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From Hackathon to $100M AI Startup — The Story of Cline

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From Hackathon to $100M AI Startup — The Story of Cline

​What started as a project at a hackathon has become one of the most popular AI coding tools in the world. Cline — originally known as “Claude Dev” — grew from fewer than 100,000 installs to over 3.5 million across the VS Code and JetBrains ecosystems, transforming how developers interact with AI in their daily workflows.

​In this session, Nick Bauman, Founding Team Member at Cline and Product Marketer passionate about innovation in the coding layer, will share the inside story of Cline’s explosive growth:

​How a hackathon idea evolved into a $100M AI startup.

​Key lessons learned from open source to global scale.

​How Cline is pulling the future forward by innovating at the core: the code editor.

​✨ At the end of the talk, Nick will officially launch the AI Buildathon, a space to experiment and build real AI solutions during Mexico Tech Week.

​📅 October 21 | CDMX 📍 Product Latam Summit — Powered by Capital One

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Calle Gral. Prim 30
Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, 06600 Juárez, CDMX, Mexico
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2026 Edition: October 26 - November 1st, mark your calendars! 🗓️
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