// international immersion for founders

Your startup rethought from within the world's leading innovation ecosystems

The International Mission takes a curated group of founders to experience, from the inside, how frontier technology is built abroad. You come back with a new network, new repertoire and ambition on another level.

limited seats · curated selection

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Two ecosystems, two logics of innovation

Each destination has its own itinerary, seats and investment. You can apply for one or more, depending on your moment.

Silicon ValleyLAST 4 SEATSSilicon Valley

October 6 to 9, 2026

4 days · San Francisco

Where technology, capital and product form high-growth companies. The culture of risk, speed and ambition that defined the Valley, experienced from the inside.

  • AI reshaping products and business models
  • a culture of growth, risk and investment
  • connections with local founders and investors
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ChinaAPPLICATIONS OPENChina

November 27 to December 6, 2026

10 days · small group

Scale, speed and infrastructure. China concentrates the advances in AI, cloud, data centers and new industrial arrangements that are redrawing the global economy.

  • technology as economic infrastructure
  • cloud, data and data centers at scale
  • a global ecosystem moving at full speed
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AASP + NewHack

Missão AASP: the innovation agenda for the legal community

In partnership with AASP, we take the legal community to experience innovation up close: São Paulo (August 17 to 19), Silicon Valley (September 29 to October 2) and China (November 27 to December 6), with itineraries that translate AI, startups and venture capital into legal practice.

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It's not about the place. It's about the mindset you bring back.

Founders return from the mission seeing their own business, and their own ceiling, differently.

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Four pillars in every mission

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Frontier content

Visits to companies, funds and universities at the heart of innovation.

02

Immersive experience

Living the ecosystem from the inside, not as a tourist, but as someone who will build there.

03

Real networking

Connections with global founders, investors and operators, and with the group itself.

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Conversations with leaders

Close encounters with people who have already built what you want to build.

The mission is for you if...

You already have a startup with traction and want to think globally
You want to truly understand how the big ecosystems work
You value being in a curated room of founders at your level

Your next chapter can start on the other side of the world

Seats are limited and curated. Apply and tell us where you want to go.

faq

Frequently asked questions

It is an immersion that takes a curated group of Brazilian founders to the world's leading innovation hubs, to experience from the inside how frontier technology is built. In 2026, the destinations are Silicon Valley and China.

The Silicon Valley mission runs from October 6 to 9, 2026 (4 days). The China mission runs from November 27 to December 6, 2026 (10 days).

Seats are limited and selection is curated by NewHack. You apply, tell us about your startup and your moment, and the team evaluates the fit with the group.

For founders who already have a startup with traction and want to think globally, understand how the big ecosystems work and be in a curated room of entrepreneurs at their level.

Yes. Each destination has its own itinerary, seats and investment, and you can apply for one or more depending on your moment.

Yes. Missão AASP is NewHack's mission agenda in partnership with AASP (the São Paulo Lawyers Association), with itineraries in São Paulo, Silicon Valley and China in 2026, designed to translate AI, startups and venture capital into legal practice. Learn more at missao-aasp.newhack.vc.

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