8AM WORLD
Late March 2027. Alumina, a castle on the sea in Tulum.
A week with founders, artists and builders, all architecting the future.
Why a castle
in Tulum?
8AM World, Volume 2 will be at Alumina in Tulum, a castle on the sea built for ascension. The experience will be birthed from the land and the culture, completely one of one: the same spirit as 8AM Uluwatu, moved to a new destination and a new culture.
Bali is Buddhist, so the monks sat with us every morning. Tulum is Maya land, so the Maya will be there.
Alumina is brand new. We will be some of the first people ever to stay in it. 12 villas and 43 suites step down through the jungle to the Caribbean, and nothing like it exists anywhere else.
Most masterminds and seminars follow the same format. You sit at a desk for hours while someone lectures from a stage. There's real value in that, and some of our friends run great ones.
We learn best by making things alongside people who are great at what they do.
So 8AM Tulum is built around what we call Open Studios. The most talented people in attendance open up their creative process for a few hours at a time. You walk in, watch them work, ask questions, and jump in when something clicks. Nobody takes notes. You learn by building with them.
Studios run through the week, and you move between them however you like. Any guest can host one. If you're world class at something, bring it.
Three of the people who opened a studio in Uluwatu. Tulum is being confirmed.
- Hunter Isaacson, whose apps have done hundreds of millions of downloads, builds his current projects live. Alumina is his family's.
- Liam Ottley, one of the leaders in AI implementation, on AI architecture.
- Grady, an independent artist with half a million streams a month, producing records in one of the villas. If you played an instrument growing up, bring it.
- Breathwork, yoga and sound in the shala through the week.
- And ceremony rooted in Mayan tradition, with the people whose land this is.
The geometry is in the foundations.
Alumina was drawn by an energetic architect working beside the building architects. Their word for it is an ancient healing sanctuary.
- Every place on earth has its own solar geometry. Alumina's is taken from the exact latitude of Tulum.
- The land was read for underground water and fault lines before anything was built, and the foundation piles sit on the points of the geometry.
- Four rectangles run through every structure: the 3, 4, 5 for stability, the golden for vitality, the solar for harmony, the root of five for the heart.
- Each arch joins the solstice rectangle of Tulum, the golden mean, and prana, earth, water and ether in one form. It is built as a threshold you cross.
- A solstice and equinox marker is planned for the rooftop, for the people who lived here first.
A room that works on you while you sleep.
Alumina calls them bio-harmonized suites. The wellness is built into the walls, the light and the water.
- A bed grounded to the earth
- Light that follows the sun: red and yellow at night, no blue LED
- EMF shielding in the construction itself
- Filtered air, against mould and allergens
- Structured, mineral water to drink, and showers infused with vitamins and minerals
- Low toxicity materials, natural linens and dyes
- In many suites, a private pool: on the terrace, in a walled garden, or on your own rooftop
WHO WERE YOU BEFORE THE WORLD TOLD YOU WHO TO BE?
Most of the money in venture capital is going toward automating human work. Almost nobody is asking what happens to us when the work is gone. Underneath the week is a deeper question: who will you be after the robots do everything? And who were you before the world told you who to be?
A whole floor of the castle is for the body.
Longevity science and an ancient healing sanctuary in one building, with a medical team behind it.
- Hammam, hydrotherapy, sauna and steam
- A gym for training and conditioning
- A yoga shala open to the sea: yoga, pilates, breathwork, meditation, sound baths
- Massage and bodywork, from deep tissue to somatic release
- IV therapy, red light, PEMF, and the longer protocols: gut reset, cellular detox, recovery
- A kitchen built on whole, local, organic food
- A rooftop pool and restaurant above the palms
Ceremony from the people whose land this is.
In Bali the monks showed us the gateway into presence. Here it is the Maya tradition, on the property and out on the land.
- Cacao with live musicians. We open the four directions and prepare the cacao as it has been done since ancient times.
- Sound: crystal and Tibetan bowls, gongs, chimes and voice
- Clay, born from the earth and applied to the body with intention
- A temazcal sweat lodge led by an indigenous healer
- The cenotes, sacred to the Maya for millennia
- A private tour of a Maya pyramid site
- A float through the old channels of the Muyil lagoon
- 7:30
- Wake up to the Caribbean.
- 8:30
- Morning ceremony or meditation, if you want it.
- 9:00
- Breakfast.
- 10:00
- Open studios, if you like. Go wherever you want.
- 1:00
- Training, the hammam, a massage, or breathwork.
- 3:00
- Second studio block, the pool, or a cenote.
- 7:00
- Dinner, everyone at one table.
- Late
- Whatever the night turns into.
8AM World Tulum is application only.
The group is intentionally small, and the circle is curated carefully. Tell us who you are, what you're building, and what you'd bring to the week. If it feels like a fit, we'll reach out with next steps.
Late March 2027. The exact dates are being set with Alumina, and the people who apply hear them first.
No. Every block is optional. You choose your own week.
Yes. Tell us what you'd host in your application.
Yes. Tell us in your application.
Fly into Tulum (TQO) or Cancún (CUN). Alumina arranges private transfers from both.
The people who came to Bali have their own door: 8amapp.com/uluwatu-onward.
This is what we are building. We have followed our vision. The only thing we are waiting for is you to follow yours.
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A glimpse into the world you are entering.
Renderings: Alumina. Final finishes may vary.
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The hosts
The people who open their process for a few hours at a time. Walk in, watch, ask, and jump in when something clicks.
Submit an application
A few lines is enough. Every application is read by Arlin.