Cyberdefense Hackathon #SFTechWeek
As AI gets more capable, so do the threats.
AI is reshaping the economics of cyberattacks: vulnerabilities can be found faster, attacks automated, and sophisticated techniques deployed at unprecedented scale.
Recent security tests also show frontier AI systems escaping controlled environments and reaching real-world systems. Yet this shift gives defenders a rare opportunity to rethink how we secure critical software, infrastructure, and digital systems.
We want to bring together developers, security engineers, ML/AI engineers, infrastructure engineers, and agent builders to tackle this head-on.
🛡️ What You’re Building For
Threat discovery · find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and attack paths before they’re exploited
Attack intelligence · turn fragmented signals into a clear picture of what’s happening
Autonomous remediation · patch, harden, and verify fixes with minimal human intervention
Continuous defense · systems that monitor, adapt, and respond as threats evolve
Speakers
Corbett Waddingham - Head of Developer Relations @ Guild.ai
Greg Osuri - Founder @ Akash Network
Guy Arazi - Co-Founder & CEO @ Pi
Zoe Steinkamp - Senior Developer Advocate @ Clickhouse
Milan Williams - Product @ Semgrep
Judges
Mike Caballero - Engineering @ Pi
Rishiraj Chandra - Software Engineer @ Pi
Saptarshi Banerjee - Applied AI Specialist Architect @ OpenAI
Corbett Waddingham - Head of Developer Relations @ Guild.ai
Pradeep Dhananjaya - Tech lead @ AWS
Greg Osuri - Founder @ Akash Network
Dustin Healy - Full Stack Software Engineer @ Clickhouse
Daghan Altas - Head of Product @ Semgrep
Benjamin Shafii - Founder & CEO @ OpenWork
Pedro S. Lopez - Software Engineering @ Airbyte
Henry Heng - Co-Founder & CEO FlowiseAI (Workday)
Bryce Neil - Co-Founder, CEO @ Visibl Semiconductors
Rakesh KP - Principal Engineer Software @ PaloAlto Networks
Agenda
9:30 AM — Doors Open + Opening Remarks
11:00 AM — Kickoff & Hack
1:30 PM — Lunch
4:30 PM — Project Submission
5:00 PM — Finalist Demos + Judging
7:00 PM — Awards + Closing
Our Partners
OpenAI · Frontier AI research and developer infrastructure for building advanced models and intelligent agents.
MongoDB · AI-ready data platform for building apps with operational data, search, and vectors.
Pi · End to End Agentic Product Security
Akash · The open cloud for AI's next frontier, a decentralized marketplace for global GPU compute
ElevenLabs · AI voice and audio infrastructure for generating, understanding, and deploying lifelike speech at scale.
Guild AI · AI infrastructure for building, evaluating, and deploying intelligent systems.
ClickHouse · High-performance analytics infrastructure for making sense of massive volumes of data in real time.
Semgrep · Code security tools that help teams find and fix vulnerabilities, exposed secrets, and risky dependencies.
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Note: This event is fully in-person in San Francisco. Capacity is strictly limited. All attendees must apply and be approved prior to the event. Unapproved or pending applicants will not be admitted at the door.
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