The Venus Project is a 501(c) nonprofit organization founded by architect and social engineer Jacque Fresco.

[1] Fresco, along with his partner Roxanne Meadows, founded this project with a socioeconomic model to develop a resource-based economy for human beings utilizing technology.

[3][2] In 1970, Fresco formed an organization, Sociocybereneering Inc, based on the idea of combining technology and energy conservation strategies.

Later, Fresco and his partner Roxanne Meadows purchased 21 acres (8.5 ha) of farmland in Venus, Florida, an unincorporated community in southeastern Highlands County, Florida in order to conduct different types of research about their futuristic architectural design and city models.

[3][4] Fresco and Meadows began creating buildings and other infrastructure to actualize their idea of energy-efficient cities.