1.5 billion people don't have access to adequate housing (link). That's a lot of people without a solid roof or a soft bed. Moreover, there's no way for 70 million of them to shelter temporarily when there's a hurricane, fire, or they are pushed out of their homes by political or climate crises. It’s a big problem and it’s worth working on. It may be the world’s most pressing problem
Our platform allows communities to move, scale, and pop up anywhere on the face of the planet. We call this "universal autonomous housing" (UAH).
Our team has taken the first step towards this goal by making a flat-packed structure that can ship anywhere, 9 to a container.
Our first product was designed to be set up in nature and is a solar-powered tent structure that pops up in a few hours, anywhere.
Our product in R&D pops up in a few minutes, and ships 24 inside a container, with enough power to run lighting and charge a few cell phones.
While we started a few years ago in the luxury nature hospitality (glamping) space, we’re now focused on delivering housing to the world by loading a village on a train or an entire city on a ship. We'll be able to shift these around the world and reconfigure the fleet to whatever the greatest needs are on the planet at any place and time, whether that means providing dignified housing for refugees or accommodating remote workers who want to stay in warm climates year-round. You can think about what we’re doing as a hybrid of Flexport, Airbnb and Cruise autonomous vehicles.
Here’s what an emergency relief village of Jupes might look like in an urban setting (render):