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As fashion has its metaverse moment, one app looks to bridge real and virtual worlds for sneakerheads

TechCrunch LA

.” The YouTube example comes from the starmaking power the platform has enabled for everyone from makeup artists to musicians like Justin Bieber, who was discovered on the social media streaming service. “Once Bieber was discovered, YouTube meant he was being able to access an entire infrastructure to become a star.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

There is a feeling that techies are the new celebrities," says Eric Kuhn, an agent who heads the social-media department at United Talent Agency. Kurt Rappaport, a Los Angeles broker specializing in luxury real estate, says the number of his house-hunting clients from Silicon Valley has doubled over the past couple of years.