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E/acc Hackathon

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London, England
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โ€‹E/acc is hosting its biggest hackathon in London on Jan 27! >160 super talented + vetted engineers, $200k in prizes, and a shit ton of Tenzing.

โ€‹๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Themes

  • โ€‹Techno-optimism: there are builders from diverse industries like AI, SaaS, Neurotech, Biotech, Robotics, etc doing everything from software to hardware :) just build something fucking cool, that's the only requirement

โ€‹๐Ÿ’ฐ Prizes

  • โ€‹1st: $100,000 AWS credits + ElevenLabs $5k plan + BRAIN SCAN!!!

  • โ€‹2nd: $100,000 AWS credits + ElevenLabs credits + RAY BAN META GLASSES!!!

  • โ€‹3rd: ElevenLabs + Mystic credits

โ€‹๐Ÿ“… Structure

  • โ€‹Saturday 12:00 - 12:30 โ€” Kick-off talk

  • โ€‹Saturday 12:30 - Sunday 15:00 โ€” SHIP!

  • โ€‹Sunday 15:00 - 15:30 โ€” Awards

โ€‹โค๏ธ Sponsors

  • โ€‹Mystic.ai and ElevenLabs are providing free access to their APIs for all participants

  • โ€‹Unlimited Tenzing for everyone

  • โ€‹Custom Zyn from Outerop + e/acc

  • โ€‹TriplePoint Ventures is the big daddy sponsor tho :D

โ€‹๐Ÿค Team Matchmaking

  • โ€‹Find your teammates either on Discord before the hackathon starts or at the beginning of the event in person

โ€‹๐Ÿ“œ Rules:

  • โ€‹Team size: 1-3

  • โ€‹Late submissions are not considered for prizes

โ€‹๐ŸŒ Final-round Judges

  • โ€‹Jorn Lyseggen, founder @ Meltwater

  • โ€‹Sriram Krishnan, GP @ a16z

  • โ€‹Carmen Alfonso Rico, founder @ Cocoa VC

โ€‹๐ŸŽฏ Judging Criteria

  • โ€‹Creativity โ€“ is this novel or suprising?

  • โ€‹Ambition โ€“ do people laugh at you when they learn about what you're building?

โ€‹Note that food is not provided. Just stimulants lol. Your QR code will be scanned by a doorman for entry, found in an acceptance email. Please do not share your QR code!

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