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Arc

Build the frontier

Mirissa, Sri LankaFounded 2024thearccity.com

Arc is a community of founders, engineers, investors, and creators who live, work, and build together.

After experiments on three continents, it chose Sri Lanka as its first long-term place.

The open home is Asaya, a beachfront campus on Mirissa Beach.

Programming includes Ascend and the Fulgur, Curious, and Arc Angel funds.

Arc accelerates the trajectory of people and places, delivering laws, capital, and talent on day one.

Arc accelerates the trajectory of people and places and ships legal, capital, and company infrastructure together.

The Sri Lanka campus at Asaya on Mirissa Beach is open to the early community.

A layer two network state at Network School and a pop-up village organizer experimenting with new governance, organization, and legal models.

A layer two network state is one which leverages the infrastructure of its parent to scale before.

being independent.

rc supports new societies by:.

Helping recruit and retain citizens.

Making it easier, faster and possible for organizations to do business.

Location

  • Primary campus: Asaya, a beachfront campus in Mirissa, Sri Lanka
  • Arc Sri Lanka connects builders to Colombo and national institutions
  • Prior activation: Network School in Astana, Kazakhstan (formerly Forest City, Malaysia until 2026)
  • rc's initial layer two base is located at Network School in Forest City, Malaysia

Duration

  • Permanent founder community at Asaya, Mirissa, with ongoing programming
  • Historical pop-up villages typically ran about one to two months
  • First Capital Startup Nation 2026: 28 September–1 October in Colombo
  • rc has a permanent residency at Network School and a permanent outpost in the charter city of Próspera
  • In addition, rc's pop-up villages last from 1 to 2 months
  • rc organizes pop-up villages as the means of drawing attention to the possibility and importance of charter cities

Pricing

  • • Campus access at Asaya is unbundled and pay-as-you-go rather than a single all-in bundle
  • • First Capital Startup Nation hosted packages are invitation-only (see thearccity.com/startup-nation)
  • • Residency at rc in Network School is priced at $1,250/month for a shared room with all included
  • • Pop-up villages can range from $500 to $2,000, depending on the location and duration

Amenities

  • • Beachfront campus at Asaya, Mirissa Beach
  • • Founder community, events, and accelerator-style programming
  • • Ascend, Fulgur, Curious, and Arc Angel investor programming in Sri Lanka
  • • Member guide for relocators (password provided with membership)
  • • In Network School, rc positions itself as a platform for founders to raise investment, hire local talent and drive GDP
  • • 3 nutritious meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Private co-working spaces

    Private office spaces

      High-speed Wi-Fi

      • • Workshops, lectures, and events

      History

      1. 2024

        Arc Lisbon pop-up (September–October), with Lisbon Web3 and tech community partners

      2. 2025

        Arc Austin pop-up during Austin tech week (March); Singapore pop-up (September–October)

      3. September - October 2024 rc Network School

        September - October 2025

      4. As of 2026, rc is permanently and continuously at Network School

      5. The project is looking for a special economic zone to build a city that will bring talent, capital and innovation to its

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