​Save the Date — Zero to Agent: Jerusalem!

​Been thinking about building your agentic app? This is your chance — and you don't have to do it alone.

​The AI Collective – Jerusalem is joining forces with Vercel and partnering with LeapTheLimit to host our first-ever AI agent build event — and we're going global.

​On April 29, Jerusalem joins 100+ cities worldwide for Zero to Agent — a global build week where builders ship real AI agents and compete for $6,000+ in prizes.

​No prior experience needed. If you've got an idea for something that should exist, you can build it here.

​What happens at the event:

• ​18:00 — Doors open, get settled

• ​18:15 — Welcome + Vercel kickoff

• ​18:30 — Credits shared ($30 Vercel credits + Gemini API key per attendee)

• ​18:45 — Build time (we'll be around to help)

• ​20:45 — Share what you built

• ​21:00 — Keep building, submit, celebrate

​The global competition:
Submissions open April 24 – May 3 at the Vercel Community Hub. Community voting runs May 3–4. Must be built with v0 and deployed live on Vercel.

​🥇 $3,000 v0 credits + Vercel Pro 6 months
🥈 $2,000 v0 credits + Vercel Pro 6 months
🥉 $1,000 v0 credits + Vercel Pro 6 months
🏆 Community Favorite + Best TikTok/Reel featured on Vercel's socials

​Jerusalem Community Prize 🏆
On May 4th, Jerusalem AI Collective will pick our own community favorite — separate from the global vote + Prizes.

​Who this is for:
Developers, founders, students, product people — anyone who wants to spend an evening actually shipping something real, not just talking about it.

​What you get:

• ​Guided support throughout the session

• ​$30 Vercel credits to deploy

• ​Gemini API key (provided by LeapTheLimit)

• ​Tools guide: Windsurf, Antigravity, Google AI Studio — all free to start

​​Who is this for?

• ​​​Founders and teams building AI-native companies.

• ​​​​University students (CS, ENG, Math, Arts — all welcome!)

• ​​​Investors funding the future of deep tech.

• ​​​Researchers and engineers in AI/ML-adjacent fields.

• ​​Tech, Business, and Creative Professionals across the ecosystem.

• ​​​​Anyone interested in the future of artificial intelligence!

​​​​SEE YOU THERE!

​​PLEASE BE ADVISED: to maintain a high-density, professional environment, space is strictly limited. We operate on an application basis; if capacity is reached, you will be moved to a Waitlist. If you aren’t accepted this time, please keep applying—we look forward to seeing you at our upcoming 2026 initiatives!

​​Jerusalem AI Collective is the local heartbeat of ​​The AI Collective a global non-profit community uniting 200,000+ pioneers – founders, researchers, operators, and investors – exploring the frontier of AI in major tech hubs worldwide. Through events, workshops, and community-led research, we empower the AI ecosystem to collaboratively steer AI’s future toward trust, openness, and human flourishing.

​​​​All attendees and organizers at events affiliated with The AI Collective are subject to our privacy policy and code of conduct.