

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