“I would suspect by 2040, $30,000 will buy — and maybe $10,000 will buy — much more than you can buy if you have $100,000 income today.”
Founder, Khosla Ventures; early OpenAI investor
Said Mar 4, 2026Deadline Dec 31, 2040Fortune, 'Titans and Disruptors of Industry' podcast interview with Alyson Shontell, March 4, 2026
A claim of roughly 3–10x AI-driven deflation in real purchasing power by 2040; resolvable against real income/price data at that date.