得克萨斯州——以牛仔帽、慢烤烧烤和放松监管的立场著称——本应成为厌倦了硅谷民主党政治的科技圈大佬们的“加州解药”。然而，得州刚刚变得蓝得多了。周二，在中期选举中，得州选民选出了民主党人詹姆斯·塔拉里科担任参议员，吉娜·伊诺霍萨担任州长，尽管特斯拉和SpaceX首席执行官埃隆·马斯克支持的共和党进行了大规模竞选支出。
Texas — with its cowboy hats, slow-smoked barbecue, and de-regulatory stance — was supposed to be the California antidote for tech bros fed up with Silicon Valley's Democratic politics. Well, Texas just got a lot bluer. On Tuesday, during the midterm elections, Texas voters selected Democrats James Talarico for the Senate and Gina Hinojosa for the governor's mansion, despite massive Republican spending backed byTesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
如今，科技界的挫败感开始流露出来。“太空数据中心现在看起来相当有吸引力，”马斯克在X上写道。科技投资人、《All-In Podcast》联合主持人杰森·卡拉卡尼斯在X上有过类似反应。“我从未预料到得州会变蓝，”他写道。“哎呀，我搬来这儿是为了逃离左派的疯狂！”显然，在过去一年里，特朗普总统将因冰冻天气、战争、关税、另一场战争和通胀，把共和党带向悬崖边缘。
Now, the tech-world frustration is starting to trickle out. "Data centers in space looking pretty appealing right now," Musk wrote on X. Jason Calacanis, a tech investor and co-host of the "All-In Podcast," had a similar reaction. "I never expected Texas to turn blue," he wrote on X. "Ugh, I moved here to get away from the left lunacy!" It was clear over the past year that President Trump was going to lead the GOP off the cliff because of ice, the war, tariffs, the other war and inflation. … but I never expected Texas to turn blue Ugh, I moved here to get away from the left lunacy!
……但我从未预料到得州会变蓝，哎呀，我搬来这儿是为了逃离左派的疯狂！另一位“All-In”联合主持人查马斯·帕利哈皮蒂亚在周二晚的直播中表达了更悲观的看法。“只有一件事能拖垮美国经济，”他说。“那就是AI交易。而拖垮AI交易的唯一方式是拖垮数据中心。拖垮数据中心的唯一方式是拖垮电力。而目前所有关键的电力都在西得州。”
Chamath Palihapitiya, another "All-In" co-host, was more dire during a Tuesday-night livestream. "There's only one thing that sinks the US economy," he said. "That's the AI trade. And the only way to sink the AI trade is to sink the data centers. And the only way to sink the data centers is to sink the power. And all the power that matters right now is in West Texas."
总部位于得州的AI医疗公司Hello Patient首席执行官兼联合创始人亚历克斯·科恩在X上的回应更为直白：“AI安息吧，相识一场挺快乐。”孤星州自1990年安·理查兹赢得州长选举以来，就未曾选出过全州范围的民主党候选人。塔拉里科是自1988年劳埃德·本特森以来，首位赢得得州参议员选举的民主党人。并非所有科技界人士都对结果感到愤怒。
Alex Cohen, the Texas-based CEO and cofounder of AI healthcare company Hello Patient, had a blunter response on X: "RIP AI it was fun while it lasted." The Lone Star State had not elected a statewide Democratic candidate since Ann Richards won the governor's race in 1990. Talarico is the first Democrat to win a Texas Senate election since Lloyd Bentsen in 1988. Not everyone in tech is angry at the results.
领英联合创始人、民主党知名捐赠者里德·霍夫曼在X平台发文称，包括得克萨斯州结果在内的中期选举是“针对特朗普及其亲信的一场压倒性浪潮”。截至发稿，几位直言不讳的得克萨斯州科技界人士——包括大卫·萨克斯、特拉维斯·卡拉尼克以及区块链公司联席首席执行官莱恩·卡塞尔曼——尚未就选举结果发文。
LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman, a prominent donor for Democrats, called the midterm elections, including the Texas results, "an overwhelming wave against Trump and his cronies," in a post on X. As of publication, several outspoken Texas-based tech figures — including David Sacks, Travis Kalanick, and Blockchain co-CEO Lane Kasselman — had not posted about the results.