# Geoship

Reshaping the Future of Housing — 
A New Paradigm for Regenerative Living

- Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/geoship
- Entity ID: wefunder:company:135831
- Last updated: 2026-06-13T05:01:08Z
- Generated at: 2026-06-14T03:07:37Z

## Quick facts
- Revolutionary Tech: Built the world’s first ceramic geodesic home, material science breakthrough.
- World-Class Team: Engineering leadership from Tesla and Apple join purpose-driven entrepreneurs.
- Product-Market Fit: $400M+ sales pipeline - over 2,194+ domes reserved with deposits.
- Enormous Market: Reshaping a $2.5T US housing market with deep impact across many categories.
- Rapidly Growing Community: On a mission to build a more beautiful world with over 100K subscribers

## Active fundraises
- wefunder:fundraise:135748: 4(a)(6) successful (USD)
- wefunder:fundraise:135747: 4(a)(6) successful (USD)
- wefunder:fundraise:86275: 4(a)(6) successful (USD)
- wefunder:fundraise:86274: 4(a)(6) successful (USD)

## Story
Dear Reader,The current housing model wasn’t built to honor the human spirit. Homes are costly, toxic, and out of sync with nature.At Geoship, we’re redesigning home from first principles—transforming materials, geometry, and manufacturing. Bioceramics replace concrete. Geodesics follow nature’s patterns. Factory-built precision brings quality and scale. This is more than housing—it’s a tool to build a new paradigm in living.Our last Wefunder campaign brought thousands aboard. With your support, we launched our pilot facility, began building our first 2bd/2ba dome, and completed 90% of California’s factory housing certification. Our team includes former Tesla, Toyota, Honda, and Apple engineers—focused now on building the most meaningful product of all: home. We're building the foundation for the next civilization—with evolutionary purpose and care for the soul.Let’s build the regenerative future of home—together. The Geoship CrewHousing is an essential element of human life, yet buying a home has become unaffordable for over 75% of American households! Affordability is not the only problem, housing is also unsustainable, and extreme weather events are devastating communities. Additionally, conventional homes are plagued with toxic materials and mold, often leading to chronic health issues. Geoship design prioritizes holistic wellness. Our modern geodesic homes are sanctuaries, encouraging equilibrium with a sense of peace and well-being. With soaring ceilings, abundant natural light, and spacious floor plans, the Geoship Bioceramic Dome supports living in harmony with the Earth. You design your geodesic home with all the fixtures and finishes, and we’ll take care of the rest, completing production and installation in under 45 days.Our future roadmap includes geodesic domes in two sizes, enabling us to meet the growing demand for tiny homes, spacious family dwellings, creative studios, home offices, intentional communities, and nearly any space you can envision.Geoship offers fully equipped housing solutions, starting with the two-bedroom, two-bath “Amma” in Northern California. The price below includes everything—kitchens, bathrooms, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, engineering, and permitting—ensuring a seamless experience from start to finish. Land, grading, and foundation are additional costs that will vary by location.Geoship technology is powered by a new family of materials known as chemically bonded ceramics, or bioceramics. Our proprietary formulations cure rapidly at room temperature, form molecular bonds like superglue, and are 3–4x stronger than concrete. They have a lower carbon footprint, can be made from waste streams, and last for centuries due to their crystalline structure. Bioceramics are fully recyclable—enabling a truly circular economy—and bioactive, meaning they’re compatible with living systems and regenerative by nature. This unique combination of properties allows us to rapidly produce highly efficient forms like the geodesic dome.Geoship homes are engineered from first principles, combining the most efficient materials, geometry, and manufacturing methods. By fusing 21st-century ceramic materials with the world’s most efficient structure and intelligent manufacturing, we’re creating a new era of homes as integrated products. Optimizing from the ground up, we elevate customer expectations and unlock the world’s largest market.Healthy industries get better, faster, and more affordable over time. But housing has gone in the opposite direction. Homes cost more, take longer to build, and are often lower in quality because they’re still constructed by hand from disparate parts.By engineering the home as a product, Geoship lowers costs, cuts waste, and delivers higher-quality homes faster. We simplify construction with one primary material, interface directly with homebuyers, and vertically integrate across the supply chain.We believe the bioceramic geodesic dome will become the go-to home for all people in all climates around the world.Geoship addresses all five critical housing challenges by mass-producing affordable, sustainable, healthy, and climate-resilient homes. This gives the company a significant advantage over competitors who only address one or two issues. But we don’t stop there—Geoship further raises the bar by introducing a new paradigm in regenerative community architecture, striving for a net-positive impact in every category.Geoship offers a solution across every category.We’ve secured over 2,194 dome reservations with deposits, representing a sales pipeline exceeding $400 million. This is based on reservations with deposits and forecasted order prices from customer survey data. Our substantial subscriber list and strong social media presence highlight the shared excitement for Geoship's vision.Following our first community round, we entered a rapid prototyping phase, setting up our own lab and gathering used equipment—including a CNC machine—so we could handle everything in-house. This allowed us to rapidly iterate and learn, creating and testing over 5,000 samples and refining our manufacturing processes. We molded hundreds of ceramic parts and built what we believe is the world's first ceramic composite geodesic dome. Our proprietary innovations create a new category of housing with the potential for hundreds of trade secrets and patents.Our engineering and manufacturing leadership from Tesla and SpaceX know what it takes to transform trillion-dollar industries from first principles. Now, they’re bringing this transformative power to Geoship—to create a new category of housing, exceed customer expectations, and ignite a regenerative homebuilding revolution.In a world where old systems are breaking down, Geoship is more than a home. It’s a tool for planetary transformation. Our product defies convention and catalyzes a global shift in how we relate to ourselves, one another, and the Earth.Geoship is not a niche offering for a small fringe segment. Over 25% of the US population are cultural creatives—deeply concerned about the environment and devoted to social change. For this visionary community of artists, entrepreneurs, activists, and change-makers, living outside the box feels like a natural choice.Housing is one of the largest and most outdated sectors in the world. Geoship creates a new market for non-rectilinear housing, offering massive growth potential. We believe round homes will follow the same path as blue jeans, personal computers, and electric vehicles - niche products that become mainstream after one or two generations.Through low cost and high differentiation, Geoship attracts millions of new homebuyers into the market. Surveys show that 30 million US adults planned to buy a home in 2023, but only 23% were successful. The average budget was $275k, well below the average home cost of $428k. By offering healthy, sustainable, resilient homes for under $200k at scale, Geoship unlocks a staggering $11T market in the US alone.We enter the market in Northern California, serving cultural creatives to build homesteads, communities, or retreat centers closer to nature and community. With a relatively small capital expenditure of $30–50 million, we launch a factory capable of producing thousands of homes annually. We plan to break ground on our first high-volume facility in 2026. Our proprietary technology enables gross margins of ~35% on fully packaged homes, supporting a rapid path to strong unit economics. By 2029, we aim to generate over $100 million in annual revenue—and scale to over $1 billion by 2032, with rapid growth continuing in the years that follow. As we expand beyond the geodesic dome into new product categories, Geoship is positioned to reshape the world’s largest asset class—housing. We also plan to pursue a public offering, giving early investors a potential path to liquidity.Geoship is on track to demonstrate profitability with low capital expenditure. We've invested in building a world-class team and establishing a pilot factory to deliver fully equipped homes. We are on track to receive the certificate of occupancy for our go-to-market product this year—the 2-bedroom, 2-bath geodesic home—and begin pilot production.With all key team members onboard, our pilot production facility launched, and capital equipment in place, we’re ready to build. This round of funding will enable us to prove unit economics, validate production processes, deliver our first homes to paying customers, and grow a sales pipeline exceeding $1B.Today's housing developments become relics of the 20th century. We invite you to join us in building regenerative villages that redefine how we live, work, and connect. Through regenerative architecture, we leverage technology to deepen our connection to the Earth while leaving a cultural and aesthetic legacy for future generations. Imagine a world where humanity thrives and our built environment reflects our highest aspirations.Geoship progressively decentralizes into a Multi-Stakeholder Cooperative governed by a Perpetual Purpose Trust—the gold standard for steward ownership in the U.S. This structure enables rapid, decentralized growth while ensuring Geoship stays true to its mission, which is inspired by Buckminster Fuller himself:Our vision drives a simple yet ambitious Earthshot: to make the best home on Earth the most affordable home on Earth. Together, let’s make healthy, natural homes accessible to everyone.Join 3,500+ purpose-aligned co-owners on a mission to build a more beautiful world. Our transformative solution to the climate and housing crisis offers the investment opportunity of a lifetime. Together, let's build homes that serve human communities and the Earth, generating positive impact across every category.SOURCES5 Critical Challenges:International Living Future Institute. "The Red List.", NerdWallet. "2024 Home Buyer Report.", Architecture 2030. "Why The Built Environment?" , Zillow. "The U.S. is now short 4.5 million homes as the housing deficit grows.", Associated Builders and Contractors. "ABC: 2024 Construction Workforce Shortage Tops Half a Million.", Yale Climate Connections. "U.S. billion-dollar weather disasters set an all-time record in 2023, with 28."Our Solution: Tunely Engineering. "Embodied Carbon Assessment for Geoship." Market: "Cultural Creatives Are Changing the World" (HuffPost), Mordor Intelligence Report on the US Residential Real Estate Market​ (Mordor Intelligence)​​, Builder Magazine reports that 80% of Americans prefer to live in single-family homes, while only 8% prefer apartment or condo living​ (Builder Online), "2024 Home Buyer Report," (NerdWallet) , "A Reality Check for the American Dream: Who Can Afford a Home Right Now?" (Realtor.com), "Homeownership Data Report," (IPX1031), “Top 20 Sustainable Home Trends 2024” (SlideShare) , “20 Home Building Trends For 2024: Key Insights For Homeowners (SynergyHome), ”Majority of Renters Fear Homeownership Is Out of Reach Forever—but Is That True?” (Realtor.com).

## FAQ
1. **how many have been built to date**
   - Ahoy Paul - Thanks for the great question! So far, we’ve only built one engineering prototype—an 18-ft diameter dome. Now, we’re engineering the home as an integrated product, including cabinets, counters, mechanical and electrical systems, etc. It will be a move-in-ready home. Our go-to-market model is the Amma, a 36-ft diameter, 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom dome, which we're currently certifying through the California Factory Built Housing program. With Gratitude, Morgan
2. **Hello, I am considering an investment in GeoShip in the coming days. What are the 3 major risks you are evaluating, and your plan to address them? Thank you Guy**
   - Thank you for your question, Guy! We’re actively managing three key risks: 1. Production Validation: We're setting up a pilot manufacturing plant to validate processes, ensure production scalability, and achieve unit profitability early. Unlike others who take large leaps into massive facilities, which often leads to burning cash and sloppy engineering, we’re scaling a small pilot facility to profitability before making the leap to volume production. 2. Regulatory Compliance: Housing certific...
3. **When will you deliver the first commercially produced domes, i.e. not prototype?**
   - Hi Vincent - We are currently working through site work and permitting for our first commercially produced dome! Critical path for that delivery puts our earliest delivery date in March of 2025.
4. **What are the perks for each tier of investment? I can't seem to find the breakdown on your page.**
   - Hi Frances, Thanks for reaching out! The perks for each investment tier are located right under the "investment terms" section of the screen under the red invest button. For ease of access, here they are: $900+: Free $99 dome reservation $3,600+: $1200 discount on your Geoship dome + Early access to stay overnight in a beta dome. $12,000+: $3,999 discount on your Geoship dome + Early access to our next virtual tour event + Early access to stay overnight in a beta dome. $36,000+: $12,000 disco...
5. **I have already invested in Geoship previously. How do this investment link with my previous investment?**
   - Ahoy Valerie! You can view your previous investment by logging into the platform you originally invested through. We're working on a portal dashboard which will be available on our website where you'll be able to manage all your investments and reservations in one place. That will launch in Q3 of next year.

## Team
- Morgan Bierschenk (CVO / Founder)
- Micha Mikailian (CEO)
- Craig Derian (CTO)
- Bas Kools (Creative re-Director / Founder)
- Dolly Singh (Head of Talent)
- Paul Choin (Head of Product Engineering)
- Andrew James (Head of Manufacturing)
- Dr. Ali Ozer (Principal Material Scientist)
- Sarah Hardwick (Head of Crowdfunding)
- Lauren Russo (Head of Marketing)
- Neil Decker (Natural Builder)
- Kyle Sears (Senior Product Engineer)
- Kurt McFarland (CFO)

## Recent posts
- Round Closing Soon at invest.geoship.is! (2026-04-17T15:36:53Z)
- We've opened a new round! (2026-02-09T17:13:18Z)
- Today is the Final Day to Invest! (2025-08-08T14:18:35Z)
- Reason #5: Our Capital-Efficient Path to Profit and Massive Impact (2025-08-07T14:56:42Z)
- Reason #4: Invest In Geoship because You Believe in our “Earthshot” (2025-08-06T15:19:28Z)
- Investor Webinar Replay (2025-08-05T21:10:08Z)
- $400M Reservation Queue Announcement + Reason #3: Turning our vision into a de-risked, scalable reality. (2025-08-05T13:35:06Z)
- Reason #2: Our Team: Visionary, Accomplished, and Driven by Purpose (2025-08-04T15:13:39Z)
- Reason #1: Invest in a Purpose-Driven Company That Will Never Stray From Its Values (2025-08-03T12:40:57Z)
- Progress Report: The Production Line Is Running, The Team Is in a Rhythm, and The First Amma Dome Is Coming. (2025-08-01T14:32:19Z)
- 8 Days left to Secure the Best Dome Discount Perks (2025-07-31T15:08:23Z)
- Building Trust to Build The Future:Why Local Nevada County Leaders Support Geoship (2025-07-28T17:11:43Z)
- Watch the Sky Life Mini Documentary About Geoship on Youtube! (2025-07-24T20:39:18Z)
- Meet Plunge, our fellow wellness disruptor 🧊🔥 (2025-07-17T15:44:13Z)
- Meet your digital dome concierge, Domi! (2025-07-16T21:13:50Z)

## Q&A
- Q: Great stuff, very exciting vision and products to support it! I am interested in adding one in Santa Clara County. What is the status of potential permitting/approval for Geoship domes? Also, could you provide some specifications for the foundation required for the GTM 2-bedroom version? I need it for an installation cost estimate.
  - A: Hi Vladimir! Thanks for your enthusiasm! We’re currently progressing through the California Factory Built Housing program and are on track for statewide approval by Q1 2025. While I can’t provide specific foundation specs yet, as these depend on the slope and soil conditions at your site, I can share that the foundation for a Geoship dome will be very similar to conventional foundations. If you have an idea of costs for traditional foundations based on your site, that will give you a solid approximation for the Geoship dome. Looking ahead, in 2026, we plan to engineer a dedicated foundation system as part of our product design. For our initial builds in 2025/2026, we’ll integrate the domes with more conventional foundations. See you in the dome! Morgan
- Q: How do you get fresh air into the home? The videos and models so far don't seem to show windows that can be opened. If fresh air only comes from an Energy Recovery Ventilator (ERV) or Heat Recovery Ventilator (HRV) in the current models, are there plans to have optional openable windows for customers who like them?
  - A: Great question, Peter! We offer opening windows, large front and back doors, and an Energy Recovery Ventilator (ERV) for continuous fresh air and natural ventilation options throughout the dome.
- Q: Thank you for answering all of these questions! Geoship seems like an amazing concept. Have you tested the thermal expansion of the bioceramic material and do you know the specs if so? I wonder if large temperature fluctuations might stress or crack the seams that seal the panels together.
  - A: Ahoy Raynor! That’s such an insightful question! We've done a lot of development and testing to address this challenge. While the specifics are proprietary, I can share the broad strokes of how we’ve engineered our domes to handle thermal expansion: 1. Low-Thermal-Expansion Panels: Our bioceramic panels are designed with advanced particle packing, low-TEC aggregates, fibers, and nanomaterials, enabling a TEC that is 10x to 100x less than Portland concrete. 2. Flexible SeamRok Material: The seams incorporate a bioceramic material called SeamRok, which is cross-linked with organic additives and engineered for flexibility and high strain tolerance. This allows the seams to accommodate movement without debonding or cracking. 3. High Bonding Surface Area Joint Design: We’ve engineered the seams with multiple levels of redundancy and to maximize bonding surface area, leveraging the exceptional shear bond strength of bioceramic, an inorganic polymer that forms incredibly strong molecular bonds, even stronger than epoxy. These innovations, developed through extensive material science and engineering, ensure that our domes function as a nearly monolithic structure that can be repaired and resurfaced with the same material it's made from, enabling a design life of 500 years through extreme temperature fluctuations 🌎✨ Cheers, Morgan
- Q: What are the acoustic qualities of your geodesic homes, in terms of transmission of outside noise (e.g. airplanes and highway noise) as well as echoing of interior noise off the hard bioceramic panels?
  - A: Great question, Peter! Acoustic performance is one of our top design priorities. The dome shape itself naturally deflects external sounds—just as wind flows around it, so does noise, creating a quiet, insulated environment. Inside, we enhance this with cellular ceramic panels, acoustic absorbers, and a unique 3D faceting on the panels. Together, these features create superb acoustics, minimizing echoes and creating a calm, balanced sound environment.
- Q: I have two questions, 1. do you have a website? 2. have you considered making a paste with microbes in it, that you can add to the structure that will make it stronger over time?
  - A: Hi Elyas, apologies for the delay in getting back to you! We’re reopening our campaign in just a few weeks and really appreciate your patience. Yes, we do have a website — you can learn more about our work at https://www.geoship.is. Thank you for your thoughtful question about microbes. We've developed multiple versions of our proprietary bioceramic cement, GeoRok, tailored to different applications within the home. While we can’t share the exact formulation details, we can assure you that GeoRok has been rigorously engineered and tested for strength, durability, and long-term performance. Thanks again for reaching out!
- Q: How well would your homes hold up in a snowy region like Lake Tahoe? Is there any amount of snow that would pose a risk to the structure? Also, how well does it waterproof against melting snow, e.g. any gaps between ceramic tiles? Speaking of Tahoe, will you deliver to the Tahoe/Reno area of Nevada early on?
  - A: Great questions, Peter! Geoship domes are exceptionally well-suited for snowy regions like Lake Tahoe. The geodesic design evenly distributes structural loads, allowing the dome to easily handle heavy snow. We are engineering for the highest snow loads in the US, which are right up the road from us in Truckee, California. As for waterproofing, our bioceramic materials are obviously waterproof in all conditions, including snow melt. As for deliveries to Tahoe/Reno, we're planning to serve the Northern California Region early in our rollout, so you’re in a prime location for an early delivery.
- Q: How can light levels and privacy be managed effectively through the windows in a geodesic home? Some folks like to use black-out curtains at night and/or blinds for privacy, but those require vertical exterior walls. If you are using some kind of electrically switchable window tinting that requires electricity, how dark can it get, and can it last for the life of the home?
  - A: Great question, Peter! Our domes offer both smart tint and mechanical blind options for adaptable light and privacy control. While they won’t last the dome’s full 500-year life, these systems are built for durability—around 20 years, with advancements likely extending that significantly in the future. This flexibility, paired with our dome's natural insulation and bioceramic materials, ensures a private, energy-efficient space that harmonizes beautifully with nature.
- Q: How are electrical and plumbing routed within a geodesic home, since they often rely on straight, uninterrupted pathways through walls? Can they therefore only be routed within interior walls?
  - A: Just like in a standard home, electrical and plumbing in our geodesic domes are routed through the walls and interstitial floor (or loft floor). This setup keeps utilities streamlined and accessible while preserving the dome's efficient and adaptable structure. :)
- Q: What does the distribution of reservations look like across the US states and Canadian provinces? Would you be willing to share the % of reservations made in each state and province as a % of total reservations?
  - A: Hi Peter - We don't yet offer a public view of where reservations are being placed by region, but this is something we’re working on. We can share that demand is especially high in "small town creative centers" and in areas prone to extreme weather. Thank you!
- Q: Insulation: With 6" of space for insulation between the exterior and interior walls, you have a maximum R-value of R-28.2 (at 4.7 R-value per inch). While this may be sufficient for most climates in California, climates further north (Washington, Maine, Canada) may require greater R-values in order to be optimally energy-efficient. Would you create models of your home with more insulation space, in order to accommodate colder climates? Also, how would you prevent energy loss through the uninsulated support structure or "frame members" / struts that form the structure of the geodesic dome?
  - A: Hi Peter, thanks for the detailed question. We’re designing our domes with adaptable insulation cavities to go beyond 6 inches if higher R-values are necessary for colder climates—though we believe it likely won’t be needed. The ceramic frame members minimize thermal bridging, significantly reducing energy loss through the structural struts. The geodesic geometry also provides around 30% to 50% less surface area per floor area compared to conventional rectilinear homes, translating to substantially reduced heat transfer. Most importantly, our domes are engineered as highly integrated systems. Every component fits seamlessly to create an exceptionally tight envelope, achieving ACH rates below 1. Georok’s ceramic surface reflects over 80% of radiant heat, further optimizing temperature stability. With a precision-engineered HVAC system and optional triple-pane windows, this dome is designed to perform in even the coldest climates—better than any factory-built home I'm aware of.
- Q: This is one of the best Ideas I have seen on Wefunder ever. So the questions I have are 1.) How many Houses will your Piolt Factory be able to make? 2.) do you own the piolt factory? 3.) How soon do you plan before you make your first delivery? 4.) How many homes do you plan to delivery next year? 5.) Do you plan to be profitable next year or in 2026?
  - A: Thank you, Bill! We'd love to have you on board! Here’s a bit more detail on each of your great questions: Pilot Factory Capacity: Our pilot factory in Nevada County, California, has the capacity to produce approximately 100 homes per year—quite remarkable for only 8,000 square feet of manufacturing space! This facility is crucial for validating production processes, refining materials, and building our first Founder Series homes. It also serves as a stepping stone to larger-scale production as we lay the groundwork for future expansion. Factory Ownership: We’ve secured a three-year lease with an option to buy this pilot facility, which gives us flexibility as we ramp up. Beyond this, we’re moving forward on the permitting process for a 50,000-100,000 square-foot volume factory on land we have under contract. This next step will massively scale our capacity to meet the demand we’re seeing. First Deliveries Timeline: We’re on track for first deliveries in Q2 2025 for paying customers. This will be a major milestone, marking the transition from development into fulfilling orders and serving our early adopters. This is when we’ll start seeing Geoship homes transforming landscapes and lives. Profitability Goals: Our path to profitability is carefully planned. We’re aiming for profitable unit economics within the first 3-10 founder edition domes. These strong unit economics are rare in deep tech at this stage, but with high gross margins even on affordable homes, we’re in a great position. This is thanks to the efficiency of geodesic homes and the economic advantages of our geopolymer materials. Thank you for your thoughtful questions and support! Our mission to build affordable, sustainable, and healthy homes is close to our hearts, and it’s incredibly inspiring to connect with people who share our optimism and ambition for a more beautiful, regenerative world.
- Q: Hello, I am considering an investment in GeoShip in the coming days. What are the 3 major risks you are evaluating, and your plan to address them? Thank you Guy
  - A: Thank you for your question, Guy! We’re actively managing three key risks: 1. Production Validation: We're setting up a pilot manufacturing plant to validate processes, ensure production scalability, and achieve unit profitability early. Unlike others who take large leaps into massive facilities, which often leads to burning cash and sloppy engineering, we’re scaling a small pilot facility to profitability before making the leap to volume production. 2. Regulatory Compliance: Housing certifications vary by region. We’re securing California Factory Built Housing certification and overbuilding our first domes to meet the most stringent requirements—seismic, snow, and wind loads across the ENTIRE state. This approach simplifies manufacturing and compliance, while prioritizing resilience and the customer experience, even with the higher costs and installation complexity that comes with heavier parts. 3. Market Adoption: We’re pioneering a new housing paradigm that requires education and trust-building. We’re focusing on early adopters who are paying cash for optioned-up domes to showcase the product and drive early profitability, while opening reservations to build a movement behind the product. The final piece of our risk mitigation strategy is the world-class team we’ve assembled—first principles engineering leaders from industry defining companies, and purpose driven serial entrepreneurs. We’ve been able to attract this talent due to our mission/vision, revolutionary product, unbeatable techno-economics, and the fact that we're addressing essentially the world's largest market. Their expertise strengthens our ability to execute, ensuring that we can successfully navigate risks and scale effectively. Cheers, Morgan
- Q: how many have been built to date
  - A: Ahoy Paul - Thanks for the great question! So far, we’ve only built one engineering prototype—an 18-ft diameter dome. Now, we’re engineering the home as an integrated product, including cabinets, counters, mechanical and electrical systems, etc. It will be a move-in-ready home. Our go-to-market model is the Amma, a 36-ft diameter, 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom dome, which we're currently certifying through the California Factory Built Housing program. With Gratitude, Morgan
- Q: How long will the opportunity to invest be open for? I wish to invest and support but I'm on a strict budget for awhile. And, if I can't invest, will I still be able to purchase a property from Geoship in the future?
  - A: Hi Jonathan, Thanks for your interest. We don’t have a set timeline for how long the campaign will remain open, as it depends on how quickly we reach our funding goals. My best estimate is that it may stay open for about another month. You will absolutely still be able to purchase a dome in the future, even if you decide not to invest right now. That said, if you're considering becoming a future customer, the perks we are currently offering, such as discounts on future dome purchases, are especially attractive to secure and most likely will not be available in future investment rounds. Just something to keep in mind as you weigh your options. Of course, only invest if and when it feels right for your personal situation.
- Q: During my land sourcing journey I have come to realize that many counties across the country are not allowing prefabricated or factory homes. Can you address the building permit and designations of building these homes and if someone was interested in purchasing a kit would you be able to assist in navigating the building process for people like me that are overwhelmed with all the permits and things?
  - A: Hey there! Thanks for bringing up such an important part of the journey. Geoship homes are on track to be certified through California’s Factory-Built Housing (FBH) program, which means the entire above-ground structure will be pre-approved at the state level. This streamlines a major part of the process and is the kind of certification we aim to secure in other states as we expand nationally. Our domes are also engineered to comply with the International Building Code as “alternative materials” under Section 104.11, allowing them to be permitted when stamped by a licensed structural engineer. Local jurisdictions still need to approve the foundation, utility connections, and zoning. But don’t worry, we’ve got that covered. :) Geoship is currently providing a complete solution, meaning we handle the permitting process for you, including stamped engineering, energy analysis, and everything needed to get your project approved. Our goal is to make building your home as smooth and stress-free as possible. (Note: Site work like grading and utility hookups is billed separately, since every property is unique.)