AI-Native Startup Hackathon | #SFTechWeek

What if you could go from idea to startup in a single day? Join founders, builders, creators, students, and entrepreneurs for an intensive one-day challenge where you’ll use Kylon and AI teammates to turn an idea into a real, launch-ready startup. ​This isn’t a traditional hackathon focused on writing the most code. The goal is to build a complete business — validate a real problem, develop the product, create your AI-powered organization, and pitch your startup. ​What You’ll Build:​Throughout the day, your team will work through the key stages of building a startup: Discover — Identify a meaningful problem and define your customer ​Validate — Research the market and test your assumptions ​Build — Create your product and working MVP ​Organize — Build AI teammates to help with product, research, marketing, sales, strategy, and more ​Launch — Develop your brand, landing page, business model, and go-to-market strategy ​Pitch — Present your startup, product, and vision to judges and investorsYour AI TeamWith Kylon, you’ll build an AI-powered organization designed around your startup. Create the teammates you need — from AI co-founders and product managers to researchers, engineers, marketers, sales agents, and strategic advisors — and use them to accelerate your startup throughout the challenge. Who Should Join?Founders • Developers • Designers • Product Managers • Students • Marketers • Business Owners • Researchers • EntrepreneursYou don’t need to be a technical expert. A strong idea, domain knowledge, creativity, and the ability to use AI effectively can be just as valuable.What Judges Will Look For:​ - Problem & customer validation - Market opportunity - Product quality - Business model - ​AI-native execution - Creativity and effectiveness of AI teammates - Go-to-market strategy - Startup potential- ​Quality of the final pitch and demo - The GoalBy the end of the day, you won’t just have a prototype.You’ll have the foundation of a real AI-native startup — and the opportunity to put it in front of mentors, investors, and the broader startup community.One day. One idea. One startup.Build your AI-native startup with Kylon.This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com