Network School
Network state / startup cityBalaji Srinivasan's residential startup society, running since September 2024 in Forest City, Malaysia — a famously underpopulated Chinese-built development near Singapore. Several hundred residents from 70-plus countries combine coliving, coworking, fitness, and a crypto-flavored curriculum; Malaysian ministers have shown interest in fast-track visas. It is a paid program inside a landlord's towers, not a sovereign community.
Trust shape
Residents are tenants of a program Balaji Srinivasan runs inside Country Garden's Forest City development, under Malaysian law.
Facts
- Website: ns.com
- Founded: 2024
- Scale: several hundred residents at a time
- Last updated: 2026-06-12
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