A thousand petals One welcoming house

From a house in Thimphu.

Dabtong House is a non-profit organization coordinating academic and research in Bhutan, supporting the Bhutan AI community, and building a Japanese tea house in partnership with His Majesty's Office.

What we do

A small house, with wide doors.

We fund, build, coordinate, and host — and lean on a network of partners to make each project happen on the ground.

Dabtong (འདབ་སྟོང་།) means a thousand petals. House means a welcoming space. We are the operational home in Bhutan for a set of long-running projects across education, technology, craft, and community.

Tea House in Thimphu

Building a traditional tea house in partnership with the King of Bhutan's Office.

Academic Exchange

Identifying Bhutanese students for international Master's programs and supporting their transition abroad.

Bhutan AI Community

Local meet-ups, study groups, and events around agentic coding and AI in Bhutan.

Recent

May 2026

Blockchain bootcamp and hackathon in Thimphu

Dabtong House supported Henkaku Center's recent blockchain bootcamp and hackathon by sponsoring Claude accounts for Bhutanese participants — a small piece of a longer effort to make agentic tools accessible to builders in Bhutan.