Welcome to AI hackathon in San Francisco. During this one-day event, your team will have the opportunity to utilize APIs from all of our hackathon partners' products and build projects to compete for prizes.

Throughout the day, we will have tech talks, hands-on workshops and tutorials, mentor office hours, and more. Apply now to come hack with us.

Prizes:

Agenda:
- 9:00am: hackathon opening
- 9:30am: tech talks, tutorials, form teams
- 10:30am: hack starts, office hours
- 12:00pm: lunch break
- 1:00pm: hack continues, office hour
- 5:00pm: demo & Judging & Celebration!

Teams Formation and Registration:
Please try your best to form teams beforehand. Join the discord for team registration, formation and matching: Join Discord

Rules:
- Must be running code and cannot be PowerPoint slides.
- Recorded video of code running is acceptable.
- To qualify for the AWS prizes, winners must provide the name of a startup with which they are associated (e.g., founder/co-founder, founding member, or employee). The credits can only be applied to one AWS account and cannot be split.

Sponsors and Partners:
- Trae: Trae is a leading AI coding IDE with over 1 million monthly active users. Designed for speed and simplicity, Trae delivers an exceptional developer experience at a highly competitive price, helping you build faster, smarter, and easier.Learn More
- Pond: The leading AI startup launchpad—empowering companies with hackathons, token launches, talent, and growth from day one. Learn More
- Wefunder: Wefunder allows anyone to invest as little as $100 in startups and small businesses. Founders can leverage communities to raise their next round with ease. Learn More.
- CodeRepublik: End to end product development for AI Learn More.
- ApiFY: Your full‑stack platform for web scraping Learn More.

We are actively seeking sponsors to support the event and community. Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food/drink, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only speak at the events, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 50,000+ AI developers in San Francisco and 500K+ worldwide.

Judges:
- Gary Qi (Trae)
- Christopher Rogers (Pond)
- Atul Ahirrao
- Devinder Sodhi (AICamp)
more to be announced.

Food and Drink:
We will provide food, drink and snacks throughout the day

Venue:
Wefunder, 1885 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103

FAQs
Q: What to build?
A: you can build anything, such as MCP, AI agent, RAG, applications powered by LLMs, AI assistant, etc..

Q: How many people can be on a single team?
A: Up to 5 people can be on a single team.

Q: Do I have to have a team to participate?
A: No. We will have team matching, or you can come with a team or solo.

Q: What experience level is needed to attend?
A: All experience levels are welcome!

Q: Do I have to be in-person?
A: Yes, you and your team will all have to be in-person.

Local and Global AI Community on Discord
Join us on discord for local and global AI tech community:
- Events chat: chat and connect with speakers and global and local attendees;
- Learning AI: events, learning materials, study groups;
- Startups: innovation, projects collaborations, founders/co-founders;
- Jobs and Careers: job openings, post resumes, hiring managers;