One-Person Unicorn: The Soloist's Ascent | 2026 Pitch Day
Beta Hacks is a high-velocity monthly hackathon for ambitious builders, engineers, and founders to rapidly prototype and ship functional products. Backed by top mentors, investors, and GTM operators, participants build solo or in teams to validate early-stage ideas. Ship your product and demo your technical execution and real-world potential directly to a community built for action.
Solo Unicorn Club is a NYC-based community of 1,500+ builders united by one thesis: in the AI era, a solo founder or tiny team can build a venture-scale company. We champion the "Super Individual" — ambitious builders who leverage AI to do what once took entire teams. Through Pitch Days, hackathons, biweekly meetups, and flagship events like our AI Film Festival, we connect founders, investors, and operators across NYC and beyond. Learn more at SoloUnicorn.Club.
Upload Pitch Deck & Register Demo:
📅 Agenda
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM — Check-in & Social
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM — Opening Remarks & Introduce Judging panel
1:45 – 2:15 PM — Panel 1: TBD
2:30 – 4:00 PM — Demo (Teams submitted before deadline has 3min to demo)
4:00 - 4:30 PM — Audience Vote and Award
Winners announced and closing remarks.
4:30 - 5:00 PM - Open Social
Tracks:
🎯 Autonomous GTM & Operations
⚡ MVP Speed-Run
🧠 Next-Gen Infrastructure & Context
Wildcard (Open Category): These tracks are directional, not restrictive. We challenge builders to identify and tackle any critical industry pain point outside these categories. If it solves a real problem, build it.
🎬Demo Structure & Submission
Submit your project here:
Demo Structure:
2 slides + Demo (2 min 30s)
Slide 1 — Team Introduction
Name, school, or company
Relevant experience
Highlight team–problem fit
Slide 2 — Product Overview
One-line description
Problem you are solving
Solution you built
Slide 3 — Demo
Video demo (max 2 minutes)
Must show working product
Judge will give feedback for each teams
🏆 Beta Fund Selected Prize
Selected team will secure a $20K investment from Beta Fund upon program completion.
🏆 Audience Favorite — $500 Cash for 1st, $300 Cash for 2nd, $200 Cash for 3rd, award on the spot to one team.