Builders of Tomorrow: AI Super Hackathon

​Full-Day Hackathon · Panels · Demo Day

​👔 Dresscode: Business Casual 👗

​20 Teams. 3 Panels. $80K+ on the line.

​On May 2nd, Beta University brings together the next generation of AI builders, founders, and investors for a full-day experience — where ideas go from concept → product → pitch → capital.

​🎯 Pitch to 20+ VCs. Learn what actually matters. Build something real.

​This is where ideas turn into companies.

​You’ll be in the room with 20+ active investors, pitching directly and hearing firsthand what they’re actually looking for — from product direction to signals of venture-scale potential.

​Across curated panels, industry experts and operators will break down:

• ​⚡ How AI is actually being used across real industries

• ​📈 What use cases are working right now

• ​🔍 Where the biggest opportunities are emerging

​Then you build. Then you pitch.

​🏛️ A Full-Day, Dual-Room Experience

​Hosted at the legendary Computer History Museum, we’re running two parallel tracks:

​🎤 Room 1 — Panels + Demo Day

• ​Keynotes and panels with top VCs and operators

• ​20 selected teams pitching live

• ​Awards + investor exposure

​🛠️ Room 2 — Live Hackathon

• ​Full-day build session

• ​Ship a working product in hours

• ​Opportunity to get fast-tracked visibility

​Build in the morning. Pitch in the afternoon.

​💰 The Stakes

• ​💵 $50K investment opportunity from Beta Fund

• ​🏆 $20K+ in cash prizes

  • ​Judges' Choice - 1st Place $5,000

  • ​Judges' Choice - 2nd Place $3,000

  • ​Judges' Choice - 3rd Place $2,000

  • ​Best Product Continuity (Awarded 1 week post-event) $3,000

  • ​Best Social Media Impact, top 3 most likes and engagement (Awarded 1 week post-event) $1000, $600, and $400

  • ​Audience Favorite - 1st Place $2,000

  • ​Audience Favorite - 2nd Place $1,000

  • ​Most Creative Product - $2,000

• ​🎯 Only 20 teams selected to pitch live

• ​🚀 Direct exposure to 20+ VCs in the room

​​🥇 Butterbase Special Prizes

​The backend for apps you build with AI. Code with your favorite AI assistant, tell it to use Butterbase, and it handles the rest — database, auth, file storage, serverless functions, API endpoints, and deployment. Zero configuration required. You keep shipping your product, and the backend forms itself.

• ​​Best Use of Butterbase: $200 Butterbase Credits 

• ​​Participant Perk: Every attendee gets $20 in credits (covers your first month on our launch plan) to kickstart their build!(Only redeemable during the hackathon)

  • ​​👉 Claim your promo code in Builders Club Discord.

​​Quick Start (Build in Minutes)

1. ​​Sign Up: dashboard.butterbase.ai

2. ​​Setup: Generate your API key and follow the one-step agent setup.

3. ​​Prompt: Tell your AI agent: "With Butterbase, let's build..."

4. ​​Support: Stuck? Join Builders Club Discord #butterbase-support for live technical mentorship.

​🗓️ Agenda

​🛠️ Room 2 — Hackathon (Build Track)

​9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

• ​Full-speed build

• ​On-site support + mentorship

• ​⏰ Hard submission deadline: 3:00 PM

​🎤 Room 1 — Panels + Demo Day

​12:00 – 12:30 PM
Check-in & Networking 🤝

​1:00 – 1:15 PM
Opening Remarks

​1:15 – 1:30 PM
Seedance Keynote

​1:30 – 2:00 PM
Panel — How AI is Disrupting Media

​2:00 – 2:30 PM
Panel — Venture Investing in AI
(NEA · Llama Ventures · Alumni Ventures)

​2:30 – 3:00 PM
Panel — AI Frontiers
(OpenAI · Anthropic · Gemini)

​3:00 – 3:10 PM
Introducing our Judges

​Wei Guo, General Partner at Uphonest Capital

​Jack Feng, General Partner at Llama Venture

​Perseus Y, Investor at A16Z

​Thomas Joshi, Investor at NEA

​Peter Pan, General Partner at Hat-Trick Capital

​Warren Shaeffer, Partner at Pear VC

​Xinyun Chang, Software Engineer at Gemini

​JiaCheng Feng, Technical Staff at OpenAI

​Eric Liang, AI Researcher

​JiaZhou Gao, Technical Staff at Anthropic

​Marry Zeng, CFO at NewsBreak

​3:10 – 4:20 PM
Demo Day — 20 Teams (3 min each)

​4:30 – 5:00 PM
Awards Ceremony 🏆

​🔥 The Experience

​Build alongside top founders.
Learn from industry leaders.
Pitch in front of decision-makers.

​All happening at the birthplace of modern computing — the Computer History Museum — documenting the digital age from the abacus to AI, right in the heart of Silicon Valley.