New SF Mayor Daniel Lurie: We Need Sam Altman’s Help

A little more than a year ago, few people in San Francisco could have foreseen Daniel Lurie running away with the mayor’s race: Lurie, a Levi Strauss heir who founded an anti-poverty nonprofit, Tipping Point, had never held elected office. But his outsider status and moderate policy proposals on public safety, housing and homelessness—along with record spending to raise his profile—propelled him to a stunning victory this week over incumbent Mayor London Breed and several other contenders.

In the conversation below, which was conducted in the days before Tuesday’s election and has been edited for length and clarity, Lurie described a vision for San Francisco that further intertwines the area’s tech industry with the city itself.