Jack Mielke

I'm motivated by love and guided by reason, with a deep curiosity about what's possible at the edges of culture and technology. My journey started on Bainbridge Island near Seattle, where I grew up playing sports and following the traditional path. COVID hit during high school and gave me an unexpected gift: time alone to question everything. My curiosity exploded—philosophy, crypto, tech, alternative education—and I turned into more of an outlier/nerd/adventurer 😉 After taking a gap year to build my first apps and travel solo through Europe, I attended the University of British Columbia studying psychology and cognitive systems. It was meaningful and full of great new friends, but deep down I felt I wanted something more "out there". I took an unconventional approach, co-founding projects like Clutch Tutoring (think "Uber for your brain") and Gemz (a social app for nerds) while joining communities like Novus and Atelier to meet other creatives and entrepreneurs. Between years, I backpacked solo across Thailand and India, which left a pretty lasting impression on me, and I always wanted to come back. In 2024, I discovered my first "pop-up city" at Edge Esmeralda and felt I'd finally found the community of optimists, builders, founders and misfits that I was very much longing for during my past few years (since COVID sparked a new worldview). Since then, I've been to eight pop-up villages and tech conferences, learning that these spaces are a) epic, and b) could improve I'm now super excited about helping people transform their lives and businesses with AI and hosting vibe coding residencies across the world to help empower these new systems and experiences. I believe we're in the early stages of human evolution, and I'm here to build tools that leaves a great impact :)

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