​✨ Agent Glow Up Hackathon

​Hosted by Google x Sylph × Agora x Prefect | Powered by Build Club

​Note: this is a highly exclusive hackathon with limited places for top technical builders in SF only. Please RSVP early to secure your spot.

​1 day Hackathon · San Francisco 💅 📍 Venue: WorkOS HQ

​💄 The Mission: Make Beautiful Agents

​AI agents are powerful, but most of them aren't pleasant to use.

​Agent Glow Up is an IRL hackathon for top-tier technical talent in SF. The goal is simple: Build thoughtful, end-to-end agent applications that look as good as they think.

​We are looking for Agentic UI - dynamic dashboards, generative interfaces, and creative tools. If you love shipping under pressure and care about design systems as much as backend logic, this is for you.

​🛠️ The Superpower: Build with AdaL

​This hackathon runs on AdaL CLI, the local-first coding agent built by Sylph AI. It bridges the gap between technical logic and visual design:

​The Best Design Engineer

• ​🎨 Design with Gemini 3.1 Pro: Use Gemini's multimodal capabilities for visual reasoning, wireframing, and UI patterns.

• ​🔧 Code with Claude Opus 4.6: Use the latest Claude Opus 4.5 for deep architectural integrity, React implementation, and refactoring.

​Switch "brains" mid-conversation with /model to match the task.

​🏆 The Challenge

​Theme: Agent-Powered Applications (User-Facing)

​Judging Criteria:

• ​✨ Aesthetics: Usability and interface quality (No lazy chatbots!).

• ​🧠 Intelligence: Agent design and orchestration.

• ​⚙️ Reliability: Clarity of workflows and end-to-end stability.

​🧰 The Stack & Partners

​Bring your own stack, or build with our partner ecosystem to win specific category prizes:

• ​Core: Sylph AI (Creators of AdaL) + Google Gemini (Models)

• ​AI Infra / Workflow: Prefect

• ​Voice: Agora

• ​Web & Data: Exa

• ​Compute: GMI Cloud

​🎁 Prizes & Perks

• ​💸 Cash Prize for the winning team + https://pyai.events/ tickets!

• ​☁️ Credits (API and Platform) from sponsors.

• ​📣 Demo Exposure across Build Club (50k+ builders) and Sylph channels.

• ​☕ Fuel: Coffee, meals, and snacks provided throughout the day.

​👩‍⚖️ Judges

​A group of leading builders across AI, design, and developer ecosystems will review projects and select the winning teams. Submissions will be evaluated based on aesthetics, intelligence, and reliability.

• ​Li Yin — CEO @ Sylph AI

• ​Annie Liao — Founder @ Build Club / Solaris

• ​Chenlin Meng — CTO @ Pika Labs

• ​YenKai Huang - Founding Engineer @ Vizcom

• ​Yan Liu — Principal Product Designer @ Microsoft

• ​Maximillian Piras — Founding Designer @ Yutori

• ​Yuqi Hou — Developer Community & Events @ GMI Cloud

• ​Lakee Sivaraya — MLE @ Exa

​Your hosts

​This event is organised by Build Club - the most collaborative AI community in the world (50K builders, 60+ cities).