Blueseed: The Utopia, Pirate Ship for Startups?

What can be more crazy than the immigration laws to stay in the United States? Immigrant entrepreneurs have an answer: build Blueseed, a startup incubator on a cruise in the ocean.

It sounds like a science fiction movie in which a pirate ship puts Silicon Valley under siege. The Blueseed Project is one of the most amazing entrepreneurial endeavors created to solve the immigration nightmares (bureaucracy, work visas, etc) facing foreign entrepreneurs trying to enter and stay in the Valley. Blueseed is renting a cruise that will serve as an offshore site 12 miles from the coast of San Francisco, outside of US  jurisdiction where 1000 startup employees could live and work without having to immigrate to the United States. PayPal founder Peter Thiel is backing the project.


Blueseed is a small company of just three people: Max Marty (CEO), Dario Mutabdzija (President), and Dan Dascalescu (CIO).  The Blueseed ship would house startups for a total occupation of about 1000 people. The rent is $1200 to $3000 per month. There is an additional staff of 200 for mantainance of gyms, restaurants, shops, and WiFi. But this idea is only the beginning, what if the 'island' can be the a prototype for a better structured society?
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Blueseed: The Utopia, Pirate Ship for Startups?

Blueseed aims to solve this problem so that Silicon Valley remains the world’s center for innovation. The team, backed by Paypal founder Peter Thiel, is creating a high-tech visa-free entrepreneurship and technology incubator on an ocean vessel in international waters.