Velric x The Foundry: Miami Hackathon | Venture Week 2026

​🧠 Speakers & Judges
• Gino Volpi – Angel Investor, CEO & Founder of CLU
• Jason Mars – Professor at University of Michigan, Founder & CEO of Jac & Jaseci
• Anishek Kamal – Senior Data & AI Architect at Microsoft, Founder of DebtZero, Angel Investor
• Madhvesh Kumar – Principal SWE at Mastercard
• Divyarani Raghupatruni – Senior Director of Product, Data & Orchestration at Alacriti, ex-Mastercard
• Anshul Sharma – Customer Success & Technical Leader at Cisco
• Sachin Sharma – Customer Success Specialist Leader, (CX) at Cisco

​🧩 Tracks
Teams choose one primary track.
• Crypto-Native Infrastructure
• Creator Infrastructure
• Infrastructure for Temporary Worlds
• Application & Language Infrastructure (hosted by Jac & Jaseci)

​👨‍👩‍👧 Team Rules
• Teams of 3–4 preferred
• Solo participation allowed but discouraged
• Pre-formed teams allowed

​💼 Hiring
Hiring happens directly from the hackathon.
To be considered, participants must complete a Velric mission.
velric.ai/signup

​🏆 Prizes
• $20,000 in prizes
• Prize categories and breakdown announced closer to the event

​🤝 Sponsors & Supporters
• University of Michigan
• Florida Coastal University
• Stanford ASES
• Lovable
• Cursor
• Ditto
• Jac & Jaseci

​⚙️ Additional Notes
• Speakers and panels will occur during the build and are optional
• Live demos and judging on the final day
• Food provided
• Photography throughout the event