Night Hack II by Founders, Inc

50 teams joined the first Night Hack. Winners shipped secure sandboxes, robot training pipelines, and sports tech. Took home $1k+ cash, credits, and a month at campus.

We're running it back.

What You Get

$200 Cursor credits - every single team
$1k+ in prizes - hardware + software tracks
Winner perk - 1 month at @ Founders, Inc. campus (space access, daily lunch, access to credits + program perks)
Hardware lab access - details TBA
Sponsors - TBA

Build hardware, software, or both.
AI, agents, tools, robots, infra - all fair game.

The theme is: ship something real in one night.

The Rules

Live demo. No slides. Show it working.
Teams of 1-4
Hardware, software, or both

Run of Show
5:00pm - 5:30pm: Check in, pizza
5:45pm: Kickoff on stage
6:00pm - 10:00pm: Time to build
10:30pm: Judge walkthrough (see projects live)
11:00pm: Live demos on stage (5-7 teams)
11:30pm: Winners announced, closing words

Who This Is For

Engineers, founders, designers, operators. Solo or team. First project or fiftieth. If you've been sleeping on an idea - or losing sleep over one - this is the push you need.

Details

Capacity: 60 teams (approval required)
Location: Founders, Inc. campus, Fort Mason, SF
Cost: Free

Founders, Inc. backs early-stage founders in emerging tech with $100K first checks. We run programs and sprints from our 42,000 sq. ft. lab in Fort Mason where we help ambitious founders grow and scale their startups.