AI Venture-Building Hackathon by Hatch Labs

Description

Apply here: https://tally.so/r/nWPArP

About Hatch Labs

Hatch Labs empowers immigrant and underrepresented founders to build AI-empowered transformative products in industries where AI has high growth opportunities such as real estate and construction fintech maritime and femtech.

About our AI Venture Building Hackathon

We are kicking off an AI venture-building hackathon matching business leaders/founders with AI experts scientists and technical founders. We will focus on AI agent applications in complex fragmented industries that are slower to adopt technology and rely on human experts for advice. Example industries include real estate wealth management insurance femtech maritime etc.

Participating teams will develop a proof of concept (early stage MVP) business plan including market research GTM strategy and investor pitch deck.

What we offer to founders

1. Hackathon space
2. Mentors
3. Sponsors (tech and specific industry verticals)
4. Judges (VCs and industry experts)

Hatch Labs team skills

• Eva Agapaki - product, AI/ML, engineering, research
• Nick Petkoff - business analysis, GTM, prop-tech
• Mentors with LLM, RAG, AI infrastructure, and cloud computing expertise
• Strategy, fundraising, and marketing experts on hand
• Judges will be VCs, angel investors, and industry experts

Hackathon Outcomes

1. 1-3 winning teams invited to pitch to selected group of VCs
2. Hatch works with the winners to get VC funding within a reasonably short timeframe (6-9 months).