San Francisco's Downtown Development Corporation, launched in April by Mayor Daniel Lurie, said on Tuesday that it's received over $60 million in early commitments from donors including Google and OpenAI to help revive the city's center.

"I think people view this as a generational moment," Shola Olatoye, CEO of the SFDDC, told CNBC in an interview. "San Francisco has captured the world's, and the country's, imagination as a global hub of innovation and industry. The folks who want to build businesses, raise their families here, and visit, recognize the important work that is underway and want to see it continue."

In October, Lurie said the group, a nonprofit public benefit corporation, had raised $50 million for its efforts, up from $40 million at the time of its debut. Whe

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