Prospera revisited
One year after the quoted tweet I returned to Prospera for another series of events at the intersection of longevity biotech, crypto, AI, and special jurisdictions.
So, here is a new thread with some updates, and new impressions, after one year.
One year after the quoted tweet I returned to Prospera for another series of events at the intersection of longevity biotech, crypto, AI, and special jurisdictions.
So, here is a new thread with some updates, and new impressions, after one year.
Let's start with the obvious / visual. The first residential building in Prospera, the 10 story Duna Tower, has been completed. Last year we visited it while it was still a construction site.
This year, dozens of us stayed at some of the 80 apartments in the building.
The road in front of the building is also complete, with street lights, and it is obvious that the landscaping team has been working hard in the areas around. The Beta district of Prospera now has the Beta Building (multifunctional building hosting Prospera's offices), the circular factory producing wooden construction elements, and the Duna Tower, with 80 residential apartments, office, and retail facilities.
This year, dozens of us stayed at some of the 80 apartments in the building.
The road in front of the building is also complete, with street lights, and it is obvious that the landscaping team has been working hard in the areas around. The Beta district of Prospera now has the Beta Building (multifunctional building hosting Prospera's offices), the circular factory producing wooden construction elements, and the Duna Tower, with 80 residential apartments, office, and retail facilities.
The building itself was designed for young entrepreneurs. Think startup founders and early teams working on innovative stuff, leveraging the special legal framework that Prospera offers.
The building has a nice coworking space, decorated by a local artist, an artesanal coffee shop, a gym, an infinity pool on one of the top floors, as well as a nice rooftop with a drone landing deck at the very top of the building.
The building has a nice coworking space, decorated by a local artist, an artesanal coffee shop, a gym, an infinity pool on one of the top floors, as well as a nice rooftop with a drone landing deck at the very top of the building.
One of the best things about the building are the views. It is currently a skyscraper surrounded by jungle, with seaviews towards one of the biggest coral reefs in the world.
See yourself.
See yourself.
But what about the residents and the community?
There were people working in the coworking space whenever I went there, be it 7AM or 10PM. Several founders in Prospera have received investment from well known Silicon Valley venture funds, as well as international venture funds, and are now hard at work to build their new businesses.
But one of the most impressive parts of the building is the community lab.
There were people working in the coworking space whenever I went there, be it 7AM or 10PM. Several founders in Prospera have received investment from well known Silicon Valley venture funds, as well as international venture funds, and are now hard at work to build their new businesses.
But one of the most impressive parts of the building is the community lab.
The community lab at Duna actually started as an experiment during the Vitalia events in Prospera last year. At that time, it was just a room with cool, but basic biohacking equipment, and some microscopes.
But people loved it, and loved Prospera, so several of the enthusiasts behind it decided to stay. When the Duna building opened, they rolled up the sleaves and built a much bigger community lab.
Today, it is one of the most vibrant place in Prospera: hosting a @OfficialMoonDAO makerspace, a biohacker coworking space, and a lot of sophisticated equipment available to tinkerers an biohackers from around the world. Community events abound, with movie nights, community dinners, cookout and brewing competitions, as well as presentations by companies working on human augmentation implants, gene therapies, and similar.
This is also where @symbiontlabs works from
But people loved it, and loved Prospera, so several of the enthusiasts behind it decided to stay. When the Duna building opened, they rolled up the sleaves and built a much bigger community lab.
Today, it is one of the most vibrant place in Prospera: hosting a @OfficialMoonDAO makerspace, a biohacker coworking space, and a lot of sophisticated equipment available to tinkerers an biohackers from around the world. Community events abound, with movie nights, community dinners, cookout and brewing competitions, as well as presentations by companies working on human augmentation implants, gene therapies, and similar.
This is also where @symbiontlabs works from
Another new thing was the summer school by the Roatan Institute of Technology.
Facilitated by Terence Kealey (former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham), and @denisalepadatu_ it offered courses in the Biology of Aging, Economy of Science, and Quantum Biology
Facilitated by Terence Kealey (former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham), and @denisalepadatu_ it offered courses in the Biology of Aging, Economy of Science, and Quantum Biology
The rest of Prospera also looks improved. The Las Verandas resort has completed the renovation of its villas, with all the villas and rooms being available for rent. Some new walking paths have been built as well, creating shortcuts between the Las Verandas resort and the Beach Club where most events take place.
Sand flies are still an issue close to the water, but Prospera is working on this as well. But sandflies are merely annoying, and not a big risk or anything.
Sand flies are still an issue close to the water, but Prospera is working on this as well. But sandflies are merely annoying, and not a big risk or anything.
The size of permanent community in Prospera seems to have grown in the last year.
While I do not have official numbers, the number of e-residents and registered businesses is likely in the thousands now, and the number of physical residents in the hundreds, though not everyone is there year round.
The community also feels more present: some people settled in Prospera after receiving an investment, and startups work from the coworking space. @infinitacity and @ProsperaGlobal teams have grown as well, and the employees can be encountered in both of the districts of @Prosperahn , taking care of various tasks at the frontier of governance, finance, and science, with all the community building and logistics that come with it
Several hundreds of people came to the Infinita’s Maximum Life Extension Summit, and the Crypto Cities Week. The Human Enhancement week takes placein the coming days and will bring in additional visitors.
Not matter the reason that brought them to Prospera, all of them are experiencing first hand what is probably the best business environment globally.
Besides some of the lowest taxes in the world, businesses can choose to work under Honduran law, British Common Law, pick a regulation from any of the OECD countries, create their own custom framework (subject to approval by a Prospera / Honduras board), or use previously approved custom regulation.
This is especially attractive to biotech and crypto businesses, but there are also other types of startups
While I do not have official numbers, the number of e-residents and registered businesses is likely in the thousands now, and the number of physical residents in the hundreds, though not everyone is there year round.
The community also feels more present: some people settled in Prospera after receiving an investment, and startups work from the coworking space. @infinitacity and @ProsperaGlobal teams have grown as well, and the employees can be encountered in both of the districts of @Prosperahn , taking care of various tasks at the frontier of governance, finance, and science, with all the community building and logistics that come with it
Several hundreds of people came to the Infinita’s Maximum Life Extension Summit, and the Crypto Cities Week. The Human Enhancement week takes placein the coming days and will bring in additional visitors.
Not matter the reason that brought them to Prospera, all of them are experiencing first hand what is probably the best business environment globally.
Besides some of the lowest taxes in the world, businesses can choose to work under Honduran law, British Common Law, pick a regulation from any of the OECD countries, create their own custom framework (subject to approval by a Prospera / Honduras board), or use previously approved custom regulation.
This is especially attractive to biotech and crypto businesses, but there are also other types of startups
The events I attended in Prospera were organized by Infinita City, a Prospera district and venture builder focused on radical extension of lifespan and healthspan.
Infinita was created when the founders of Vitalia popup city (the last years event), decided to go separate ways.
Infinita stayed in Prospera as a permanent district, and raised funds to not only organize new events, but invest in companies building at the intersection of longevity biotech, crypto, and AI, and leveraging the special legal framework that Prospera offers.
Infinita was created when the founders of Vitalia popup city (the last years event), decided to go separate ways.
Infinita stayed in Prospera as a permanent district, and raised funds to not only organize new events, but invest in companies building at the intersection of longevity biotech, crypto, and AI, and leveraging the special legal framework that Prospera offers.
The events I attended were the "Maximum Life Extension Summit", which was focused on science and technology of lifespan extension, and the "Crypto Cities Conference"", focused on building new special jurisdictions that enable economic freedom, and respect individual liberty, using decentralized technology and historical best practices.
We heard from some of the @ProsperaGlobal founders @erickbrimen @gabedelgadoa, the founder of @infinitacity, @NiklasAnzinger, longevity scientists, special economic zones and new cities developers and investors, and many others.
A big part of these events focused on decentralization, from the concept of network states developed by @balajis to decentralized science, and decentralized AI.
@DJohnstonEC gave exciting talks on the progress in Decentralized AI and how @MorpheusAIs enabless the development of a more open and decentralized AI
I also enjoyed the inspirational talks by @socialevol
A big part of these events focused on decentralization, from the concept of network states developed by @balajis to decentralized science, and decentralized AI.
@DJohnstonEC gave exciting talks on the progress in Decentralized AI and how @MorpheusAIs enabless the development of a more open and decentralized AI
I also enjoyed the inspirational talks by @socialevol
The @infinitacity startup program now has over 50 startups registered in Prospera, who have raised $10M+ in funding
There have been 13 clinical trial applications just this year.
Infinita leverages Prospera’s legal system, and its own expertise, connections and access to capital, to radically shorten the go to market period, while ensuring safety
There have been 13 clinical trial applications just this year.
Infinita leverages Prospera’s legal system, and its own expertise, connections and access to capital, to radically shorten the go to market period, while ensuring safety
Companies working with Infinita have access to an impressive network of investors such as Balaji Srinivasan @balajis , @TimDraper , @BoostVC , @Canary, @1517fund , and others.
Infinita is hosting the Human Enhancement Week at the moment. After this event, there will be a startup competition in early March where founders will be able to pitch Tim and Adam Draper in Person.
Infinita is hosting the Human Enhancement Week at the moment. After this event, there will be a startup competition in early March where founders will be able to pitch Tim and Adam Draper in Person.
The events in January and February brought hundreds of people to Prospera. I am not sure how the number compares to last year, but my impression is that this year there was a higher share of attendees working on specific project, and the vibe was a bit more "founder mode".
Last year, there were many people, but a large part of the crowd came to explore (which is perfectly fine). Last years events were the first popup city after Zuzalu, so it makes sense that people wanted to explore more.
However, popup cities exploded last year, and I can imagine that a lot of people had spent a lot of time and money on the road in 2024.
Last year, there were many people, but a large part of the crowd came to explore (which is perfectly fine). Last years events were the first popup city after Zuzalu, so it makes sense that people wanted to explore more.
However, popup cities exploded last year, and I can imagine that a lot of people had spent a lot of time and money on the road in 2024.
All of this happened under great political pressure on Prospera.
In 2024 the government of Honduras made a controversial, and contested decision to not only shut down the ZEDE framework under which Prospera operates, but to retroactivelly ban all the existing zones, ignoring previous commitments and international conventions.
The decision also runs agains the constitution of Honduras which protects the ZEDE laws and generally makes retroactive rulings impossible. The ban also violates international conventions, and enables Prospera to sue Honduras for over $10B in damages.
It seems that the situation got a bit less strained after US officials spoke out in defense of US investments abroad, but the full resolution is pending. It will likely have to wait until the elections in Honduras that take place later this year.
Hopefully the government of Honduras will come to their senses. While Prospera stands to win a lot of money should the case be taken to international courts, I think that the best case for all sides is that previous agreements are honored, as there is massive potential for Honduras in such agreement.
In 2024 the government of Honduras made a controversial, and contested decision to not only shut down the ZEDE framework under which Prospera operates, but to retroactivelly ban all the existing zones, ignoring previous commitments and international conventions.
The decision also runs agains the constitution of Honduras which protects the ZEDE laws and generally makes retroactive rulings impossible. The ban also violates international conventions, and enables Prospera to sue Honduras for over $10B in damages.
It seems that the situation got a bit less strained after US officials spoke out in defense of US investments abroad, but the full resolution is pending. It will likely have to wait until the elections in Honduras that take place later this year.
Hopefully the government of Honduras will come to their senses. While Prospera stands to win a lot of money should the case be taken to international courts, I think that the best case for all sides is that previous agreements are honored, as there is massive potential for Honduras in such agreement.
The idea of special jurisdictions and charter cities is also gaining tractions, and we had chance to see presentations on various projects from around the world. In 2023 Donald Trump promoted the idea of "Freedom Cities" in the US, and with him securing another term, this could also become reality.
It is very exciting to see the progress Prospera and Infinita are having. Projects like this stand in contrast with geopolitical realities of much of the world, and provide a path forward to all who want to see inspiration and a positive vision for the world.
A lot of work ahead, but what has been achieved is impressive!
A lot of work ahead, but what has been achieved is impressive!
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