Edge City Newsletter — October 2025

Edge City Patagonia's latest updates, Bhutan recap, Timour's talk at the Network State Conference, and more!

Timour Kosters

October 8, 2025

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Hello friends! Timour here, I hope you’re having a wonderful day.  

We’re so excited to kick off Edge City Patagonia in less than two weeks (Oct 18–Nov 15). In this edition, we’re sharing the latest updates on our full-scale popup village in Argentina, plus a recap from our trip to Bhutan, as well as a few recent talks and podcast appearances.

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TL;DR

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JOIN US IN PATAGONIA →
‍Edge City Patagonia is anchored by 15+ residencies and experiments. Check out our updated website for the full list.

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 →

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Calls to action

Edge City Patagonia | Oct 18 – Nov 15, 2025

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‍Edge City Patagonia is a monthlong popup village to prototype new ways of collaborating and living together. We’ve designed this gathering in San Martín de los Andes to be your highest-leverage month of the year:

✨ 24/7 coworking space for focused work
✨ interactive workshops & co-created sessions to get inspired
✨ a focus on healthy living with daily movement and fresh food
✨ nature immersion in one of the most beautiful regions of Argentina
✨ discounts at local gyms, wellness, bistros, and outdoor adventures
✨ collaborate & connect with people building at the frontier of tech, science, and human flourishing

APPLY TO ATTEND →

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Accommodation

If you haven’t booked your accommodation for Edge City Patagonia yet, we recommend reading our recent blog with housing options and tips.

‍Partner Hotels
We’ve arranged discounted accommodation for monthlong participants:
✨ Le Village Hotel (main hub, a 5-minute walk from the coworking space)
✨ Del Sauco Apart & Spa (sauna & cold plunge hub, cabin-style apartments)

Important: You have to set the dates in our booking platform to exactly Oct 18 - Nov 15 (otherwise the rooms won't show up). Double beds can be switched for two twin beds, and vice versa. Send requests or questions to info@edgecity.live.

Book a partner hotel →

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Residency Housing
‍Some residencies have booked accommodation for the participants for an immersive coliving experience. Check out the updated Residency List for the latest information about availability.

Residencies with monthlong co-housing availability (Oct 18 - Nov 15)
✨ Regen Haus Residency (riverside hotel with gardens for cold plunges and yoga)
✨ Meditation Artifacts Residency (daily meditation and contemplative practices)

‍Residencies with co-housing availability (week 3 & 4)
✨ human.tech Residency (Nov 5 - Nov 15, subsidized housing)
✨ The Oz City (Nov 1 - Nov 16, special Edge City Patagonia ticket)

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Experiments & Special Programs at Edge City Patagonia

Next to residencies, we’re going to have numerous frontier experiments and programs running throughout the month:

✨ World App as payment layer
✨ an interop activation with the Ethereum Foundation Protocol Team
‍✨ longevity & biohacking experiments
✨ a citizen science study on psychedelics and gut health
✨ a virtual coworking space for Edge City Alumni
✨ a special residency for video creators
✨ spaces and activities for families and kids
✨ and much more

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Subscribe to the Edge City Patagonia blog

To keep everything in one place, we’ve created a dedicated Substack blog for Edge City Patagonia. This is where we are posting updates, stories, and announcements first. Subscribe to have them delivered directly to your inbox.

Don’t forget to check out the updated Wiki blog with more practical information, your go-to guide for everything you’ll need to prepare for the popup village.

Get more updates on Substack →

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Edge City Patagonia is shaping up to be our most ambitious popup village yet: a month of frontier experiments, deep collaboration, new friendships, and collective prototyping for human flourishing.

APPLY NOW TO JOIN US →

Edge City Bhutan: Photos & Reflections

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From Sept 14–21, we hosted an Edge Expedition to Bhutan, exploring how the country is building a society rooted in mindfulness and human flourishing, while embracing modern tools like digital ID systems and civic technologies.

Recap Blog - Bhutan and the Blueprint for a Wise City

We’ve published a full recap of this Edge Expedition with background information, personal stories, and plenty of photos to capture the spirit of this unique trip. Stay tuned for more journeys like this.

Read the Edge City Bhutan recap →

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Community Reflections

The best way to understand the trip is through the voices of those who were there. Here are some reflections from the participants:

✨ Devansh Mehta
✨ James Tunningley
✨ Serj Solarpunk
✨ tinyrainboot

Quick News

Recap: The Long Journey Residency at Edge Esmeralda 2025

The Long Journey Residency at Edge Esmeralda brought 14 frontier founders together for a month of co-living and building.

Projects ranged from brain-computer interfaces to synthetic biology, causal AI, and autonomous ports. Some builders hit major milestones and raised funding to bring their bold ideas to the next level.

Read more →

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Introducing The Second Cohort of Inflection Grants

Sometimes the biggest barrier for early builders is access to compute resources. That’s why this Inflection Grants cohort, in partnership with Prime Intellect, gives five young innovators $2,000 in compute credits to scale their projects.

Read more →

Watch & Listen

How Edge Cities Could Redesign Human Civilization

I was invited on Velocity of Change, a new podcast by Protocol Labs, to discuss Edge City, why humans need frontiers, and how new cities could be the engines of our next era. We touched on plurality, defensive accelerationism, rethinking education, and designing societies from first principles.

Watch here →

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Janine Leger on Truth, Goodness & Living in Edge City

On the Amagi Village Podcast, Janine Leger talks about her early work at Gitcoin and Ethereum, launching Zuzalu with Vitalik Buterin, and now scaling Edge City - touching on why multi-generational communities are so important how we work, live, and flourish together.

Watch here →

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Meet the Residency Leads of Edge City Patagonia

We recently hosted a roundtable with residency leads of Edge City Patagonia on X Spaces and turned it into a podcast with chapters. Tune in to hear directly from the people hosting residencies in solarpunk, biotech, AI, consciousness, meditation, regeneration, d/acc, cypherpunk, and more.

Watch here →

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What We’re Reading

Would You Live with a Benevolent AI? 22 People Just Said 'Yes' - Jeremy Dela Rosa
‍Jeremy Dela Rosa shares his vision for Benevolent AI, an experiment at the Agartha House Residency in Edge City Patagonia where 22 residents co-live with an AI companion to explore collective intelligence and align with their purpose.

Bhutan: The buddhist kingdom weaving spirituality, sustainability, AI & bitcoin | Edge City Bhutan - Serj Solarpunk
Serj Solarpunk joined our Edge Expedition to Bhutan and wrote about a nation at the frontier: where special economic zones like Gelephu Mindfulness City, spirituality, sustainability, AI, and a Bitcoin treasury are woven into a 40-year plan for societal flourishing.

What Can a Web3 Popup City Teach Us? - Ali Serag
Ali Serag joined our monthlong popup village in Chiang Mai last year and shared his reflections on the experience: part hackathon, part living lab for Web3, culture, and collaboration.

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Quotes & Reflections

“Worked with the incredible @joinedgecity in the past and am deeply inspired by the community they've been seeding all around the world. If you care about building a brighter future, highly recommend checking out their upcoming popup village!“ - Zelda

‍“We believe in the absurd before it becomes consensus and there is no better place than to nurture community for the absurd and magically weird than at Edge Esmeralda and with Edge City.” - Long Journey

‍“Overall I loved the format of expeditions & hope to see more of these from the popup movement!” - Devansh Mehta

‍“Two weeks at Edge Esmerelda (by Edge City) = the most fun + productive networking I’ve had all year.” - Claire Marshall

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As always, thank you so much for reading. We can’t wait to see you very soon at Edge City Patagonia! ☀️

Timour & the Edge City team