Bootstrapping Reality: AI x Reality Hackathon
Bootstrapping Reality: AI x Reality Hackathon (NYC)
UPDATE: hit max capacity too quick (join the waitlist and we’ll add you as we scale up the venue)
Come build the future in New York City at a hackathon where AI breaks out of the chatbox and interacts with the real world. Over one weekend, we’ll prototype mobile and web apps that harness AI, new modalities, and creative interfaces to solve everyday problems, reimagine human-computer interaction, and help us learn more about the world around us.
This is your chance to:
Experiment with next-gen modalities like vision, voice, sensors, and spatial data.
Build apps where AI becomes an active participant in the physical world.
Create tools that augment human experience, from practical utilities to playful, experimental interfaces.
Work in teams of 2-4, and discover your next co-founder in the process :)
Prizes:
🏆 First Place → Meta Ray-Bans (AI-powered smart glasses)
🥈 Second Place → Kodak Digicam
🥉 Third Place → Projector Kit
Judged by:
Egil Karlsen, U of T PhD, CEO @ VAKTROS Inc
Diem Linh Dang, Columbia CS, Growth @ Raycaster
Sam Finton, CEO @ Cubby
David Taurat, MBA Candidate at UMich, Ex-Aerospace Ops
Victor Popoola, Meta Reality Labs, Ex-Pronto Self Driving
In collaboration with: Raycaster (YC F24), Dime (YC W24), Basepilot (YC W24), Eniac, Agency (YC W22) and many more.
Event Schedule:
10:00 - 10:30 AM: Check-in and Breakfast
10:30 - 11:00 AM Opening Remarks
11:00 - 11:45 AM Team building Challenge
12:00 PM - Hacking Begins!
1:00 - 3:00 PM (flexible) Founder Office Hours
2 PM Lunch Served
6:30 Dinner Served
10:00 PM HACKING ENDS - judges deliberate.
11:00-11:30 PM Top 5 Projects Present
12 AM- Awards Ceremony.
Whether you’re a hacker, designer, or builder with wild ideas, this is the playground to push AI beyond text and code and into real-world impact.