AI Hackathon: Hack the Unreachable
Hack the Unreachable
An AI research hackathon powered by Flashpoint.AI
People say one thing and do another. Public narratives rarely match private sentiment. The most valuable signals sit with people no survey ever reaches.
Spend a day building AI that closes that gap. Use Flashpoint.AI’s research platform and Anthropic’s models to build agents that uncover what people actually think and turn it into something useful.
Tracks
Governance: Agents that surface constituent preferences and find policies people can agree on
Economic Signals: Hyperlocal sentiment and economic research
Self-Improving AI: Models that identify what they don’t know and go get it from the right people
News & Reporting: Agents that research, verify, and report
Investment Alpha: Find the gap between what’s priced in and what key segments privately believe
Prizes: $800 total
🥇 1st Place: $500
🥈 2nd Place: $200
🥉 3rd Place: $100
What you get
Free Anthropic API access for the event
Mentorship from the Flashpoint.AI team
Judging by Flashpoint.AI, Pioneering Minds AI, and others
Lunch provided
Who should come
Builders, researchers, PMs, designers, and anyone curious about AI. All backgrounds welcome. Come solo or bring a team of up to 4.
Submissions
Teams submit a public GitHub repo and share their build on LinkedIn or X. Ship something real, show it off.
Schedule
9:30 AM | Doors open
10:00 AM | Registration
10:30 AM | Introductions and team formation
11:00 AM | Hacking begins
1:00 PM | Lunch served (hacking continues)
3:30 PM | Presentations and judging
4:30 PM | Winners announced and prizes awarded
5:00 PM | Networking hour
6:00 PM | Event ends
Networking Hour | 5:00 to 6:00 PM
Not hacking? Come for the networking. Connect with founders, VCs, PMs, and AI practitioners from across NYC right after the hackathon wraps. We'll have professionals from Meta, Microsoft, WebMD, and more!
Arrive by 3:30 PM to watch teams present live and see the winners crowned, then stay to network.
Details
📅 Saturday, November 14
⏰ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
📍 Room 333, Gabelli School of Business, Fordham Lincoln Center
Hosted by the Fordham AI Society and the Gabelli Product Management Club. Sponsored by Pioneering Minds AI.
Spots are limited. Register now.