USS Hornet Defense Tech Hackathon
ANNOUNCEMENT
See yall this weekend to hack on solving our nation's & allies' most pressing challenges. 🇺🇸🌎🇺🇦
Here's a briefing w/ important info you need to know for the hackathon.
Be advised:
Dress Warm (but stay frosty)
Bring an Umbrella (recommended)
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Event Details:
Come and build defense tech in a 2-day sprint on a WW2-era Aircraft Carrier, with problems sponsored by active military units looking for functional an in-demand solutions to battlefield problems.
Hack all night and crash in the below-decks bunks for that authentic Navy experience. Food, drink, hardware, and cloud/compute credits are provided for free to all contestants.
A limited number of tickets are available for purchase for people who wish to simply attend, hang out, meet founders, investors, and military personnel.
Starlink Terminals will be awarded to the top performing teams.
Join the Discord to stay in the loop for team formation and event logistics
Hardware Showcase on Nov 24th from 12-5pm is free to attend.
Timeline:
Day One - Nov 23rd
10:00 AM : Registration
10 - 12 PM : Team formation
12:00 PM : Kick-off Speeches
1 - 5 PM : Sponsor/ Partner Workshops
1 - 5 PM : Mentors circulate with teams
6:00 PM : Sunset PT on the Flight Deck
7:00 PM : Dinner
8:00 PM - overnight : Hacking goes all night with 100+ sleeping bunks belowdecks
11 PM - Late Night Snacks + Drinks
Day Two - Nov 24th
8:00 AM : Sunrise PT on Flight Deck
9:00 AM : Breakfast
12 - 5PM : Hardware showcase - robots, drones, dual-use tech
3:30 PM : Judging circulate among teams
5:00 PM : Top 5 team presentations
6:00 PM : Top 3 teams chosen + awards
7:00 PM : Dinner
8 - 12PM : Robot-tended open bar + live music
Hardware Sponsor: CodeMetal
Why: Our mission is to safeguard and ensure a resilient future for the free world. Addressing our nation's most pressing defense and national security challenges is paramount, now more than ever.
Vision: Our goal is to rapidly develop solutions/innovations for national security problems by hosting a joint operation combining, private sector startups/companies, defense VCs, top engineering talent, and gov/DoD leaders
What: A two-day event with 350+ hackers and 50+ investors, founders and military personnel held aboard a WW2-era Aircraft Carrier in Alameda, CA
When: Nov 23-24, 2024
Where: USS Hornet in Alameda CA
Who: Confirmed Naval Special Warfare, MIT Lincon Labs, Ukraine MoD, Anduril, Former/Active SOF personnel, and Defense VC's.
For inquiries about sponsorship opportunities or presenting at the showcase please visit www.defense-tech-hackathon.com or email andrew@hyperstition.tech
Thank you to our sponsors:
Platinum Sponsors:
Codemetal - AI-powered development at the edge, generated verified code for hardware and deploy with ease
E1 Ventures - A systematic venture capital firm in silicon valley leveraging proprietary algorithms and data science to identify the best opportunities
Gold Sponsors:
Fenwick - The number one law firm in silicon valley helping founders from first incorporation documents to IPO
Codeium - Creators of the Windusrf editor, the best AI-powered coding extension that integrates with your IDE of choice
Zo House - A network of in-person spaces for creators to work, live, socialize and network
AWS - Powering the worlds compute and database needs
Silver Sponsors:
Restack - Autonomous AI that can streamline engineering workflows like PR reviews, code migrations and bug detection
Omnistack - Infrastructure for teams to manage prompts, evaluate pipelines, and easily switch between any LLM model
Hover - Commercial drone delivery with over 11,000 successful deliveries
Openmind AGI - An operating system for intelligent machines with on-chain robot governance
OpenBabylon - Enabling AI companies to go truly global customizing LLMS for every language
Merlin - Developing non-human pilots that can operate a wide variety of aircraft
Elodin - Flight software simulations and hardware for satellites, drones and defense