AI-Native Startup Hackathon
What if you could go from idea to startup in a single day?
Join founders, builders, creators, students, and entrepreneurs for an intensive one-day challenge where you’ll use Kylon and AI teammates to turn an idea into a real, launch-ready startup.
This isn’t a traditional hackathon focused on writing the most code. The goal is to build a complete business — validate a real problem, develop the product, create your AI-powered organization, and pitch your startup.
What You’ll Build
Throughout the day, your team will work through the key stages of building a startup:
Discover — Identify a meaningful problem and define your customer
Validate — Research the market and test your assumptions
Build — Create your product and working MVP
Organize — Build AI teammates to help with product, research, marketing, sales, strategy, and more
Launch — Develop your brand, landing page, business model, and go-to-market strategy
Pitch — Present your startup, product, and vision to judges and investors
Your AI Team
With Kylon, you’ll build an AI-powered organization designed around your startup.
Create the teammates you need — from AI co-founders and product managers to researchers, engineers, marketers, sales agents, and strategic advisors — and use them to accelerate your startup throughout the challenge.
Who Should Join?
Founders • Developers • Designers • Product Managers • Students • Marketers • Business Owners • Researchers • Entrepreneurs
You don’t need to be a technical expert. A strong idea, domain knowledge, creativity, and the ability to use AI effectively can be just as valuable.
What Judges Will Look For
Teams will be evaluated on:
Problem & customer validation
Market opportunity
Product quality
Business model
AI-native execution
Creativity and effectiveness of AI teammates
Go-to-market strategy
Startup potential
Quality of the final pitch and demo
The Goal
By the end of the day, you won’t just have a prototype.
You’ll have the foundation of a real AI-native startup — and the opportunity to put it in front of mentors, investors, and the broader startup community.
One day. One idea. One startup.
Build your AI-native startup with Kylon.