WeWork was among the organisations that presented a consolidated proposal for the redevelopment of Presidio Fort Winfield Scott in San Francisco . The consortium , which includes the California Clean Energy Funds with the Manhattan Institute , the Elon University and Peter Thiel - backed Open AI and the World Economic Forum , plans to convert the 30-acre historic former military base into a campus focused on environmental and social change . The EPIC Institute would establish the Epicenter for Climate Solutions at Fort Scott and focus on entrepreneurial and market-based solutions to climate change. Under the plan , WeWork will provide co - workspace and oversee management of the campus , which will host classrooms and incubator space for start - ups , while the other organisations will have a presence on the campus to carry out work aiming to improve a specific social issues .
WeWork was among the organisations that presented a consolidated proposal for the redevelopment of Presidio Fort Winfield Scott in San Francisco . The consortium , which includes the California Clean Energy Funds with the Manhattan Institute , the Elon University and Peter Thiel - backed Open AI and the World Economic Forum , plans to convert the 30-acre historic former military base into a campus focused on environmental and social change . Under the plan , WeWork will provide co - workspace and oversee management of the campus , which will host classrooms and incubator space for start - ups , while the other organisations will have a presence on the campus to carry out work aiming to improve a specific social issues .