HACK UK: a16z Hackathon

​Join us for the HACK UK a16z Hackathon on October 5-6 in London, where we'll bring together some of the most talented developers from the UK and EU to compete across AI, crypto, bio, and frontier tech tracks.

​​🖼️ Themes

• ​“Owning the Internet”

  • ​Today’s blockchains and crypto infrastructure enable an internet without extractive middlemen and a growing paradigm of applications where users can verifiably own their identity, content, and data, and developers can permissionlessly build with composable ‘legos’ across financial, social, and media ecosystems, unlocking entirely new consumer experiences. 

• ​“Augmented Humanity”

  • ​With state-of-the-art open source AI models and rapidly decreasing compute costs, it’s never been easier to build something that 50x’s the professional or creative output of the most capable humans. 

• ​“Build Back Britain” 

  • ​Develop projects that strengthen the UK’s public infrastructure from upgrades to digital health services, to education and local business support. 

• ​“Humans as First Class Digital Citizens” 

  • ​As AI becomes increasingly integrated into our digital lives, distinguishing human-generated content from AI and verifying humanity online is more challenging than ever. Explore solutions for verifying media authenticity, provenance, and unique personhood, while building mechanisms that enhance human-agent cooperation.

• ​“The Future of Health”

  • ​Healthcare & life sciences are two of the largest final frontiers for true modernization through engineering & technology. We believe the next decade will see a seismic shift in these multi-trillion dollar industries as AI & blockchains reinvent how we diagnose, treat, and manage disease and deliver health.

​​📜 Applications

• ​Applications will be approved on a rolling basis, once a decision has been made, you'll receive an email.

• ​If you are accepted you will need the QR code in the email to gain entrance and an ID.

• ​If you are applying with a team, please each fill out an individual application and provide your teammates emails (when asked) in order to link the applications.

• ​Max team size is 3.

​​💰 Prizes

• ​To be announced.....

​​📅 Structure

• ​​Saturday 8:30 - 9:30am: Check-in opens

• ​Saturday 9:30 - 10:00am: Kick-off speeches

• ​​Saturday 10:00 - Sunday 15:00: Build, build, build

• ​​Sunday 16:30 - 17:00: Winners' ceremony

​Note meals, snacks, treats and caffeine will be provided throughout the hackathon 🍕🍪🥗🍦🥨

​​🌍 Final-round Judges

• ​​To be announced.....

​​🎯 Judging Criteria

• ​Creativity & Novelty: How novel and creative is the project? To what extent does the project introduce an innovative idea or approach that has not been widely explored?

• ​Ambition / Scope: How wide-reaching is the project in terms of its goals or features? Does the project have potential to scale to something much bigger than its current form?

• ​Technical Difficulty: How complex and challenging is the implementation of the project?