Emergent Hacks

Emergent is hosting its first annual hackathon, with a twist.

Build a project. Keep a public page with the problem, demo, and team.

Meet the other teams. Read their updates, visit demos, and ask questions.

Invest in three rounds. Allocate a fresh credit budget privately before each deadline.

Finish and submit. Judges evaluate the work independently of funding.

Our Judges:

Sonia Phene (Emergent '25): Google Deep Mind, ex-OpenAI

Tanay Padhi (Emergent '26): Co-Founder @ Drawbridge, Venture Scout @ a16z, ex-Googe

Henry Dowling (Emergent '25): Building @ Stash

Schedule:

Saturday

9:30am-10:00am Check-in

10 a.m. Welcome & team forming

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Round 1 · First investments

Noon Lunch

1–6 p.m. Building

6 p.m. Funding reveal. See the first-round funding totals.

6–7 p.m. Building

7 p.m. Dinner

8–9 p.m. Building

9:00 PM – 9:30 PM Round 2 · Second investments

9:30 p.m.–midnight Building

Midnight Ice cream social

Sunday

12:00a.m. –10 a.m. Building continues

10:00 AM – 10:45 AM Final submissions

11 a.m.–noon: Pitches. Show what you built.

12:00 PM – 12:30 PM: Round 3 · Final investments

12:30 PM – 12:45 PM Community vote

1:15 p.m. Winners announced, closing ceremony

Register now. Enrollment capped at 100.