Night Hack by Founders, Inc.

​50 teams showed up for the first Night Hack. 100 came to the second. They shipped secure sandboxes, robot-training pipelines, sports tech, and more.

​Now we’re making the third Night Hack even bigger.

​One night at Founders, Inc. in Fort Mason. Build hardware, software, or both. You have five hours to ship something real.

​Live demos only. No slides. No localhost.

​Credits & prizes

​1st prize gets $5,000 in Anthropic credits

​2nd prize gets $3,000 in Anthropic credits

​3rd prize gets $2,000 in Anthropic credits

​What counts

​Build something completely new, or add a substantial new capability to an existing project.

​Existing libraries, models, APIs, infrastructure, codebases, and prebuilt hardware are allowed as a starting point, but disclose what existed before kickoff. Judges will evaluate the new work completed during Night Hack.

​Who this is for

​Engineers, technical founders, researchers, designers, and operators.

​Solo or team. First project or fiftieth. Every teammate must apply separately and receive approval.

​Details

• ​Date: Friday, July 24

• ​Check-in: 6:30 PM

• ​Hacking: 7:00 PM–12:00 AM

• ​Finalist demos + winners: 12:45 AM

• ​No re-entry after: 11:00 PM

• ​Capacity: Up to 200 builders

​Building with hardware?

​Hardware is welcome, but you must bring your own. Bring a complete working rig, every component, tool, cable, charger, spare, and a software or simulation fallback.

• ​We unfortunately can't supply hardware or access to the electronics lab, given the hundreds in attendance.

• ​This means: No hardware, tools, soldering, fabrication, or 3D printing from the lab. You may bring your own 3D printer.

​Supported by

​Anthropic
Providing Claude credits for eligible checked-in builders and the $5,000, $2,000, and $3,000 credit prizes for the winning teams.

​Cursor
Cursor is a coding agent for building ambitious software.

​Bolt.new
Bolt.new helps builders create and ship full-stack apps with AI.

​Convex
Convex is the reactive TypeScript backend for agents and full-stack apps, with a free tier available to hackathon teams.

​About Founders, Inc.

​Founders, Inc. backs early-stage founders in emerging tech with $100K–$250K first checks. We run programs, sprints, and hackathons from our 42,000 sq. ft. campus in Fort Mason.

​Accepted builders will receive the attendee Discord and final event instructions after confirming through Luma.

​This event may be photographed or recorded. Builders under 18 must have parent or guardian permission to attend.