strAIght up! Bangkok — Build an AI product in a day 🛠️

​Spend one Saturday turning an idea into a working AI product — and walk away with the credits, tools, and community to keep building.

​strAIght up! Bangkok is a one-day AI hackathon powered by Wavesparks, hosted by ForwardBridge in partnership with Adam's House. Whether you've shipped code before or you've never touched an API, you'll leave with something real: a prototype, hands-on experience with the tools founders actually use, and a crew of fellow builders across the city.

​📅 Saturday, 29 August · 🕙 10:00am–6:00pm
📍 Central Bangkok (venue shared with registered attendees)
🎟️ Free to join · Ages 15–25 · Teams of 2–4

🇹🇭 Technical and non-technical builders welcome — no experience required

​What you'll walk away with
A working AI-powered product, built in a day

• ​Hands-on time with OpenAI, Codex, and ElevenLabs

• ​US$200+ in credits — for every participant

• ​A Bangkok builder community, plus a route to keep going through Adam's House mentorship

​Prizes
Every participant gets US$200+ in credits. The top three teams take home serious firepower for their next build:
🥇 1st — US$20,000 OpenAI credits (team) + 12 mo ChatGPT Pro & Codex, 12 mo Replit Pro, 3 mo ElevenLabs Pro (each member)
🥈 2nd — US$10,000 OpenAI credits (team) + the same subscriptions
🥉 3rd — US$5,000 OpenAI credits (team) + the same subscriptions

​How the day works
Morning — pick your challenge and frame your idea in a guided ideation workshop. Midday — crash courses in Codex and Replit to get you building fast. Afternoon — heads-down build time with mentors on call. 4:30pm — submit, demo to our judges, and find out who takes the top spots.

​The challenges? 👀
Kept under wraps until the morning — think real-world problems in trust and safety, security and resilience, and more. Come with curiosity; we'll bring the brief.

​First-time builders, students, and anyone curious about AI — this is built for you. Come solo and we'll help you find a team, or bring your own (2–4 people). Spots are limited.

​👉 Register now — see you on the 29th.

Wavesparks

​Wavesparks is Asia’s launchpad for young founders.

​We identify and support ambitious young builders before the world is paying attention. Through our early accelerator programmes, venture-building sprints, hackathons, workshops, founder communities, and early funding pathways, we help ambitious young people turn early ideas into real ventures.