# What Is Ipê Village

### TLDR

:earth\_americas: **Tickets and Program details:**  [**ipe.city/village2026**](https://ipe.city/village2026)

:moneybag: **Become a village partner:** [Sponsorship Deck](https://ipe.city/deck.pdf).

:calendar\_spiral: **When**: **April 06 to May 01**.

:round\_pushpin:**Where:** [Founder Haus](https://maps.app.goo.gl/pDhugBPR5oFUKHF96), Jurere International - Florianópolis - Brazil. 

:movie\_camera: **Watch** the [Network Society documentary](https://startupsociety.film/) for a quick intro to the subject.

:art: **Social Materials:** [Ipê Branding Page](https://ipe.city/brand) **and** [**Figma Project**](https://www.figma.com/design/QyTj7En43tYvvH0sDOHVFE/Ip%C3%AA-City---Official-Branding?t=uu16QCvHy8UE0a8W-0) 

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**Ipê Village** is Brazil’s largest buildathon. A one-month pop-up city where hundreds of builders actually live together to prototype what an AI- and Crypto-native city looks like in the real world.

{% hint style="warning" %} <mark style="background-color:yellow;">**It is a step forward in Ipê City's long-term plan to build social technologies for a new city. You can read more about the project in the next sections.**</mark>
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We **bring creators, specialists, technologists, and techno-optimists** to Floripa to design the city of the future and experiment with tech-based solutions for systems of **governance, education, coordination, identity, safety, healthcare,** and other **gov-related services**, which we call **parallel institutions**.

## :white\_check\_mark:<mark style="background-color:yellow;">How does it work</mark>

Ipê Village is a tech village in the North of Florianópolis/Brazil, with Hacker Houses running tech events and experiments for one month.&#x20;

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### <mark style="background-color:blue;">Venue & Accommodation</mark>

**You book your own accommodation,** a Hotel room or Airbnb close to [Founder Haus](https://www.founderhaus.club/), ideally within a 15-min walk. You can coordinate with others on Telegram or Discord to share an Airbnb.

**Address:** Av. dos Merlins, 156 - Jurerê Internacional, Florianópolis.&#x20;

**Florianópolis, Floripa**, or as we prefer **"Island of Magic"**, is one of Brazil's largest tech hubs with 2,000+ startups, a thriving ecosystem for AI and crypto, stunning beaches, and a top destination for digital nomads.

**Jurerê Internacional** is a beachfront neighborhood, famous for its high-end resorts and its unique private management, which guarantees exceptional maintenance, security, and amenities.&#x20;

**Founder Haus**, the **main hub and coworking space. Take a** [***3D tour here***](https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=pYZjFDo8Dqs)**.**

### <mark style="background-color:blue;">Passports</mark>

You can join Ipê Village in two ways:

* **Explorer Passport: to learn, connect, and experience**
  * Access to coworking & events
  * Daily breakfast
  * Stay 1–4 weeks
  * Keep working remotely
  * 6-month community access
* **Architect Passport: to build and ship**
  * Everything from Explorer
  * Access to grants & prizes
  * Stay at least 3 weeks
  * 1-year community access

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**A few notes about the experience:**

* If you are an **Ipê Architect (3-week builder resident)**, we’ll require **weekly progress** of your project, and in the last week, **present your results** to the city residents, partners, and investors
* Every **Ipê Architect** can **apply for grants** for projects and content.
* There will be an open calendar to **organize your own events**, such as meetups, workshops, barbecues, parties, workouts, fitness sessions, tourism, and more.
* During your stay, **you’ll be able to continue working remotely at your regular job** while participating in pop-up activities during your free time.
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## :date:<mark style="background-color:yellow;">Agenda</mark>

* **Apr 6–9**: Onboarding, networking, early pitches. &#x20;
* **Apr 10–11**: Startup Society Conference (leading voices on governance and tech)&#x20;
* **Apr 12–30**: daily buildathons, building real apps for the community. Also, parallel official and community-driven events and tech experiences running in many Hacker Houses in the village. &#x20;
* **May 1**: Demo Day + closing party&#x20;

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## :house:<mark style="background-color:yellow;">Hacker Houses</mark>

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Hacker Houses are the core hubs of Ipê Village.

They function as focused laboratories where builders work, deploy real systems, learn, collaborate, and host events.

The Houses will host topics about the most powerful emerging technologies:

**AI House** — agents, LLMs, robotics, automation\
**Onchain House** — Crypto, DAOs, DeFi, decentralized systems\
**Privacy House** — cryptography, zero-knowledge systems\
**Partner Houses** — infrastructure partners integrate their products

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## :earth\_americas: <mark style="background-color:yellow;">Why Join Us?</mark>

<mark style="background-color:blue;">**Build Real City Infrastructure**</mark>

Design and deploy systems that run a real city, including digital identity, onchain governance, contribution tracking, grant distribution, public dashboards, marketplaces, and coordination tools. Your work is used by residents during the Village and can become permanent infrastructure for Ipê City and future internet-native cities.

<mark style="background-color:blue;">**Access Grants, Funding, and Token Rewards**</mark>

Earn grants, token rewards, and funding for building useful infrastructure. Contributions are tracked onchain, allowing builders to earn tokens tied to their work and impact. Top teams receive financial support, ongoing backing, and opportunities to continue developing their systems beyond the residency.&#x20;

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**Architect residents** are eligible for:

* <mark style="background-color:green;">**$10k+ in grants and prizes**</mark>
* <mark style="background-color:green;">**A fully funded residency at The Network School Singapore**</mark>
* **Token rewards** tied to contributions
* **Onchain reputation**
* Access to job opportunities and talent-partners matching
* Access to investors and partners
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<mark style="background-color:blue;">**Join a Global Techno-Optimistic Community**</mark>&#x20;

Work alongside engineers, startup founders, protocol designers, researchers, and infrastructure teams from around the world. Collaborate inside Hacker Houses focused on AI, crypto, governance, privacy, and coordination, and form teams to build products, startups, and open infrastructure.

<mark style="background-color:blue;">**Unlock Job and Career Opportunities**</mark>

We work actively to match the best talents with our global partners. Builders often receive job offers, join startups, find cofounders, or launch their own companies during or after the residency. Your work becomes a live portfolio, visible to partners, investors, and hiring teams.

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## :pencil:<mark style="background-color:yellow;">How to Join</mark>

Follow these steps:

#### 1️⃣ Secure Your Ticket&#x20;

Go to the [Ipê Village Website](https://ipe.city/village2026) and get your ticket.

#### 2️⃣ Fill out the Application Form (for Architects)&#x20;

Read the application process on Luma carefully, fill it out, and wait for the result if you want to join as an Architect. For Explorer, just buy the ticket and book your accommodation.&#x20;

#### 3️⃣ Join our Ipê [Discord Server](https://discord.gg/QKwh8deMPx) and our [Telegram](https://t.me/+kmGbiSj7XFRhZjUx)

You will be granted access to Ipê Village channels to connect with other residents.

#### 4️⃣ Book Your Stay

Residents are responsible for their own accommodation. You can book a hotel or Airbnb. To optimize costs, you can coordinate with other residents to share a house or room. You should stay near the [Founder Haus](https://maps.app.goo.gl/CvcofEdgswG2k5o57) address, within a maximum of a 10-minute walk.

#### You Are All Set Up!

Now, reserve your flight if needed, and be ready to build a new city.

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## :rocket: <mark style="background-color:yellow;">Why Is It Important</mark>

Our **Governance systems** are b*uilt on a **250-year-old operating system** consisting of **political institutions**, based on **social constructs** and **papers,** and secured by **guns**.*

Meanwhile, our **modern economy** runs on a ***digital-native operating system**, consisting of the **Internet** and **blockchains**, based on **networks** and **open-source code**, secured by **cryptography**.*

| **System**     | **Traditional Governance**            | **Modern Economy**                 |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| **Foundation** | **🏛️** 250-year-old operating system | 📱 Digital-native operating system |
| **Nature**     | 👥 Political institutions             | 🌐 Internet and blockchains        |
| **Based On**   | 📜 Social constructs and papers       | 💻 Networks and opensource code    |
| **Security**   | 🔫 Guns                               | 🔐 Cryptography                    |

The main reason we have a multi-century technological gap between the governance system and the modern economy is the lack of a frontier for creating new governments or public services from scratch and competing with established systems.

Startups have already created **new companies, media, communities, and even currencies**.

Could they also build new cities and governance systems?

We believe they can.

## :rocket: <mark style="background-color:yellow;">Our Main Goals</mark>

Our main goals at the pop-up city are:

1. Fostering a **techno-optimistic culture** that believes in freedom, progress, and fairness;
2. Prototype a **new governance system** and **parallel institutions** using digital and decentralized technologies **to address longstanding societal challenges** such as chronic poverty, inefficient governments, and the rise of human rights violations.

To understand the long term view, read the next sections and pages.