Fast Forward

Fast Forward is a one-day hackathon for builders creating what comes next: useful agents, multimodal AI apps, and immersive VR experiences.

Join Vercel + Meta, with support from integration partners Shopify and Neon Postgres, on Wednesday, October 14, from 10am–6pm in San Francisco. Build, experiment, and turn an idea into a working demo with mentor support, team collaboration, and live finalist presentations.

Choose your track

Agents & Factories: Build agents that keep producing useful work after you step away. Think research assistants, automated workflows, and systems that turn information into action.

Multi-modal Apps: Combine text, images, voice, and multiple AI models to create new ways to interact with software.

VR Apps: Build immersive web experiences with v0 and Meta’s WebXR tools.

Optional challenges (for chance to win prizes):

Build with commerce - build with a commerce experience in mind using Shopify Catalog, from product discovery to a shopping agent, for a chance to win an additional prize. Open to builders across all three tracks.

Race against a model - play an exclusive Vercel racing game, race against AI models (and win) for a chance to win prizes while supplies last.

What to expect

A full day of building, snacks and lunch, mentor support, and a chance to share what you’ve made. Come with a team or meet collaborators during team formation.Program

Yury Selivanov, MTS, Vercel | what you can build with full-stack and AI apps on Vercel today.

Meta | delightful VR experiences

Andre Landgraf | building AI apps and Agents on Neon

Demos, judging, and prizes

Submit your project by 4pm, including a working demo link, a short description, your team roster, and any setup instructions. Select one award track.

Judges will review submissions and select nine finalists, three per track. Each finalist team gets three minutes to demo live, followed by final deliberation and one winning team per track.

Compete for up to $55,200 in winner credits across all three tracks: $4,600 per winning team member, for up to four members per winning team.

Agenda · Pacific time

10:00–10:20am: Check-in, breakfast, and introductions

10:20–10:40am: Welcome, rules, and judging overview

10:40–11:00am: Team formation; existing teams can begin building

11:00am–12:30pm: Build session

12:30–1:00pm: Lunch

1:00–3:00pm: Build session and mentor support

3:00–4:00pm: Submission prep: deploy, test your links, finish your entry, and rehearse

4:00pm: Submissions close

4:00–4:10pm: Submission checks

4:10–4:50pm: First-round judging

4:50–5:00pm: Top nine announced and demo setup

5:00–5:35pm: Finalist demos, three minutes per team

5:35–5:50pm: Final judge deliberation

5:50–6:00pm: Winners, awards, and closing

Registration requires host approval. The exact venue address is shared through registration.

Build the future today and ship what’s next.