Edge City Announcements ☀️

You've got your ticket, now it's time to get your accommodation for Edge City India booked 🇮🇳 We've secured discounted rates at our community hub, Riva Beach Resort, right on Mandrem Beach. Breakfast included, gym, pool, and direct beach access, with rates that get better the longer you stay. Full guide, pricing, and the booking link here → https://edgecityindia2026.substack.com/p/housing-for-edge-city-india?r=7jhl3k&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

We are hiring! ☀️ Role: Program Director to lead our Inflection Fellowship and Grants This is a founding, full-time, senior role with multi-year backing, and it could grow into leading Edge Institute, our 501(c)(3) arm. Read the full job description and apply here: https://edgecity.notion.site/3a4d45cdfc5981809fb5c4683528a3c9 Send this to a friend who should apply. X | LinkedIn | Instagram

Hey everyone, Edge City Bhutan (Nov 11th – 19th) tickets are live 🇧🇹 We are bringing 40+ epic people to explore topics such as consciousness, sustainability, and cutting edge technology amongst ourselves and in collaboration with Bhutanese officials, leaders, and builders. Spots are limited and applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so the earlier you apply, the better your shot. Apply here: https://edgecity.edgeos.world/auth?redirect=%2Fportal%2Fedge-city-bhutan-2026 Full itinerary and what's included: https://www.edgecity.live/bhutan2026 Know someone who'd love this? Send it their way 🙏

The Inflection Fellowship at Edge Esmeralda 2026 recap is live! Six high-agency builders under 25, each at their own inflection point, spent a month building the magically weird at Edge Esmeralda. Full recap: https://edgeesmeralda2026.substack.com/p/recap-the-inflection-fellowship-at?r=7jhl3k&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true Please share this with anyone you think would be a fit for the next cohort in India 🇮🇳 Applications for the Inflection Fellowship in India are open: https://edgecityindia2026.substack.com/p/announcing-the-inflection-fellowship?r=7jhl3k&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web X | Substack | LinkedIn

build3 and Edge City are bringing something new to India's startup ecosystem 🇮🇳 We're partnering with build3 on a 10-week accelerator that closes at Startup Ecoāshrām during Edge City India's final week (Oct 25 – Nov 1). Founders: Apply to build3 Cohort 10 at accelerator.build3.co. Applications close August 18. Everyone else: Join Edge City India at edgecity.live/india26. Read the full announcement: https://edgecityindia2026.substack.com/p/build3-and-edge-city-are-bringing?r=7jhl3k&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true X | LinkedIn | Substack Please share this with someone who should be a part of this cohort!

Announcing the Inflection Fellowship at Edge City India 🇮🇳 A three-week, fully-funded fellowship for exceptional builders under 25, at the frontier of tech, science, and society. Run in partnership with Long Journey. Housing, travel, and ticket covered. Applications close August 14, 2026. Apply here: https://edgecity.notion.site/3a5d45cdfc598090b52cecd6b33a5ce6 Read the full announcement: https://open.substack.com/pub/edgecityindia2026/p/announcing-the-inflection-fellowship?r=7jhl3k&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true X | LinkedIn | Substack Please share with a friend who you think should apply! 🧡

The Long Journey Residency 2026 recap is live! Four weeks, ten founders, one house at Camellia Inn. Curated with Long Journey Ventures. Some of what came out of one house: ✨ 10 founders across 7 industries ✨ 3 working prototypes shipped (one built in the backyard pool) ✨ 3 residents left with new funding offers ✨ 1 full-company pivot ✨ 1 founder packed for a move to SF Read the full recap: https://open.substack.com/pub/edgeesmeralda2026/p/recap-long-journey-residency-at-edge?r=7jhl3k&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web X | LinkedIn | Substack 🇮🇳 Next stop: Edge City India. Apply here: https://www.edgecity.live/india26

Agent Village Research Published Hey friends! We just published the full write-up of the Agent Village, our experiment at Edge Esmeralda exploring what happens when hundreds of personal AI agents enter a community. ​ This was a really meaningful project for us and marks our first large-scale AI experiment. We will do many more. We would really appreciate if you can drop a like, comment, and reshare of the posts below; it will help us get the word out to do more societally-relevant experimentation like this. ​ X thread: https://x.com/JoinEdgeCity/status/2083246167073407316 ​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7489011526369030145 ​ Full essay, published in partnership with Cosmos Institute: https://blog.cosmos-institute.org/p/we-gave-a-village-personal-ai-agents The write-up covers what the agents did, what we learned about agency, autonomy, and collective alignment, and where we hope to take the experiment next.

The Zee Prime Residency 2026 recap is live ☀️ ​ For a month, ten deep tech founders lived and built together in one house at Edge Esmeralda, with the Zee Prime Capital team in residence throughout. ​ Some of what came out of one house: ​ ✨ 13 residents (10 full-month) ✨ 16+ events hosted by residents ✨ $35,000 in new revenue ✨ An angel check and an accelerator acceptance ✨ 300+ companies security-tested ✨ 4 internal demo days + a final Demo Day ✨ 1 company pivot decided in a hot tub ​ Read the full recap: https://edgeesmeralda2026.substack.com/p/recap-the-zee-prime-residency-edge ​ Next stop: Edge City India, October 11 to November 1, 2026 in Mandrem, North Goa. ​ If you're a founder working at the frontier, apply here: https://edgecity.live/india26 ​ X: https://x.com/JoinEdgeCity/status/2082525910587285613 ​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:7488291588880908289

🇮🇳 Tickets are live for Edge City India! Three weeks in Mandrem, North Goa (Oct 11 – Nov 1, 2026). Prices rise regularly, so grab yours early. Full pricing and details in our latest blog: https://bit.ly/4wnZgb3 Please share this with anyone you think would love to come. X | LinkedIn | Substack

The Edge Tomorrow (Kids Residency) 2026 recap is Live ☀️ This summer, 32 kids, ages 4-13, from 22 families spent up to four weeks as full citizens of Edge Esmeralda. Some of what one month produced: ✨ 11,000 Zometool pieces, 2 giant math sculptures ✨ 66+ structures, 20 Trader Joe's, 3 celestial objects ✨ 3 kid-led businesses ✨ 6 collaborators: vibecoding, 3D printing, yoga, sound baths, math art ✨ 1 Cardboard City Edge Tomorrow 2.0 comes to Edge City India, October 11 – November 1, 2026. Apply with your kids: edgecity.live/india26 X | Substack | LinkedIn

The 2026 Consciousness Residency recap is live! For a month, 19 researchers, philosophers, and builders shared one house to study how consciousness arises. One of the most consequential scientific questions of the next decade. Some of what one house produced: ✨ 4 experiments (EEG, ultrasound, phenomenology) ✨ 4 papers in flight ✨ 4 tools shipped, several open-source ✨ 3 field-mapping frameworks ✨ 1 clinical feasibility study, idea to data in 3 weeks X | LinkedIn | Substack

Big news: We just raised $960,000 for the Inflection Fellowship and Inflection Grants! All thanks to the sale of Jensen Huang's leather jacket at Sotheby's, which went for 16x the estimated price. Every dollar funds the next generation of frontier builders. Keep an eye out for future grant and fellowship applications. Massive thanks to the team at Long Journey Ventures and everyone who shared widely ❤️ Read more on X | LinkedIn | Instagram

Applications for the Mentor Residency in Bhutan are open 🇧🇹 We are inviting experienced founders and operators to spend one to two weeks working alongside Bhutanese builders. You will be working with participants of the Pelsung Innovation Lab, a national initiative to build the capacities of young Bhutanese, to build GMC and 10X Bhutan. Apply here: https://bit.ly/4fnL4HU If you know someone in our community who should apply, please share this with them! X | Instagram | LinkedIn | Full Brief

Some big news: Long Journey Ventures and Edge City are auctioning a signed leather jacket, donated by Jensen Huang himself, in partnership with Sotheby's this week. Proceeds will fund the Inflection Fellowship and Inflection Grants, our programs backing early-stage builders under 25. If you know someone who should own this jacket, please share widely. X | Instagram | LinkedIn | The listing The auction runs through July 17.

Our Edge Esmeralda 2026 recap is live! To everyone who joined us: thank you for showing up with presence, creativity, and care. ✨ Read the recap ✨ Share your experience with us ✨ If you write or post about it, please tag us (@JoinEdgeCity on X and Instagram). And make sure to apply to Edge City India or sign the interest form for Edge City Bhutan, so we can see each other again, or for the first time. The Edge Esmeralda Team ☀️