Emergent Hacks

​Emergent is hosting its first annual hackathon, with a twist.

1. ​Build a project. Keep a public page with the problem, demo, and team.

2. ​Meet the other teams. Read their updates, visit demos, and ask questions.

3. ​Invest in three rounds. Allocate a fresh credit budget privately before each deadline.

4. ​Finish and submit. Judges evaluate the work independently of funding.

​Our Judges:

• ​Sonia Phene (Emergent '25): Google Deep Mind, ex-OpenAI

• ​Tanay Padhi (Emergent '26): Co-Founder @ Drawbridge, Venture Scout @ a16z, ex-Googe

• ​Henry Dowling (Emergent '25): Building @ Stash

• ​Jessica Sadick (Emergent '25): Senior Principal Scientist @ Valo

• ​Norman Owens (Emergent '26): Sr. Solutions Architect @ AWS

​Schedule:

​Saturday

• ​9:30am-10:00am Check-in

• ​10 a.m. Welcome & team forming

• ​11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Round 1 · First investments

• ​Noon Lunch

• ​1–6 p.m. Building

• ​6 p.m. Funding reveal. See the first-round funding totals.

• ​6–7 p.m. Building

• ​7 p.m. Dinner

• ​8–9 p.m. Building

• ​9:00 PM – 9:30 PM Round 2 · Second investments

• ​9:30 p.m.–midnight Building

• ​Midnight Ice cream social

​Sunday

• ​12:00a.m. –10 a.m. Building continues

• ​10:00 AM – 10:45 AM Final submissions

• ​11 a.m.–noon: Pitches. Show what you built.

• ​12:00 PM – 12:30 PM: Round 3 · Final investments

• ​12:30 PM – 12:45 PM Community vote

• ​1:15 p.m. Winners announced, closing ceremony

​Register now. Enrollment capped at 100.