Twelve people in Year 1, deepening one island community. Twenty-four in Year 2, launching four in parallel. Toggle the years; tap any function to see its roles and bands.
Headcount by quarter against the two moments that shape it: the founding build (Q4 2026) and the parallel launch (Q3 2027), when three regional teams start inside one quarter — on staggered dates, as locked July 18.
| Moment | Hires | Why then |
|---|---|---|
| Q3–Q4 2026 | Founding 12: leadership, four engineers, two Labs researchers, community lead + two island stewards, ops | Everything Year 1 needs and nothing more — the deep pilot is a team sport, not a headcount race |
| Q2 2027 · after T2 | Regional leads recruited (3), mesh engineer | T2 confirmation is the hiring trigger — the pre-agreed hold if it slips |
| Q3 2027 · the launch | Local stewards (3), validation-study lead, indigenous partnership lead, data-sovereignty engineer | Teams staffed as their CDs go live, not before; the partnership lead starts as co-design begins |
| Q4 2027–Q1 2028 | Second Labs researcher, people & legal ops | Validation study and Trust conversion arrive with their own workload |
Engineering and Labs at US-remote bands; stewards and regional roles at local bands in each country. Naming countries 2–4 re-prices roughly ±$450k across the two years. Community-side roles in the indigenous CD are funded from the partnership’s own $360k line, at terms the community sets.