WOMEN BUILD AI: Female-only Venture Sprint by CWAI & Z2D
⚡️ Women Build AI: Z2D × Connected Women in AI
Build an AI startup in a weekend.
Zero-to-Demo is going all-women for the first time.
Together with Connected Women in AI, we’re filling a room with the most ambitious women building in Copenhagen: engineers, designers, product people, data analysts and domain experts who’d rather build the thing than talk about it.
You get 36 hours to take an idea from zero to a working AI product, then demo it live to a jury of founders and investors. It’s intense and a little chaotic, and you’ll ship more in one weekend than you normally would in a month.
Around 80% of the teams from our last cohort kept building after the weekend. Our alumni have since raised from Antler and from a16z and Sequoia scout funds.
Limited to 20 teams.
📅 Schedule
Monday, Nov 16: Match & Ideate
17:00 — Meet the Cohort & Form Teams
20:00 — Wrap
Tuesday–Friday, Nov 17–20: The week in between
Nothing on-site, so get on with your week. If you want a head start, stay in touch with your team, work on your idea and reach out to our mentors.
Day 1 — Saturday, Nov 21
09:00 — Doors Open & Welcome
09:30 — Kick-Off
13:00 — Lunch
13:30 — Building (Mentors on-Site)
20:00 — Pitch & Dine: Show your Day 1 Progress
22:00 — Day 1 Wrap
Day 2 — Sunday, Nov 22
09:00 — Doors Open
15:00 — Pre-Selection Announcement
16:00 — Live Demos & Judging
18:00 — Winner Announcement
18:10 — After-Event
22:00 — Wrap
📍 Location
Djøf Copenhagen
👥 Who it’s for
You don’t have to code, but you do have to build.
Engineers, data people, product people, designers, and domain experts who can help take an idea to a working demo. Whether you’re a seasoned builder or doing this for the first time, apply.
Apply solo, as a partial team, or as a full team.
⚙️ How it works
Commitment: Monday evening and the full weekend
36-hour sprint, Saturday morning to Sunday evening
Build an AI-powered product for a real problem, from scratch
Mentors on-site all weekend
Every team pitches on Saturday night and gets feedback
Finalists demo live to the jury on Sunday
Demo over deck: show it works
Everyone starts building at Saturday’s kick-off. Teams can’t arrive with a product that’s already largely built. If you’re unsure whether your project is eligible, contact us.
🤝 After the weekend
Access to the Z2D alumni network and the CWAI community
We keep backing the strongest teams after the weekend with intros to investors, co-founders, hires and first customers
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Apply solo or as a team.