30×30 Real Business AI Buildathon @Stanford

30 real businesses. 30 Stanford teams. One real problem each. All built on Converge.AI. We mean BUSINESS!

Most hackathons hand you a made-up prompt. Converge.AI is handing you a real business.

30 real businesses (restaurants, retail shops, booking services, sales and customer-service teams) each bring one problem they actually want solved. Each Stanford team is matched with one business and has 36 hours to build a working AI solution on Converge.AI, an AI-native work & business platform. The top 8 teams demo live at Stanford in front of the business owners, investors, industry judges and the Converge.AI team.

💼 For businesses:

Bring us your problem Got a task that eats your team’s time, like answering the same customer questions, following up on leads, handling bookings or writing product content? Hand it to a Stanford team powered by Converge.AI. What you do:

Submit one real problem AS SOON AS POSSIBLE！: [email protected]

Join one short 1:1 call with the Converge.AI team (Nov 8–12) to scope it

Answer a few questions from your team during the build (Nov 17–18)

Join us at Demo Day on Nov 20 and pick the Brand’s Choice winner

What you will get:

A working AI solution built on Converge.AI for your business, free of charge

A chance to pilot the best solutions with Converge.AI

Exposure to Stanford students, investors and media

🎓 For students: build with Converge.AI, ship something that gets used

Who: Stanford students who want to ship AI that real businesses will use

Teams: 3–4 people. Come with a team, or apply solo and we’ll help you find one

Matching: Teams are matched to businesses by random draw, one team per business

What you will get: Full access to Converge.AI’s products (Covey, Enter, Framia and Combos), mentorship from the Converge.AI team during the build, and a real business owner waiting to use what you make

Apply by: Nov 13

📅 Timeline

Nov 13 (Fri) · Student applications close

Nov 17 (Tue) morning · Teams matched, challenge briefs released

Nov 17–18 · 36-hour build with Converge.AI mentor office hours

Nov 18 (Wed) 11:59 PM PT · Submission deadline

Nov 19 (Thu) morning · 8 finalists announced

Nov 20 (Fri) · Demo Day at Stanford 🎤

💥 Demo Day agenda · Fri, Nov 20 · 2:30–6:40 PM

2:30 PM · Doors open · Showcase wall of all 30 projects built on Converge.AI

2:50 PM · Opening

3:00 PM · Keynote from Converge.AI: Building the AI-native company

3:15 PM · Panel: What real businesses need from AI (business owners × investors × Converge.AI)

3:45 PM · Finalist demos, Teams 1–4

4:45 PM · Break · Audience voting opens

5:00 PM · Finalist demos, Teams 5–8

6:00 PM · Tea break · Judges deliberate

6:20 PM · Awards, presented by Converge.AI

6:35 PM · Group photo

6:40 PM · Networking

Each finalist team gets 15 minutes: the business problem they solved, a live demo, and judges’ Q&A.

🏆 $2,000 in prizes from Converge.AI. Top solutions will be considered for pilots with their businesses and Converge.AI.

⚖️ Judges

Alex Witt

Wolf Ruzicka

Jonathan Buckheit

Petros Hong

William August

More judges to be announced.

Presented by Converge.AI

In partnership with 2%Tech and wefluens