mtndao runs monthlong popup villages for Solana founders and builders in Utah.
The format is classic popup: temporary density, high shipping pressure, then disperse.
Salt Lake City editions pair dense coworking with summit programming and Demo Day.
mtndao runs monthlong residencies in Salt Lake City for Solana founders and builders.
The program emphasizes daily collaboration, sponsor workshops, and shipping pressure through bear and bull markets alike.
Each residency culminates in Demo Day, where teams present live projects to the Solana community.
Salt Lake City provides a consistent annual venue so Solana teams can return each year with sponsors and hiring partners in the same metro.
Builders use the month to ship features, prepare launch demos, and meet investors who fly in for Demo Day.
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The program runs through bear markets and bull markets alike, with daily collaboration, sponsor workshops, and shipping pressure.
2025 v7 Summit v7 summit runs in Salt Lake City; project directory launches.
2026 v9 Summit v9 summit runs Feb 1–28 in Salt Lake City.
Monthlong Solana founder popups centered on Salt Lake City.
mtndao keeps a consistent Salt Lake City venue for annual Solana builder months.
Sponsors fund programming that runs through both bear and bull market cycles.
Cohort announcements and sponsor information for mtndao are published through the project's official link hub.
mtndao posts Salt Lake City cohort dates through its official link hub.
Location
- mtndao is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Events bring together Solana founders, developers, and investors in one venue.
Duration
- Core mtndao residencies run about one month in Salt Lake City.
- Programming mixes coworking, talks, and demo-day presentations.
- The residency ends with Demo Day, where dozens of teams present live projects to the Solana community.
Amenities
- • Coworking space for Solana teams during the residency month
- • Sponsor-led workshops with Solana ecosystem companies
- • Demo Day stage for live project presentations
- • Housing coordination for visiting founders
History
2022
Inaugural mtndao hackathon in Salt Lake City establishes the annual in-person builder format
2023
Residency format expands with longer coliving and sponsor programming
2024
Continued Salt Lake City cohorts for Solana founders and developers
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naruto11eth
@naruto11eth
Actually mtndao fosters that 10x better than any company out there. i have seen it with my own eyes. these were devs who have potential to be great founders and they were building all day long at mtndao from 7am to 2am.
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@edgarpavlovsky
The power of this winter's mtndao came, above all, from the distribution of velocity amongst the community. Velocity's a common feeling at the MTN - that's not new. But usually it's concentrated - you have relatively small groups driving motion at any given time, and the community sustains on that.
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