I own a baklava bakery in San Francisco. Life as a small business owner in a city flush with AI money has been hard.

Tolgay Karabulut, a Turkish immigrant and entrepreneur, invested $300,000 to start BaklavaStory, a baklava bakery in San Francisco, despite skepticism about its appeal. He balances his passion for food with the financial challenges of running a small business in a city dominated by AI-driven economic growth.