c0mpiled-2/UAE: The Adaptive City

​🧠 c0mpiled-2/UAE: The Adaptive City

​📅 Saturday, February 7 | 4–10 PM

​​🍔 Dinner and Drinks provided! (First come, first serve)

​🎙️ Come early from 4-5 PM for team formation and networking!

​⚠️ Note: This event will be conducted primarily in English. 🇦🇪 Arabic language support and mentors will be available on-site.

​Challenge

​The Adaptive City invites builders to prototype the invisible systems shaping tomorrow’s UAE — agents that move information, coordinate logistics, and enhance civic life. In this four-hour sprint, teams will design AI-driven tools for government, real estate, tourism, and daily life, exploring how autonomy and alignment can make the Emirates more responsive, resilient, and human-centered.

​Prizes

• ​💰 Prizes
  • 1st place – $5,000
  • 2nd place – $2,000
  • 3rd place – $1,000
  

• ​​🏆 Office Hours with Jon Xu, a YC Partner

• ​​​🥇 ​​Awards for: The most beautiful, the biggest technical accomplishment, the most venture backable, and more!

​Judges

• ​Artur Romanov & Tim Cherkasov

  • ​Co-Founders @ Trace (YC Spring 2025)

• ​Courtne Marland

  • ​Co-Founder @ Lyra (YC Spring 2025)

• ​Hammad Malik

  • ​Co-Founder @ Uplift AI (YC Summer 2025)

• ​Manmohit Grewal

  • ​Co-founder @ Crustdata (YC Fall 2024)

• ​Max Prilutskiy & Veronica Prilutskaya

  • ​Co-Founders @ Lingo.dev (YC Fall 2024)

• ​Tom Koska & Luk Koska

  • ​Co-Founders @ SF Tensor (YC Fall 2025)

• ​Vignesh Subbiah

  • ​Cofounder @ Unbound Security (YC Summer 2025)

​About Transpose Platform

​Transpose Platform backs the next generation of venture builders - accelerators, studios, and emerging funds - supporting founders from inception to growth. Since 2015, our data-driven approach has focused on formation, giving us early access to exceptional startups and helping create, not just discover, category-defining companies.

​📩 Contact & Registration

​Transpose Platform - Sabba Petri (Chief Technical Officer) sabba@transposeplatform.vc - /sabbapetri