Andrew Yang thinks the next big startup opportunity is lowering the cost of living

Andrew Yang is advocating for a new business model focused on reducing the cost of living for Americans. He argues that startups should prioritize returning margins to customers to help them cope with AI-driven wage displacement.
Why it matters
Yang's perspective offers a unique intersection between entrepreneurship and social safety nets in the age of automation.
Entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang has a theory about where the next wave of startup opportunity lies, and it starts with a question most founders aren t asking: what if the business model was giving money back instead of extracting it?
The article frames the economic argument through the lens of UBI and wealth redistribution, which aligns with Yang's political platform.
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