Mad Hack #4: Agentic Loops
What is it?
Our seasonal hackathon for 100 select developers. Come as you are, create something new, and impress some cool people.
How does it work?
We help you form teams of max 3 devs
Build something people want in 10 hours
Deliver a demo to your new friends in 2 minutes
What should I expect?
Get started with loops and the basics of Loop Engineering.
Ship a 0 to 1 application or feature
Compete to impress excellent developers
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Who will jury?
Markus Skagemo, CTO @ Crunched (YC F25)
Stefan Mandaric, CTO @ Moritz (YC W26)
Sven Myhre, CTO @ Ara (YC P26)
Bob Deforce, Startups @ Anthropic
William Imoh, Team @ AI Mad Lab
What criteria do they use?
How real is the problem the project solves? 50%
How well are the demos implemented? 50%
How do I give a great demo?
Share your team name
Our solution helps [user X] solve [task Y] by [solution Z]
Demo how a user would solve the task using the solution
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What does our day look like?
09:30: Doors open! Best advise: be early
10:00am: Introduction to task
10:30am: Create a team
11:00am: Coding begins!
12:00pm: Free lunch
5:00pm: Free dinner
7:00pm: Live demos
7:30pm: Winners announced
8:00pm: Doors close
Where do I go?
Startuplab is located in Oslo Science Park
Metro is the best way to get there, plan accordingly. You can also take a tram to Forskningsparken, bus to Gaustad, or a Voi from Majorstuen.
Enter by main entrance (it's not the garage on Google Maps)
_____________HOW TO PREPARE______________
Arrive with a couple ideas
Everyone has equal opportunity to prepare.
Recommended resources
Models: Anthropic
Hosting: Github MCP
Deployment: Vercel MCP
Database: Supabase MCP
Sandboxes: Daytona MCP
Compute: Runpod MCP
Practicals
Bring your laptop, charger, headset
Use Guest Wifi. No password required
Please leave rooms super clean
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