VC pitch night + hackathon
Hackathon where the most investible project wins a direct investment interview with Antler VC — one of the world's most active early-stage venture capital firms with over 1,500 portfolio companies globally.
🏆 The Prize
The winning team walks away with a direct investment interview with Antler VC. They've backed over 1,500 companies worldwide and are actively investing in San Francisco's next generation of founders.
🛠️ What You'll Build
Using N8N's visual workflow builder, Bolt's building tool, and Apify's web scraping and automation actors, each team will add a real, working feature to their existing startup — think lead generation pipelines, competitor monitoring, AI-powered data workflows, automated outreach, and more.
This isn't a traditional hackathon. No starting from scratch. No random team formation. You bring your startup, we give you the tools, and you leave with a working automation feature built into your product — and a shot at VC funding.
👥 Who This Is For
Early-stage founders with an existing product
Technical and non-technical teams welcome
Builders who want to ship a real feature in one day
Startups looking for their first VC conversation
Anyone serious about adding automation to their product
📋 What To Bring
Your laptop + access to your product
1–4 team members
A clear idea of what you want to automate
🗓️ Schedule
10:00 AM — Doors Open
Coffee, setup & early networking
10:30 AM — Welcome & Kickoff
Host intro, event rules & judging criteria
10:35 AM — Antler Intro (5 min)
Intro: what is Antler VC?
10:40 AM — Apify Demo (5 min)
Live demo: how to scrape & use Apify actors
10:45 AM — N8N Demo (5 min)
Live demo: how to build an automation workflow
10:50 AM — Bolt Demo (5 min)
Live demo: how to build with Bolt
11:00 AM — Build Sprint Begins
Attendees add N8N, Bolt, + Apify into their existing product
2:30 PM — Build Sprint Ends
Demo Video Due. Attendees compete for 2 finalist spots.
3:30 PM — Company Pitches + Demos
8 Finalists Present Live (5 min each — 40 min total)
4:20 PM — Judging + Winner Announced
Most investible project wins a direct Antler VC investment interview
4:30 PM — Networking + Snacks
Open networking — celebrate, connect & collaborate
5:00 PM — Event Ends
Final Round Judges:
Ryan Green - Principal @Antler
Matyáš Cimbulka - Engineer @Apify
Brian Gallagher - Sales @Bolt
Kaila Love - Founder @AI HomeGirl / N8N Ambassador
1st Round Judges:
Kamal Kishore - Senior Software Engineer @Google
Varsha Kori - Sr. UX Designer @Amazon
Karthik Rao - Engineering Leader @Amazon
Avneesh Sharma - Machine Learning Engineer @Amazon
Lakshmi Mamidala - Computing Architect @Boeing
Apify is the platform behind thousands of ready-to-use tools that give AI agents and apps access to web data, automation, and real-world information. But this meetup isn't a product pitch.
It's a community. See what people are building, learn something new, and meet the people doing the work.
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