: 2,139

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Several years ago, I spoke to Jawed Karim, a former St. Paul resident who co-founded YouTube before Google purchased it in 2005.

A soft-spoken computer engineer who is part Bengali and German, Karim somehow escaped the celebrity spotlight of the early internet entrepreneurs who made their fortunes during the first decade of the 21st century.

Karim was in town to promote his new venture capital fund when he said something about Silicon Valley and the …

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