$1 Hack: Build it. Sell it. Same day.
You've played with the APIs. You've seen the demos. You might have even built something that mostly works.
But there's a gap between tinkering and building something a real client would actually pay for, and most builders never close it.
Let's change that.
On 18 April, AI.SEA, Lua AI, and Carousell are running Singapore's first $1 Sprint — a full-day builder session with one rule: by 6pm, someone has to have paid you for what you built.
Not a prototype. Not a demo. A real agent, solving a real problem, that a real business liked enough to open their wallet for.
Here's how the day goes. You walk in with a business problem / idea. You get someone to agree to pay you - cold outreach, cold calls, message a contact — whatever it takes. Then you build it and secure your first customer.
If someone pays you a dollar, you've won.
Why Lua AI
You have 9 hours. You cannot spend 6 of them on infrastructure.
Lua is a YC-backed agent platform that lets you go from idea to deployed agent — running on WhatsApp, Slack, or web — in a fraction of the time it would take to build from scratch. The Lua team will be in the room all day to help you move fast. In a sprint format, that's not a nice-to-have. It's the difference between shipping and not.
Why this format
Most builders know how to build. Fewer know how to ship. Almost none have closed a sale on something they built the same day.
The $1 Sprint is designed to close that gap in one session. The dollar is almost beside the point — what matters is that someone said yes. That's a different skill, and it's one that compounds.
Who this is for
Developers who've built things but never sold them. Technical founders who want to stress-test an idea fast. Agency builders who want to add AI agents to what they offer clients. If you can code and you're willing to get slightly uncomfortable — this day will change how you think about what's possible.
The details
📅 Saturday, 18 April
📍 Singapore — venue confirmed soon
🕘 9am – 6pm
🆓 Free to attend
Organised by AI.SEA · Powered by Lua AI
Submit your problem statement here: Open Google Form
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