The San Francisco Bay Area in California, USA, is Jan_Wilmake's target relocation destination as of 2025. The plan to move there is a recurring strategic motivation that shapes Jan's networking priorities, career decisions, and startup positioning across his 2025 notes.
As of August 2025, Jan had formulated a clear sequence: "First Palo Alto, close to networking — target Woodside or other hilly area close to nature after." Palo Alto was the initial target for proximity to the Bay Area tech ecosystem, with Woodside (a wooded, hillside community adjacent to Palo Alto) identified as a longer-term residential preference combining nature access with proximity to the network.
Jan's interest in the Bay Area is not generic ambition — it is specifically tied to:
Jan's contractor role at Parallel_AI — a San Francisco AI company — was partly chosen because it offered a bridge toward Bay Area integration without requiring an immediate visa or relocation. The Parallel AI relationship represented an on-ramp: establishing Bay Area credibility and connections before physically relocating.
Following the November 2025 period and subsequent recovery, the Bay Area relocation timeline is uncertain. Jan returned to Groningen, and his early 2026 notes focus on local and remote job opportunities — suggesting the Bay Area move has been deferred but not abandoned.