We’re hiring the production team for Edge Esmeralda 2026 ☀️ Join us in Healdsburg, CA this June to help run a monthlong popup village built for deep work and collaboration. If you’re experienced and can commit for the full month, apply to the open roles below! 👇

Edge City Patagonia, through Jeffrey Sun’s lens ☀️ A month of building together at the frontier of tech, art, and culture.

Here are 5 examples of what d/acc looks like in practice ✨ In collaboration with N:)DES, we selected 5 projects for SHIFT Grants Round 002 to support builders working on real-world resilience and decentralized, defensive tech. What this cohort is building 👇

At Edge City Patagonia, Brian Kelleher set out to build an AI pipeline to tackle Erdős math problems as part of the Fellowship program. He succeeded and left with lasting friendships and a renewed appreciation for the human side of frontier work. Read his reflections 👇

New ways of living require new societal structures. And space to fully explore consciousness within them. Norman Ohler on nation states at Edge City Patagonia. Full podcast 👇

We published our annual Community Letter with what we’ve learned from another year of building a society incubator. In 2025, we've started to evolve from a container of community to a catalyst for startups, research & new movements. Here are 7 of our learnings from this year ☀️

“If this tool works, my child will go to school every day again.” Edge City Fellow Maxwell Opondo wrote down his reflections on building assistive tech in Patagonia and how talking to the local community reshaped his work in unexpected ways. Read his story (link below) 👇

Fresh off appearances on Joe Rogan and Lex Fridman, Norman Ohler stopped by Edge City Patagonia for a mind-expanding 90-minute conversation. We dive deep into the hidden role of drugs in history: from methamphetamine fueling the Blitzkrieg and Hitler's own dependencies, to the CIA's MKUltra experiments that derailed L... Show more

“What’s one thing you used to believe that you don’t anymore?” That question, asked during a sauna session at Edge City Patagonia, sparked a month of reflection for Emma. Her essay is a reminder that creating & building begins with curiosity and agency ✨

“It made me think of how much more we need islands of work, play, and community as training grounds to prototype a better future.” Read Rucha’s reflections on the Fellowship in Patagonia: hosting a popup exhibition blending biomechanics and art, discovering “manija,” and building things that matter. Blog below 👇

Introducing Edge Mapped ☀️ A personal map of your journey across Edge City. Your own floating island, shaped by the villages you attended and the time you spent building with us.

Reflections on Edge City Patagonia from the Agartha House residency ✨ A monthlong solarpunk coliving experiment with 20 creative technologists, founders & coaches: ☀️ benevolent AI ☀️ creative and prosocial projects ☀️ daily community dinners Full recap below 👇

We are back ☀️ Announcing Edge Esmeralda 2026: A monthlong popup village for people building a brighter future. 📍 Healdsburg, CA 🗓️ May 30 - June 27, 2026 Applications are now open. Details below 🧵👇