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Join us after work on Monday 10th March to find out: How much more productive can AI tools really make you? Could you go from idea to MVP in just over two hours? And how close are we to fully self-driving startups? Let’s find out!

We’re excited to host two hours of non-stop AI-assisted coding, with projects judged at the end and prizes awarded.

Huge shoutout to the teams at Iterate, Monzo and Vanta for making this happen.

Will there be presentations and a winner?

• The hackathon starts at 6pm sharp, if you arrive late you will have less time to build
• At 8:15pm, judges will perform an initial assessment to determine five top projects
• At 8:45pm these five top projects will present to the entire audience and a single winner will be chosen by popular vote
• The single winner will receive a £1,000 cash prize, kindly sponsored by Vanta.

Please note, to be be considered to win the hackathon (and the prize money), you must agree:

• Your project must be ready at 8:15pm
• Projects must be original work, with any reused code clearly noted
• Final decisions, including tie-breakers and disqualifications, are entirely at the judges’ discretion

Living proof that this can be won, Britannio who finished in 1st place last time, with the Slop Factory. All built in three hours.

Is this limited to programmers and software?

No, you can make whatever cool thing you want. Provided you lean heavily on AI and start from scratch. You could make an AI generated movie. Or podcast. Or generate a high fidelity rebrand for a company.

The idea is to test just how much leverage you can get in any line of work relative to the “old way of doing things”

How big should teams be?

Probably just one. Three hours is a pretty short time window to ship. Would hate to spend all of that time in sprint planning.

🍕Will there be food and drink?

Yes.

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