• mippolis. A constellation of intentions.

    At mippolis®, founders, artists, investors, technologists, dreamers and beautifully unconventional humans will gather inside a world designed with intention. Suspended between reality and imagination, in a Tuscan castle shaped by many lives before ours, mippolis® is where ideas come to life through people building what comes next.

    We grew tired of the choreography of people circling value without ever quite touching it. We are told that value comes from transactions. We disagree. Value is not born from transactions. Value is born from human interaction.

    The most important economic moments in any life happen long before money moves: in a first meeting, a shared intention, a signal of trust, the quiet recognition that something could be built together. Companies, contracts, investment and payment come later.Financial platforms see almost none of this. They see the transaction, which appears only after the real value has already begun to form. Relationship, conversation, agreement, contract, payment: this is the sequence we have accepted, as if money were the beginning of value rather than its last visible trace.

    At mippolis®, we are interested in the human choreography that exists before value takes financial form. So mippolis® proposes an experiment:

    What if the most important financial infrastructure were not digital, legal, or clever, but human interaction itself — the dreams people carry in, the wants they did not know they had, the signals they reveal before they know how to name them?

    What happens when finance becomes intuitive, ambient, part of the interaction itself? When context becomes visible? When reputation, intention, contribution and trust become part of the economic environment? When the boundary between social interaction and economic interaction begins to disappear?
    mippolis® exists to explore these questions.
    We collect the intentions of our community the way astronomers collect stars. Alone, they seem unrelated. Seen together, they become constellations. And from those constellations, new possibilities begin to emerge.

    We believe money should be readable context, not silent infrastructure. When systems can see and act on the texture of a relationship — who you are, what you have done, what you are reaching toward — a financial act becomes relational. Not simply a consequence of trust, but a form of it.
    For thirty days, a temporary city becomes a living laboratory for new forms of coordination, collaboration and economic emergence. Discovery, trust, creation, agreement, exchange and settlement begin to happen inside the same environment. Relationships and context become the financial interface.

    This was historically impossible. It is, perhaps, now barely possible. We intend to find out. mippolis® is part residency, part experiment, part temporary jurisdiction of ideas. Some arrive with projects. Some arrive with questions. Some arrive with dreams they have not yet learned how to explain.
    mippolis® is an invitation to discover what becomes possible because people were there together.

    We hope new stories will emerge. New worlds will be imagined. Improbable encounters will become collaborations, and ideas that once felt impossible will begin to feel inevitable. mippolis® is built on a simple belief: the infrastructure that matters most is not financial. It is not digital. It is not legal. It is relational: every exchange begins as a relationship. Every collaboration begins as a conversation. Every future begins as a shared imagination.

    Welcome to mippolis®. For a brief moment, people will dream and belong together, a constellation of intentions, dreams and imagination.

  • May 31st will be a special day. And not just astronomically.

    Beyond a blue moon in the sky, we’re gathering brilliant minds in a Tuscan castle to accelerate a constellation of opportunities and reimagine how humans connect, collaborate, and pursue their ambitions.

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    Learning Sessions

    Adjacent lessons build relationships and product, move culture. After all, money is culture, culture is what moves us.

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    Hackathon

    The Mippo team accelerates the product. Code, regulation, compliance, UX in sync. Thesis becomes prototype and ships to production.

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    Convivium

    Around the table with a private chef. Good food, wine, lingering conversation. The best connections never come from a stage.

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    Dolce far niente

    Deliberate pause. Ride, swim, nap on the grass. The mind stops to make connections. Insights rarely come at the screen.

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    Our curated lineup

    Making (Financial) Products Customers Love  - by Lucas Terra

    Making (Financial) Products Customers Love - by Lucas Terra

    For over two decades, Lucas Terra has focused on building products that bridge bold visions of the future with the real needs of people today. A designer by training and former Head of Product and Design at Nubank, Lucas has worked across startups, aviation, and one of the world’s largest digital banks. In this talk, he shares lessons on building products for millions of users while preserving the soul, purpose, and humanity behind great companies.
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    The New Boundaries of Government - by Felipe Oriá

    The New Boundaries of Government - by Felipe Oriá

    As technology creates new systems for finance, mobility, identity, and governance, the traditional boundaries of the state are being challenged. Drawing on experience across government, technology, and AI, Felipe Oriá explores how networked institutions are reshaping society and asks one of the defining questions of our time: where does government end, and where does technology begin?
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    We Don’t Eat Nutrients. We Eat Emotions. - by Azzurra Montorfano

    We Don’t Eat Nutrients. We Eat Emotions. - by Azzurra Montorfano

    Modern nutrition became obsessed with numbers: calories, macros, protocols, supplements and performance. But human beings do not function like spreadsheets. We eat through emotion, stress, reward, exhaustion, anxiety and dopamine. At the same time, modern life disconnected us from the biological systems that regulate energy, focus, motivation and mental clarity: movement, sleep, sunlight, social connection and physical activity. In this talk, Azzurra Montorfano explores the invisible relationship between nutrition, dopamine, exercise and cognitive performance, showing how food and movement directly shape not only the body, but also attention span, emotional stability, productivity and mental resilience.
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    How technology is decentralizing power structures - by Lucas Schoch

    How technology is decentralizing power structures - by Lucas Schoch

    This talk explores the silent transformation reshaping money, trust, and economic coordination in the digital age. Moving beyond speculation and hype, the conversation dives into how blockchain, decentralized finance, and programmable assets are redefining the relationship between individuals, institutions, and global markets. Through the lens of more than a decade immersed in crypto and financial innovation, the session connects the rise of DeFi, tokenized economies, and institutional blockchain adoption to a broader societal shift: a world where financial systems become more open, borderless, and programmable. At Mippolis, the talk invites the audience to reflect on the future of value itself.
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    Digital Societies - by Hugo Mathecowitsch

    Digital Societies - by Hugo Mathecowitsch

    Founder of Tools for the Commons and one of the emerging voices at the intersection of digital society, network states, and programmable jurisdictions. His work explores how technologies such as blockchain, DAOs, digital identity, and programmable finance can reshape governance, citizenship, and economic organization for the internet era. At Mippolis, Hugo proposes a reflection on the future of digital societies: how highly coordinated online communities may evolve into their own social, economic, and even diplomatic structures.
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    Your Calendar Is Not Tired. You Are - by Italo Macedo

    Your Calendar Is Not Tired. You Are - by Italo Macedo

    Triathlete and Ironman athlete Ítalo Macedo explores the thin line between discipline and self-deception in modern professional life. Blending real experiences from Ironman circuits with insights into endorphins, stress regulation, mental resilience, and professional execution, Ítalo unpacks how sports reshape not only the body, but decision-making, emotional control, leadership, and long-term ambition. Because sometimes the problem is not burnout. Sometimes you just haven’t moved your body in three days and called it “strategy.
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    Style failed to keep pace with wealth — and techbros became painfully tasteless - by Eddy Monetti

    Style failed to keep pace with wealth — and techbros became painfully tasteless - by Eddy Monetti

    In this talk, Eddy argues for a return to elegance: tailoring, posture, and the idea that dressing well is a form of respect for investors, clients, and yourself. Through a sharp provocation, he explains why the next unicorn should stop dressing like a rich intern and start looking like someone who knows exactly what he’s doing. About Eddy Monetti Heir to the Neapolitan maison founded in 1887, he is a global reference in Italian tailoring and a contemporary guardian of masculine elegance.
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    Gaussian Love: A Quant Take on Synastry and Compatibility — by Sri Harsha Seethalam

    Gaussian Love: A Quant Take on Synastry and Compatibility — by Sri Harsha Seethalam

    What happens when you run one profile against thousands of counterparties and treat compatibility like a scoring model? This talk walks through how an old‑school synastry framework behaves once you implement it as a quant model, what that implies about risk, expected value, and variance, and how those ideas map back to real‑world decision‑making — both in relationships and in investments or markets.
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    Hacks to Spark Creativity in Logical Thinkers - by Sarah Galantini

    Hacks to Spark Creativity in Logical Thinkers - by Sarah Galantini

    Castello del Calcione
    Sarah Galantini from @gnistdesign will talk about how to navigate the delicate balance between logic and imagination? Sarah will examine the topic by sharing both her personal experiences and professional case studies.
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    Building Trust Through Culture - by Wolfgang Baccarat Menke

    Building Trust Through Culture - by Wolfgang Baccarat Menke

    Castello del Calcione
    Human relationships are complex, and even after millions of years, our communication is still flawed. What truly makes us trustworthy, and what truly conveys it? How do we build community despite all the fears we create between us?
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    Tell us what you'd bring to Mippolis and how. The hackathon needs builders. The learning sessions need teachers.

    The more specific you are, the higher your odds.