E/acc Hackathon
E/acc is hosting its biggest hackathon in London on Jan 27! >160 super talented + vetted engineers, $200k in prizes, and a boat load of Tenzing. Sponsored by AWS, ElevenLabs, TPV, and more!
🖼️ Themes
Techno-optimism: there are builders from diverse industries like AI, SaaS, Neurotech, Biotech, Robotics, etc doing everything from software to hardware :) just build something cool, that's the only requirement
💰 Prizes
1st: $100,000 AWS credits + ElevenLabs $5k plan + BRAIN SCAN!!!
2nd: $100,000 AWS credits + ElevenLabs credits + RAY BAN META GLASSES!!!
3rd: ElevenLabs + Mystic credits
🌍 Final-round Judges
Sean Waplington, founder @ Carnegie Aerospace
Jorn Lyseggen, founder @ Meltwater
Digby Hebb, founding engineer @ Carnegie Aerospace
Sriram Krishnan, General Partner @ a16z
📅 Structure
Saturday 12:00 - 12:30 — Kick-off talk
Saturday 12:30 - Sunday 15:00 — SHIP!
Sunday 15:00 - 15:30 — Awards
❤️ Sponsors
Mystic.ai and ElevenLabs are providing free access to their APIs for all participants
Unlimited Tenzing
Custom Zyn pouches from Outerop
TriplePoint Ventures
🤝 Team Matchmaking
Find your teammates either on Discord before the hackathon starts or at the beginning of the event in person
📜 Rules:
Team size: 1-3
Late submissions are not considered for prizes
🎯 Judging Criteria
Creativity – is this novel, zero to one solution?
Ambition – is it a moonshot?
Delivery – did you ship it to prod?
Note that food is not provided. Your QR code will be scanned by a doorman for entry, found in an acceptance email. Please do not share your QR code!