Untechnically | Non-Technical Builder AI Hackathon
Silicon Valley has long celebrated technical founders and engineers, often overlooking the creative minds held back by a lack of coding skills.
We believe that anyone with a great idea should be able to build, with or without a CS degree. That’s why we are Untechnically, a collective dedicated to empowering the “non-tech” people to build! By creating an encouraging and educational environment, we want to help everyone explore the daunting technical aspects of building a product and bringing their creativity to life.
Whether it’s software, a game, or a Chrome extension, let’s discover what your MVP looks like and build it with the help of AI.
Who we’re looking for:
Example A: a product manager with great ideas but no clue how to bring them to life.
Example B: a marketer who wants to build a game but doesn’t know how to code in Unity.
Example C: You, reading this post :D
Join us on Saturday for a fun, low-stress, four-hour mini-hackathon! Take it as a chance to explore the best AI coding tools on the market and an opportunity to put your heart into building stuff.
Agenda:
⏰ 2:00–2:30 PM: Kickoff + Idea Sharing
⚙️ 2:30–3:30 PM: AI Tool Setup (Cursor, Trae, Codeium, etc.) + Workflows Sharing
🚀 3:30–5:30 PM: Build Your MVP
🎤 5:30–6:00 PM: Demo Time! Pitch what you made—and what’s next.
Bonus: We have several technical builders on-site to unblock you during the process.
Judge & Technical Volunteer
Judges:
Julie Shi, serial entrepreneur, AI/Fintech builder. Built a $50K/mo DeFi AI agent & won MIT's 2023 GenAI competition.
Georgia Lin, TPM @Tesla Autopilot, serial builder.
Volunteers:
Lorraine Lyu, software developer @Google
Ellen Ding, software developer @Doordash
Harsh Raj, PM @Walmart
Sponsor
Special thanks to Beta University as our partner for providing the wonderful venue. Beta University help founders build VC-ready companies with proven know-how from the heart of Silicon Valley through an 8-week pre-acceleration program. Apply now!