WAVE'S UP · EP01 — From Hack to Harbor

WAVE'S UP EP01 | From Hack to HarborWAVEMakers Meetup Series · EP01 · Hong KongEvery builder hits the same gap: the demo works, the weekend is over, what's next? Credits, teammates, first users, someone who's actually done it. The distance between a winning hack and a working startup is the least documented mile in tech.The format is simple: builders show; the harbor responds.On July 11 in Hong Kong, that mile comes into one room: raw, early-stage projects demo live — no polish, no theater — with WAVE, AWS's startup team, AdventureX, investors, and ecosystem partners from across the Greater Bay Area.Plus a look at the map: where AI startups are heading across China, SEA, the Middle East and the West, what Hong Kong's ecosystem actually offers an early team setting out from here.⏰ Agenda (Sat, 11 July)🌊 Who should come — and what you'll walk away with🌊 Event DetailsCo-hosted by WAVE · AdventureX · AWSSupported by 硅星人 · BitGates · HKUST MSSS Entrepreneurship Club · EverformWAVE is an organization connecting the global AI ecosystem headquartered in Singapore. WAVE opens with a global connector's view: watching startup ecosystems across China, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and the West at the same time, we'll share what we're seeing right now: where AI startups are heading, which markets are heating up, and what the path from a hackathon project to a real company actually looks like.AdventureX is China's largest youth hackathon — the Hangzhou edition in late July expects 800+ young creators worldwide. They'll talk about builder culture, how the community works, and issue an open call: Hong Kong builders are welcome in Hangzhou.AWS will lay out what early teams can get right now: Activate credits (from US$1,000 self-funded, up to US$100k with institutional backing, more for AI-native teams), model credits for Anthropic and other leading models on Amazon Bedrock, 1:1 solutions-architect support — and how to apply on the spot.