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This Week : New Nomad Hotspots & AI Essentials
Discover long‐stay visas, affordable bases, and lightweight AI workflows to elevate your solo ventures.
Sahil Khan
June 21, 2025
🗞️ Solo Business Brief
For solo founders, remote creators & digital nomads building without permission
June 21, 2025
🌍 New Nomad Hubs Flying Under the Radar
The classic playbook (Bali, Lisbon, Medellin) is outdated. Here’s where the new wave of remote founders is setting up shop — low costs, long visas, and solid infrastructure:
🇦🇱 Albania | Visa-free (1 yr), ~$900–$1,300/mo | Adriatic beaches, EU timezone |
|---|---|---|
🇬🇪 Tbilisi, Georgia | Visa-free (1 yr), ~$1,000–$1,500 | Great Wi-Fi, wine scene, low taxes |
🇲🇪 Montenegro | Visa-free (90 days), ~$1,200/mo | Fjord views, coastal co-living spaces |
🇻🇳 Da Nang, Vietnam | Tourist visa (30–90 days), ~$1,000 | Fast internet, oceanfront cafés |
🇮🇩 Bali, Indonesia | New 5-yr visa, $3K/mo income req | Expats, cafés, infrastructure |
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | Neo Nomad Visa, $220 fee | Growing scene, huge landscapes |
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | Up to 10-year renewable status | Ultra-low cost, mountain life |
🇿🇦 Cape Town, S. Africa | 1-yr visa, $3K/mo income | English-speaking, surf & startups |
🔎 Why it matters: More countries are fighting for nomads with 1–5 year remote work visas. Long-stay, low-hassle destinations = ideal base for focused solopreneurship.
⚙️ AI: Built for the Solo Era
Big news, small leverage:
🧠 MetAI: Solo-built AI twin startup out of Taiwan just raised $4M (led by Nvidia).
📈 Scale AI: Meta is buying 49% for $14.3B. Labeling data = still big business.
💬 OpenAI’s Agent SDK: Quiet drop. MIT-licensed customer support agent now on Hugging Face.
🔧 LangChain: Just hit 70M+ downloads/month. Launching visual builders + orchestration tools.
💡 Solo Insight: The best founders today aren’t building “apps”—they’re stitching together lightweight, composable agents using open infra. Think systems, not software.
🛠️ Toolbox: What Founders Are Using Right Now
🔧 Tool | ⚡ Use Case |
|---|---|
GPT-4o | Text, code, voice, meeting recaps |
LangChain + Graph | Build agent flows, fast |
n8n / Zapier | AI automation without code |
Midjourney / Canva Magic | Visuals in seconds |
ElevenLabs / Notion AI | Voiceovers, smart notes |
🧠 One-Liner Takeaway
Solo founders win by building with small, sharp tools—while the big guys are still organizing meetings.