A Policy for Every Agent: Philly Hackathon
About Event
What if every AI agent shipped with real guardrails — not just a system prompt and a prayer?
Join us for a day of lightning talks, live building, and honest conversation about what it actually takes to make AI agents reliable and safe. Whether you're deep in the code or just getting started with AI tools, there's something here for you.
🍕 Food and drinks served throughout the event — come hungry, stay fueled.
🏆 Prizes — Top builds take home a free month of Claude Max.
What to expect:
⚡ Lightning Talks
Len Henry, Principal Founder Advocate at Google Cloud — Len works at the intersection of startups and AI innovation, connecting founders directly to Google DeepMind and Google's AI ecosystem.
Matt Maisel, Sondera — Matt will dive into the practical side of policy-as-code for autonomous systems and lessons from the bleeding edge of coding agents like Claude Code and Cursor.
🛠️ Hands-On Building. Try out Sondera's open-source agent governance harness. Write your first Cedar policy. See what happens when you wrap an AI agent in real guardrails. No prior experience required — we'll walk you through it.
💻 Open Hacking & Exploration. Bring your own agent project, or start one from scratch. Build with LangGraph, ADK, Pydantic, or whatever scaffold you prefer. We'll have policy packs ready for you to test, break, and improve.
🤝 Community & Conversation. Meet the builders and security engineers in the Philly area who are thinking seriously about what comes next as AI agents go from demos to production.
Who should come?
You don't need to be a security expert or a seasoned developer. If you're using AI coding tools, experimenting with agents, curious about agent governance, or just want to understand the landscape — this is for you. We're building a community here, not gatekeeping one.
Presented by Sondera — Mind Your Agents. Because their next action could be brilliant — or a breach.