They Turned An Abandoned SF Office Tower Into A Network State
In a Nutshell
German entrepreneurs transformed a decrepit San Francisco office tower into Frontier Tower, a 16-floor hub for a "network state" community of eccentric builders in biotech, robotics, AI, longevity, Web3, and arts. Highlights include a secretive Ethereum ethics floor launching Frontiercoin, a biopunk lab printing human tissue from menstrual stem cells, hyperbaric oxygen therapy for anti-aging, and collaborative events like algo raves blending disciplines. The space fosters real-world experimentation and mutual aid amid societal crises, evoking post-Berlin Wall creativity without external judgment.
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We're in San Francisco at Frontier Tower. This is the first episode with Core Memory. Frontier Tower has 16 floors. Last year, three German entrepreneurs bought this decrepit building on the corner of 6th and Market Street for $1 million. They pitched an idea to build a space where communities could live and work in one place, called a network state in VC world.
The building's owners haven't succeeded on the dorm room part, but all 16 floors have grown a community with hundreds of eccentric builders in biotech, robotics, longevity, artificial intelligence. Floors 16 and 15 are community spaces with boho rugs, soft couches, sheet music, but not much activity.
Most floors have unique names representing their niche. Floor for human flourishing: take shoes off. Floor leads are planning flagship events. > We become known as the heart and soul of the building. We can press a button, come up here, have tea. Outside this safe bubble, there's the poly crisis. We hold space for complex systems change and inner work for a better future.
Floor 12 is secretive. Zeno is the lead of the whole tower. Objective: create a forum bringing web3 and Ethereum ethics into Silicon Valley product-building and go-to-market mentality. The germ of Frontier Tower started with Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and Zuzalu, a pop-up city in Montenegro where you pay a fee to work, live, and party with technologists. They're launching Frontiercoin, a stablecoin for the internal community economy.
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