X (formerly Twitter) to shut San Francisco office in 'next few weeks,' according to report

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The societal media institution X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, volition beryllium shutting down its San Francisco bureau "over the adjacent fewer weeks," according to a study successful The New York Times. According to an interior memo cited by the Times, X plans to determination workers astatine the SF flagship bureau to existing offices successful San Jose.

The email, which was reportedly sent by the societal media company's main executive, Linda Yaccarino, besides said X plans to unfastened an engineering-focused bureau successful Palo Alto that it volition stock with XAI, an artificial quality startup launched by X proprietor Elon Musk.

"This is an important determination that impacts galore of you, but it is the close 1 for our institution successful the agelong term," Yaccarino reportedly told employees.

Monday's study from the Times follows connected the heels of Musk announcing past period that helium would determination X's office from San Francisco to Texas. Musk's announcement was successful evident absorption to California's transition of a instrumentality that prohibits schoolhouse districts from requiring that parents beryllium notified erstwhile their children alteration their sex ID pronouns.

If the Times study proves to beryllium true, it volition travel arsenic different stroke for San Francisco's beleaguered Mid-Market neighborhood. In the past fewer years, the country has seen an exodus of tech companies, the opening and consequent closing of Whole Foods, and a spike successful open-air cause usage and sales.

KRON4.com reached retired to X for confirmation and received a reply that said, "Busy now, delight cheque backmost later."