Vancouver after dark hackathon

​On October 26-27, we're running an overnight hackathon at UBC where the prize will be a lunch with John Collison.

​​​Time is of the essence – lunch is on Monday 28, and to get there, you must build something really exciting on Saturday.

​​​For students, recent graduates, and AI builders with less than three years of professional experience. Pizza, Red Bull, and OpenAI credits included.

​​​Back yourself? Apply now.

​​​Hackathon Agenda:

​​​Saturday:

​​​12PM: Registration and kick off

​​​3-4PM: 10 minute check in with EF mentors

​​​Sunday:

​​​8:30AM: Demo submission

​​​9AM: Demo pitches

​​​10AM: Keynote and awards

​​Monday Evening or Tuesday early morning

​​Flight to San Francisco

​​Tuesday:

​​​12PM: Lunch with John Collison

​​​About Entrepreneur First:

​​​Entrepreneur First invests in exceptional individuals to build startups from scratch. We bring together people with extraordinary futures to develop their most ambitious ideas and raise funding from the world’s best investors (Reid Hoffman, Demis Hassabis, John & Patrick Collison).

​​​Since pioneering Talent Investing in 2014, we’ve learned to recognise individuals with extraordinary futures before anyone else, embedding them in a community of other ambitious people and giving them the tools they need to succeed, fast. We’ll back you before you have a company, a team, even before you have an idea, based purely on your talent.

​​​The startups co-founded via our programmes are now worth over $10B, and include Tractable, Magic Pony Technology, Cleo, Omnipresent, Aztec, Transcelestial, Friday Finance, and many more.