Programs

  • Pop Up Villages

    Pop Up Villages. In 2024, the organization operated three major popup villages across three continents that served over 9,000 participants, including Edge Esmeralda in California, Edge City Lanna in Thailand, and helped incubate Crecimiento in Argentina. These popup villages created immersive 1- to 2- month living and working environments focused on accelerating innovation and human flourishing by convening people working at the frontiers of technology, science, and society. The organization provided comprehensive infrastructure including coworking spaces, accommodation coordination, healthy meals, wellness activities, and educational programming that facilitated collaborations between technologists, scientists, researchers, and builders. Through these popup village programs, the organization served as a society incubator and lab for experimentation, collaboration, and innovation, fostering the development of new ideas, technologies, cultural practices, and organizations.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Apr 16, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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    $933.2K

  • Innovation & Research Support

    Innovation & Research Support. In 2024, the organization supported over 150 builders and scholars to participate in popup village programs, providing grants and resources for experimental projects exploring solutions for societal challenges. The organization supported the development of new technologies and research projects across fields like cryptography, biotech, AI safety, and governance through specialized residencies and workshops for researchers and builders. By creating testing environments for new tools and systems related to community organization, the organization served as a lab for experimentation and innovation, fostering the development of new ideas, technologies, and organizations to accelerate human flourishing at the frontiers of technology, science, and society.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Apr 16, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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  • Community Development Programs

    Community Development Programs. In 2024, the organization built partnerships with local governments and institutions in host locations, integrating popup villages with local communities through shared events and economic activity. The organization developed open source tools and resources for community organizing and created frameworks for healthy, multi-generational community living. By documenting and sharing learnings through research papers and case studies, the organization fostered collaboration and innovation while serving as a society incubator that advances new cultural practices and organizational models to accelerate human flourishing at the frontiers of technology, science, and society.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Apr 16, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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