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Keynote speaker: Eva Dong, Lead of AI Value, Google Cloud | Ex-McKinsey | Build the future with AI for Value
8 building mentors and judges who are former Google, Amazon, IBM, Salesforce, or current AI startup engineers will closely mentor participants
Free credits sponsor: Vercel.com, Tavily.com
Beverage sponsor: Red Bull

⚡Fordham Gabelli School of Business In Collaboration with PulseNYC and CASTGNY

Hackathon

Build. Ship. Present.

AI is moving faster than anyone expected.

New models drop weekly. Tools improve daily. Entire workflows are being redesigned in real time.

But the edge in this era is not who consumes the most content.
It is who builds!

At CASTGNY in collaboration with Pulse NYC, we believe the fastest way to understand AI is to use it. To design with it. To ship with it.

This is a one day intensive build experience where you move from zero to working MVP in hours, not months.

You will not just talk about AI. You will build with it.

🔥 What Makes This Different

• Real world challenge revealed live at the venue
• Full day sprint from idea to MVP
• Builders across technical and business backgrounds
• Live demos and structured judging
• High signal room capped at 80 participants

The core prompt will be announced in person. Come ready to think fast and build even faster.

Event Details

📅 March 7, 2026 Saturday
⏰ 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
📍 Fordham Gabelli School of Business

Free to attend. Limited to 80 builders.

🧠 What the Day Looks Like:
• Team Formation
• Prompt Reveal
• Ideation
• Build Sprint Live
• Pitch
• Demos
• Judging

🍕 Pizza and drinks provided.

🏆 Awards
The rewards will be revealed live at the end of the day.

Come ready to build. The rest is a surprise.

This is not a lecture.
This is not a panel.
This is a build day!

See you at Fordham.

⚡ CASTGNY × Pulse NYC × Fordham Gabelli School of Business

Hackathon @ Fordham Gabelli