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A NEW AGENTHACKATHON
Build autonomous AI systems that shape the future. Join 200+ builders for one extraordinary day of innovation.
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$500K–$2M+ from Afore Capital
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About the Event
Shaping the Futureof Autonomous AI
A one-day intensive hackathon where builders create autonomous AI systems that will define tomorrow's technology landscape.
AI Innovation
Build cutting-edge autonomous AI agents using the latest technologies and frameworks.
Expert Mentorship
Learn from industry leaders, VCs, and successful founders in the AI space.
Funding Opportunity
Top teams may access Afore Capital's $500K–$2M+ pre-seed funding program.
Three-Part Series
The Hackathon Trilogy
Join us for three transformative events, each building on the last, culminating in the ultimate AI innovation challenge
A NEW AGENT
Build the next generation of autonomous AI agents
VIP Founder's Mixer
Exclusive kickoff dinner for top 10% of applicants
* For top 10% of applicants (selected from 400+)
THE DROIDS STRIKE BACK
From bits to atoms. Build AI-powered robots that interact with the physical world.
RETURN OF THE AGENTS
The grand finale. The ultimate AI agent showdown.
Event Timeline
Event Schedule
October 11, 2025 • San Francisco, CA
Saturday, October 11
Full Day Schedule
Rewards & Recognition
Prizes & Opportunities
$5,000 Prize Pool - Distributed Among Top 3 Teams
Afore Capital Pre-Seed Program
Beyond cash prizes, exceptional teams may be considered for
Transform your hackathon project into a funded startup with backing from Silicon Valley's premier early-stage fund.
1st Place
Plus mentorship from industry leaders
2nd Place
Plus accelerator program access
3rd Place
Plus cloud credits & resources
Expert Panel
Speakers, Judges & Mentors
Learn from and be evaluated by leading experts in AI, robotics, and venture capital
Keynote Speakers
Ashish
Co-Founder & CTO
Eudia
Ashish is an AI and tech leader with two decades of experience across Google, Amazon, Apple, IBM Research, and AI startups. He is now the Co-Founder a...
Mansi
Community Lead & Workshop Facilitator
Google Developers Group
Mansi is a passionate community leader at Google Developers Group, dedicated to fostering innovation and collaboration. At this hackathon, she's leadi...
Hackathon Judges
Ashish
Co-Founder & CTO
Eudia
Ashish is an AI and tech leader with two decades of experience across Google, Amazon, Apple, IBM Research, and AI startups. He is now the Co-Founder a...
Anirudh
Founder
Redapto (YC F25)
Anirudh is the founder of Redapto (YC F25). Before that, he worked on ML systems research and deployed AI agents across production use cases at Coinba...
Ankit Talwar
Director of Product Management for AI
Dell Technologies
Ankit Talwar is the Director of Product Management for AI at Dell Technologies, with extensive experience leading large-scale AI transformations and d...
Zhen Li
AI Investment Lead
INCE Capital
Formerly a product manager at Scale AI and Amazon, Zhen now leads AI investments at INCE Capital.
Swetha Sekhar
Staff Data Engineer
OpenAI
Swetha Sekhar is a Staff Data Engineer at OpenAI, building reliable and robust infrastructure to support AI Safety and research initiatives.
Amar Saurabh
Product Leader
TikTok
Amar Saurabh is a Product Leader with over 12 years of experience driving multi-billion-dollar products at Meta, TikTok, and PayPal. He's led initiati...
Rakesh Pullayikodi
Principal Software Engineer
Palo Alto Networks
Rakesh brings over 15+ years of experience designing and architecting secure, scalable data platforms and real-time streaming systems across industrie...
Naveen Kumar Kotha
Senior Staff Engineer
Blue Yonder
Naveen Kumar Kotha is a Senior Staff Engineer at Blue Yonder, specializing in AI observability and large-scale enterprise system architecture.
Tyler Postle
CEO
Voker
Tyler Postle is the CEO of Voker, the leading AI development platform for product engineering teams building intelligent software. Customers leverage ...
Oliviero Pinotti
Co-founder
Solstis
Oliviero Pinotti is Co-founder of Solstis - Infrastructure for AI agents. Previously engineering Workflows at Stacksync (YC W24), 2x Founder and self-...
Saraswati
Data Engineer
AI Infrastructure Specialist
Saraswati is a Data Engineer specializing in scalable, observable AI infrastructure. With nearly a decade of experience bridging big data systems and ...
Shrey
Forward Deployed Engineer
Palantir Technologies
Shrey is a Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir Technologies, leading several AI-focused strategic and product initiatives across the company. With 5...
Dhyey Mavani
AI Software Engineer
Dhyey Mavani is recognized for his pioneering work in artificial intelligence and applied computational mathematics. At LinkedIn, he has led large-sca...
Pratik
Co-founder & CEO
Solstis
Pratik is the co-founder and CEO of Solstis (Vercel for AI Agents), a platform that lets users build and deploy AI Agents in natural language to autom...
Alisa Wu
CEO & Co-founder
Bluma (YC F25)
Alisa Wu is the CEO and Co-founder of Bluma (YC F25), the Canva for short-form video ads. Businesses use Bluma to produce, iterate, and scale daily vi...
Arzu Suleymanova
Data Analyst & EdTech Founder
AI-Powered Analytics Specialist
Arzu Suleymanova is a Data Analyst & EdTech Founder specializing in AI-powered analytics, cloud automation, and data-driven product innovation.
Alen Rubilar-Muñoz
Co-Founder & CTO
Velum Labs (YC F25)
Alen Rubilar-Muñoz is the Co-Founder and CTO of Velum Labs (YC F25), where he leads research and development in privacy-preserving machine learning an...
Benjamin
Co-Founder & CEO
Velum Labs (YC F25)
Benjamin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Velum Labs (YC F25), a company building the future of AI privacy leveraging fully-homomorphic encryption. A Stan...
Hitesh
Engineering Leader
Intuit
Engineering Leader @ Intuit. Architecting and scaling high-performance FinTech/HCM solutions. Driving innovation by implementing Agentic AI solution f...
Judge Categories
AI Researchers
Pioneers in autonomous systems and machine learning
Successful Founders
Entrepreneurs who've built and scaled AI companies
Venture Capitalists
Investors focused on AI and deep tech
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