Network School

What Network School does

Network School is a private coliving and society-as-a-service platform founded in August 2024 by Balaji Srinivasan (former Coinbase executive and a16z partner). The company operates from the Forest City development in Johor, Malaysia, within the Singapore-Johor Special Economic Zone, and serves techno-optimist builders, remote workers, digital nomads, and startup founders seeking an all-inclusive residential community. Membership starts at $1,500 per month for shared accommodations and bundles serviced rooms, nutritious meals, 24/7 gym access, coworking spaces, a content studio, workshops, and a curated lecture series featuring speakers such as Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum), Bryan Johnson (Blueprint/Don't Die), Ryan Petersen (Flexport), Olaf Carlson-Wee (Polychain), Jesse Pollak (Base), and Eli Ben Sasson (StarkWare). The company also operates the Longtermer program (12-month furnished apartments with visa support), a Teams package for startup teams, the Prakhar Gupta Xperience (PGX), and a Fellowship program allocating $100K to 100 fellows over one year.

The underlying technology is a web-based membership and digital economy platform hosted at ns.com, including a community dashboard, application workflows (ns.com/apply), the ns.com Earn crypto task platform, and the Network States of the Internet Dashboard, which tracks 38 startup societies globally. Revenue is generated primarily through recurring monthly subscription membership fees ($1,500/month and up for private rooms), team bookings from early-stage companies such as Upsurge Labs, ruilabs.ai, Quantus, Salomatic, and Devfolio, conference and event revenue (Network State Conference), and the Fellowship program. Go-to-market is community-led and founder-led, leveraging Balaji Srinivasan's personal brand, the Network State Podcast and book, the annual Network State Conference, and peer referrals from the techno-optimist and crypto ecosystems. The company reports 1-10 employees and 2,000+ members across 16 cohorts, with expansion signals including an April 2026 pitch to Malaysian government officials alongside Base and Solana for fast-track visas and closer government ties.

Name

Network School

Legal name

Network School

Website

https://ns.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Network School is a frontier coliving and society-as-a-service community for techno-optimists, offering all-inclusive housing, meals, gym, coworking, and curated lectures to founders, remote workers, and crypto/AI builders at its Forest City, Malaysia campus starting at $1,500 per month.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Coliving Community / Startup Society

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Services-Educational Services (8200), Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPACALAF

Membership Communities with Learning (Community-Led Education)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Digital Media & Content Platforms (Online Video, Podcasts, Creators)/Online Learning Content Platforms (Creator-Led Courses)

SECONDARYEDALAIAE

Group Fitness, Personal Training & Wellness Coaching

Education/Student Services & Campus Operations/Athletics, Recreation & Fitness

Keywords

• Coliving community platform
• Society-as-a-service
• Startup society membership
• Digital nomad housing
• Residential coworking community

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Primary revenue stream from monthly membership fees charged to residents. Membership at $1,500/month with roommates includes accommodations, meals, gym, coworking, lectures, and community events. Private room options available at higher price points. The all-inclusive society-as-a-service model covers housing, fitness, meals, and workspace.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Network School operates a physical, all-inclusive coliving community ("society-as-a-service") for techno-optimists at Forest City, Johor, Malaysia. Monthly membership at $1,500 bundles serviced housing, nutritious meals, 24/7 gym access, world-class lectures from founders and investors, 24/7 coworking, workshops, a content studio, makerspace, community events, and a curated peer network of remote workers, founders, and engineers. The core membership is extended through a 12-month Longtermer program, a $100K Fellowship for 100 founders, a Teams package for startup groups, the PGX community experience, and the ns.com Earn crypto-rewards task platform.

Product overview

Network School operates as a platform offering multiple interconnected products: the core Network School product is a frontier community for techno-optimists providing society-as-a-service with all-inclusive coliving (housing, meals, gym, coworking). This core is supplemented by the Longtermer Program (12-month residential), the Fellowship ($100K for founders), and Teams packages for startup teams. The platform also includes the Network States of the Internet Dashboard (a database of 38 startup societies), ns.com Earn (crypto earning for tasks), the Network State Podcast, Network State Conference, and The Network State book. The ecosystem maintains relationships with related network state projects including Zuzalu, Próspera, Edge City, and 35+ other startup societies globally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Network State Conference: Annual conference for those interested in founding, funding, and finding new communities
• Network State Podcast
• The Network State
• ns.com

Products and services

• Network School Membership Core monthly membership (starting at $1,500/month with roommates) providing all-inclusive coliving for techno-optimists: serviced room, nutritious meals, 24/7 gym access, 24/7 coworking, world-class lectures, community events, content studio, workshops, fitness classes, makerspace, and high-speed Wi-Fi at Forest City, Johor, Malaysia.
• Longtermer Program 12-month residential program offering furnished apartments, visa support, personalized fitness programs, weekly events, and direct collaboration with the Network School core team on the roadmap. Designed for members committed to building the community long-term.
• Network School Fellowship Global meritocracy fellowship awarding $100K to 100 fellows over 1 year to build startup societies. Selected via application through ns.com/fellowship/apply.
• Teams at Network School Team-based coliving and building program at $1,500/month per person for startup teams, offering serviced rooms, healthy food, 24/7 gym, lectures, coworking, workshops, and office pods for collective productivity.
• Prakhar Gupta Xperience (PGX) A community experience collaboration with Prakhar Gupta featuring world-class lectures, daily workouts, healthy meals, and a flexible social calendar for builders, dreamers, and thinkers. Application via ns.com/apply?code=PGX.
• ns.com Earn Digital economy platform where users can earn cryptocurrency for completing tasks, enabling remote participation in the Network School ecosystem from anywhere in the world.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2,000+ members across 16 cohorts
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Base (Coinbase Layer 2)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 April 2026Base, Coinbase's Ethereum Layer-2 network, presented alongside Network School during meetings with Malaysian officials in April 2026. Jesse Pollak, creator of Base, is listed as a speaker at Network School lectures. The partnership involves joint presentations on blockchain technology and startup ecosystem development.
• SolanacoreTechnology or Integration · 1 April 2026Solana blockchain teams presented alongside Network School during the Malaysia government meetings in April 2026. Solana's ecosystem is integrated into the broader network state movement that Network School is part of.
• ZuzalucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerZuzalu was the original popup village experiment in Montenegro created by Vitalik Buterin that minted the popup village model for the network state movement. Network School evolved from this movement. Vitalik Buterin is a speaker at Network School and Network School tracks Zuzalu as part of its ecosystem dashboard.
• PrósperacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPróspera is a startup city on Roatán, Honduras operating under its own legal code. Both Network School and Próspera are part of the startup society ecosystem tracked on the Network States of the Internet dashboard.
• Balaji SrinivasancoreOthersBalaji Srinivasan is the founder of Network School. He is a former Coinbase executive and a16z partner who authored The Network State book. He pitches Network School to governments and leads the broader network state movement.
• Forest City (Malaysia)coreOthersNetwork School is based at the Forest City development in Johor, Malaysia. Forest City is a reclaimed island development that serves as the physical location for Network School's permanent operations.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Outsite: Outsite is a membership-based coliving network for remote workers and digital nomads across multiple countries. Closest commercial analog in the all-inclusive monthly coliving subscription model, though less curated toward founders.
• Zuzalu: Zuzalu was the original Vitalik Buterin-led popup village (Montenegro, 2023) that pioneered the network-state pop-up model Network School explicitly evolved from. Both target crypto/tech founders with curated, short-duration communities combining housing, lectures, and collaboration.
• Selina: Selina is a hospitality brand with global locations tailored to digital nomads and remote workers, offering long-stay accommodations with community programming. Operates at much greater scale and serves a similar all-inclusive lifestyle use case.
• Edge City: Edge City operates multi-week popup communities for builders and techno-optimists (e.g., Edge City Esmeralda, Edge City Lanna). Direct competitor in the curated-coliving-for-founders category and is also tracked on Network School's own startup-society dashboard.
• Roam: Roam operates a global coliving and coworking network (Tokyo, Bali, Madrid, etc.) targeting remote workers and founders. Competes directly on the "live + work + community" subscription bundle Network School offers.
• Próspera: Próspera is a startup city on Roatán, Honduras operating under special economic zone legal code. Both are explicitly part of the "network state" / startup society ecosystem tracked on the Network States of the Internet dashboard, and both pitch jurisdictions as a competitive moat.

Broad incumbents

• WeWork: WeWork is the global incumbent in flexible coworking and office space, with locations including Malaysia and Singapore. Not a direct competitor on coliving or curated community, but a broad incumbent whose flexible-space offerings partially overlap with Network School's 24/7 coworking and team-office pods.

Others

• Antler: Antler is a global early-stage venture firm and founder residency program operating across Southeast Asia. Not a coliving competitor, but a comparable channel through which founders are recruited into community-based accelerator programs, and a potential ecosystem partner.

Emerging players

• Cabin: Cabin offers coliving and remote-work retreats (week-long and month-long programs) for tech and creative professionals. Comparable subscription-style coliving with a curated community component, but more retreat-oriented than permanent residency.
• NomadX: NomadX runs curated coliving spaces for digital nomads in Latin America and beyond, blending community, fitness, and coworking. Smaller scale than Network School but overlaps on the all-inclusive, community-led positioning for remote founders.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ns
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@nspodcast
• Instagraminstagram.com/networkschool
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/networkschoolofficial

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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