Startup ducks immigration law with ‘Googleplex of the sea’

December 29, 2011
Blueseed

Blueseed concept art (credit: Blueseed)

Blueseed has released detailed mockups of its floating incubator, intended to increase the flow of “bold and creative” foreign entrepreneurs into Silicon Valley, with seed capital from PayPal founder Peter Thiel, Wired Enterprise reports.

Blueseed

Blueseed concept art (credit: Blueseed)

To get around the government’s immigration choke-hold, the startup plans to sail foreign innovators 12 miles off the Northern California shore, into international waters, without worrying about worker visas or various other immigration regulations.