Dumb Things 2.0 AI Hackathon with Replicate, DigitalOcean, SignalFire VC, and BytePlus

​Y'all loved our first Dumb Things AI Hackathon so much, we're running it back!!

​Come hack on for-fun AI apps (ideally involving inference and MCP) that solve silly problems with Replicate and DigitalOcean! No problem is too small and no project is too dumb. Vibe coders welcome!

​​Agenda (approx):

​​10am: Breakfast, Check-in✅, mingle, form teams

​​10:30am: Opening Ceremony, Welcome🤗, team formation

​​11am-4pm: Hack! Maybe some guest speakers throughout the day 👀

​​1pm: Lunch🍕

​4-5pm: Happy Hour, 🍷🍻 and non-alcoholic options, chat

​5pm: Hack Submissions via Google Form (coming)

​5pm-6:30pm: Demos && judging🧑‍⚖️👩‍⚖️

​​We'll have cool speakers, drinks, food, and dumb prizes!

​​About the hosts:

• ​​Replicate: Replicate makes it easy for developers to run and deploy machine learning models in the cloud with just a few lines of code.

• ​DigitalOcean: Build production-ready AI agents, use multiple to LLMs through serverless inferencing, make knowledge bases, perform agent and function routing, use guardrails, get insights, and more!

​PRIZES (more may be coming):

• ​Best use of DigitalOcean🐳: Pixar Lamp🪔 Legos + $500 DO credits

• ​Best use of Replicate: $1k credits + burrito🌯 blankets

• ​2 best uses of ByteDance models: $1.5k Replicate credits

• ​🎉ABSOLUTE DUMBEST HACK🪄: tix to AI Eng World Fair 2026, thank you Swyx❤️

• ​Dumbest Audio App: SignalFire Techcrunch Disrupt Pool Party feat. Zuck's sister as DJ (this Tuesday in SF)

• ​Dumbest Blue Themed Hack: AI by the Bay Conf tix (Nov 18-19)

• ​Dumbest Video🎥 Hack: $1.5k Replicate credits