Ârc Austin
Welcome to Ârc Austin.
First - why?
Ârc is building a charter city. We previously ran a pop-up city in Lisbon as a first step, and after its success are running a second in Austin this March. You should get involved.
Ârc Lisbon focused on valuable, productive experiences for founders and investors building the future. We ran an acceleration programme, a bootcamp, a hackathon, brought 43 funds through the doors, had tens of experts deliver workshops and 50+ speakers.
Ârc Austin will similarly be about those in service of our future, and giving them an environment that helps them succeed.
Also, why? www.ârc.com/vision
When?
2 -> 30 March 2025, straight after ETH Denver and alongside SXSW
3 -> 5 March is the summit which would be the days if you can only be present for a few.
Where?
700 San Jacinto Boulevard
1000+ capacity
Downtown Austin, a few minutes walk from the Capitol and the Metro
And what?
The future won’t build itself. Ârc is focused on those building the most important frontiers: money, governance, AI, energy, defence, space & immortality.
Ârc sees any city ultimately as a foundation, and its success as your success. Tens of organisations - from protocols to funds - ran entire conferences on top of our infrastructure.
Tell us what foundation we can create for you: @jamesarc
Access:
$600 - the residence - full month access, including summit, desk in coworking for the period, gym access, coffee snacks and beer on tap.
$250 - the summit - 3 day access only - 3 - 5 March.
The Residence:
Live and work in Austin for the whole of March:
Hit the ground running amongst a productive group of founders and investors
Work together from the Ârc Embassy
Bring your next project to life, utilize peer expertise, tap into an investor network, or find your next cofounder
There are then several formal and informal programmes you can be involved with:
Ârc Arena - a light acceleration programme for select founders at Ârc,
Ârc Angel - a programme and structure that educates attendees on angel investing, and allows them to invest from $1k in Ârc winners,
Ârc Apprentice - a programme that matches Austin student entrepreneurs with founders at Ârc,
Ârc Active - our daily programme of health & wellness activities (all Ârc residence passes have 24/7 gym access),
Ârc Antics - our biweekly programme of activities, from tours to rocket launches to shooting at the range,
Ârc Atlas - our biweekly programme of workshops on existential issues and the future of society.
Ârc is a canvas that you are strongly encouraged to also run your event workshops, talks and events at.
The Summit
The schelling point of Ârc Austin: 3 - 5 March:
Day one: Longevity Escape Velocity @ Ârc Austin, with Aubrey de Grey and David Wood
Day two: governance innovation: charter cities, SEZs, network states & more with Pronomous Capital & Patri Friedman, Prospera and the people working on Freedom Cities legislation under Trump
Day three: frontier tech: from AI to space. Hear from those pushing the frontier of humanity.
Each day will have a few leading speakers, with activities around these designed to create meaningful connections.
Think workshops and roundtables facilitated by speakers, breakouts for q&a, numerous coffee breaks and networking opportunities without separate sections for 'vips'.
Links:
Telegram: @austin_arc
Site: ârc.com
Our portal: the.â.city
Ann channel: @arc_telegram_announcements