c0mpiled-1: Before the Ballot

​📅 Friday, Jan 30 | 6PM - 11PM​​

​🍔 Dinner and Drinks Provided!!

​Challenge

​Before the Ballot is about clarity before choice. Elections are shaped long before Election Day — by the information people see and the understanding they carry. Build tools that cut through noise and help people show up informed.

​Prizes

• ​​​$5000 in *cash* prizes

• ​​​Retro electronics

• ​​​Free iron ons and t-shirts for all participants!

• ​​​And more

​​​Awards for: The most beautiful, the biggest technical accomplishment, the most venture backable, and more!

​Judges

• ​Closure (YC W25): Dor Cohen

• ​Numero (YC W19): Karan Jain

• ​Hyperspell (YC F25): Conor Brennan-Burke

• ​OmniAI (YC W24): Tyler Maran

• ​Pax AI (YC S24): Chris Le & Shandheap Shan

• ​SF-Tensor (YC F25): Ben Koska

• ​Domu (YC S24): Adriana Munoz & Vitor Zancanella

• ​Ressl AI (YC W26): Abhishek Eswaran & Arushi Gandhi