WOMEN BUILD AI: Female-only Venture Sprint by CWAI & Z2D

⚡️ Women Build AI: Z2D × Connected Women in AI

Build an AI startup in a weekend.

Zero-to-Demo is going all-women for the first time.

Together with Connected Women in AI, we’re filling a room with the most ambitious women building in Copenhagen: engineers, designers, product people, data analysts and domain experts who’d rather build the thing than talk about it.

You get 36 hours to take an idea from zero to a working AI product, then demo it live to a jury of founders and investors. It’s intense and a little chaotic, and you’ll ship more in one weekend than you normally would in a month.

Around 80% of the teams from our last cohort kept building after the weekend. Our alumni have since raised from Antler and from a16z and Sequoia scout funds.

Limited to 20 teams.

📅 Schedule

Monday, Nov 16: Match & Ideate17:00 — Meet the Cohort & Form Teams20:00 — Wrap

Tuesday–Friday, Nov 17–20: The week in betweenNothing on-site, so get on with your week. If you want a head start, stay in touch with your team, work on your idea and reach out to our mentors.

Day 1 — Saturday, Nov 2109:00 — Doors Open & Welcome09:30 — Kick-Off13:00 — Lunch13:30 — Building (Mentors on-Site)20:00 — Pitch & Dine: Show your Day 1 Progress22:00 — Day 1 Wrap

Day 2 — Sunday, Nov 2209:00 — Doors Open15:00 — Pre-Selection Announcement16:00 — Live Demos & Judging18:00 — Winner Announcement18:10 — After-Event22:00 — Wrap

📍 LocationDjøf Copenhagen

👥 Who it’s forYou don’t have to code, but you do have to build.Engineers, data people, product people, designers, and domain experts who can help take an idea to a working demo. Whether you’re a seasoned builder or doing this for the first time, apply.Apply solo, as a partial team, or as a full team.

⚙️ How it works

Commitment: Monday evening and the full weekend

36-hour sprint, Saturday morning to Sunday evening

Build an AI-powered product for a real problem, from scratch

Mentors on-site all weekend

Every team pitches on Saturday night and gets feedback

Finalists demo live to the jury on Sunday

Demo over deck: show it works

Everyone starts building at Saturday’s kick-off. Teams can’t arrive with a product that’s already largely built. If you’re unsure whether your project is eligible, contact us.

🤝 After the weekend

Access to the Z2D alumni network and the CWAI community

We keep backing the strongest teams after the weekend with intros to investors, co-founders, hires and first customers

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Apply solo or as a team.