Edge City Newsletter — December 2025

Edge City Patagonia recap; Edge Esmeralda 2026; We're hiring!

Timour Kosters

December 4, 2025

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Hello friends! Hope you’re having a wonderful day ☀️

Edge City Patagonia wrapped a few weeks ago; it was an incredible month! Thank you to everyone who co-created it with us. Here’s a recap of what we built together.

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TL;DR

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‍“Innovation isn’t only about being cutting-edge… it’s about remembering how to be a kid while building what comes next” - Radiyya Hajat

“Global connection across disciplines, a nervous system and mindset reset, and a big bucket of hope I carry back with me to my default world” - Tessa

Remind me, what is Edge City?

Edge City is a society incubator that gathers people working at the frontiers of science, technology, and culture in month-long popup villages around the world.

We build living labs to experiment with new ideas, technologies, cultures, and organizations. All with the goal of advancing human flourishing.

We’re building towards a global network of temporary and permanent innovation hubs. Explore our roadmap to see how we plan to grow.

Collaboration is essential to achieve our vision. That’s why we aim to partner with folks who are interested in hosting residencies for builders, scientists, and artists at our popup villages. If you’re interested, please reach out here.

The story and impact of Edge City in 5 minutes - Timour at the Network State Conference 2025. Watch the talk →

Edge City Patagonia: Recap

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Our monthlong popup village in San Martín de los Andes was a living lab for exploring new ways of building and flourishing together. Read the full recap →

Key stats:
✨ 600+ builders, creatives, and researchers from 72 nationalities
✨ 150+ local Patagonian participants
✨ 62 kids who joined workshops and vibe-coded apps (50 locals)
✨ 100+ projects presented during the demo days
✨ 25 community-driven experiments

Structured around 11 residencies (spanning d/acc tech, AI, web3, consciousness, meditation, creativity, and regenerative practices) the village showed how living and building in proximity unlocks meaningful serendipity and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Beyond prototyping new tech and culture, we designed this environment to make it easy to live healthily and experiment with new forms of wellbeing. Daily exercise, healthy food, sauna + cold plunges, community dinners, and outdoor adventures became part of the shared rhythm.

We’re grateful to everyone who joined and co-created this month with us. Can’t wait to see you again at one of our gatherings in 2026!

A special shout-out to the local community and businesses in San Martín which whom we’ve built lasting relationships, as well as the amazing production team on the ground.  

Full recap here →

We’d love to hear how Edge City Patagonia impacted your personal or professional life. Please fill out this short form to share your experience!

"@JoinEdgeCity if you want to have the perfect balance between working, enjoying nature and having a great time with incredible people" - Matute

‍“Came to @JoinEdgeCity to learn about IRL events but ended up learning something more important: the power of genuine human connection. There's something special when the right people align around shared purpose.” - Barb

Edge Esmeralda 2026 (May 30 - June 27)

We’re excited to share that Edge Esmeralda is returning in 2026! ☀️

From May 30 – June 27, we’ll be back in Healdsburg, CA for a month of collaboration, co-living, and exploring what a society rooted in human flourishing can look like.

Co-organized with the Esmeralda Institute, this popup village is a testing ground for a future permanent village (Esmeralda) just 90 minutes north of SF.

Previous editions (2024, 2025) brought together builders from across tech, science, art, consciousness, governance, and other frontier fields. Many of the cross-disciplinary collaborations that formed over those four weeks carried on long after the popup village ended.

We recommend joining for 2–4 weeks to build deeper collaborations and integrate new ideas & habits into your daily life.

Until then:

✨ check out this year’s recap
✨ start imagining the frontier projects you want work on
✨ mark your calendar for May 30 – June 27, 2026

We can’t wait to prototype a brighter future with you in Healdsburg next summer!

Pre-register for Edge Esmeralda 2026 →

Quick News

Edge City is Hiring a Project Lead

Do you believe in building environments for human flourishing at the frontier of technology, art, and community?

We’re looking for a full-time Project Lead to help us bring our popup villages to life. You will be managing our internal tech stack/operation systems, customer service, and acting as a core member of the ops team and programming support during our gatherings.

If you are interested in applying, please fill out this form. Applications will be accepted until December 14th, 2025.

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Apply to this role →

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From the Edges of the World: Timour × Artu Grande

During Edge City Patagonia, Artu Grande invited me for conversation about community, purpose, the future of decentralized cities, and why Latin America is emerging as a hub for new societal models.

Listen on Spotify, YouTube, or your favorite podcast platform.

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Foresight Institute’s Vision Weekend (Dec 5-7)

For our community in the Bay Area, we recommend checking out Foresight Institute’s Vision Weekend this weekend (Dec 5-7).

It is a gathering in SF for leading researchers, entrepreneurs, and funders to explore frontier science and technology. This year’s theme, AI for X, focuses on how AI can accelerate progress in longevity biotech, neurotech, and other transformative fields.

Speakers include Ed Boyden, Viren Jain, Laura Deming, Chiara Marletto, Liv Boeree, Alan Mardinly, and many more.

Learn more and get tickets →

What We’re Reading

Designing the Space Where It Happens - Angelica Vidal

Angelica organized the human.tech residency at Edge City Patagonia. In this article she shares why she thinks popup villages are not the destination, but a mindset. A space where people, ideas, and values converge to prototype something new.

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What Comes After Nation States? - Nicole

This article looks at the shifting boundaries of community and power: how online networks, shared values, and new governance tools may give rise to new societal models. A thoughtful read for anyone imagining new futures.

Quotes & Reflections

“Life changing experience! Everyone needs to experience it at least once in their lifetime.” - Ike Orizu

‍“It’s interesting to see how hundreds of people from around the world come together to actually live, build, and co-create something real @JoinEdgeCity. There’s a certain magic in watching ideas turn into communities.” - Sam

‍“Edge City is such a fascinating experiment in community building. The spontaneous connections that happen there are exactly what our ecosystem needs.” - Noelle Iqbal

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As always, thank you so much for reading. We’re looking forward to seeing you again at one of our gatherings in 2026! ☀️

Timour & the Edge City team