GenAi Hackathon | Founder Connect & Product Walkthrough
- Date
- 2024-12-09
- Host
- Personal
About this event
If you're building with AI, thinking about building with AI, or trying to understand what makes a GenAI product actually useful, this is a room worth being in. GenAi Hackathon | Founder Connect & Product Walkthrough brings together builders, founders, and curious operators for an in-person evening focused on practical ideas, real product thinking, and meaningful conversations. This is not a passive sit-back-and-listen session. It's designed for people who want to see what others are working on, talk through product choices, exchange feedback, and connect with people who are actively shipping, experimenting, and learning in the GenAI space. About the Event At its core, this event combines three things that work especially well together: community, product exposure, and builder-to-builder connection. The hackathon lens creates energy and momentum, the founder connect format creates access to real conversations, and the product walkthrough element grounds everything in actual demos, workflows, and decisions. Expect an in-person gathering where the emphasis is on what people are building and how they are building it. Rather than staying abstract, the event is centered on product walkthroughs and direct discussion. That makes it useful whether you are early in your idea stage, deep in development, or evaluating where GenAI can fit into your startup or product roadmap. The format is especially valuable because it brings different perspectives into the same room. Founders can compare notes on product direction, builders can learn from implementation choices, and attendees from adjacent roles can get a clearer view of how AI products move from concept to something people can actually use. What to Expect The evening is built around connection and clarity. You should expect a mix of informal networking and product-focused sessions that help you learn by seeing and discussing real work. Likely highlights include: Founder connect conversations with people building in AI and GenAI Product walkthroughs that show how teams or individuals are approaching use cases, workflows, and user experience Hackathon-style energy that encourages sharing, iteration, and fast feedback Community interaction with other attendees interested in AI, startups, experimentation, and product development This kind of format tends to create better conversations than a standard panel or lecture. Instead of hearing broad opinions from a distance, you get closer to the actual product choices: what problem is being solved, how the experience is structured, what assumptions are being tested, and where the open questions still are. Because it's in person, there is also more room for the spontaneous part of the event to matter. Side conversations often become the most useful part of the night: meeting someone working on a similar challenge, getting honest product feedback, or finding a potential collaborator who understands both the technical and business side of AI products. Why Attend If you care about AI products, the biggest value here is context. There is a major difference between reading about GenAI online and talking directly with people who are actively building. This event helps close that gap by giving you exposure to real product thinking in a live community setting. You may leave with: A clearer sense of how GenAI ideas are being turned into products Better language for discussing AI product decisions with teammates, co-founders, or clients Insight into how other builders frame problems, demos, workflows, and user value New connections with founders, developers, and product-minded people in the space Fresh momentum for your own prototype, startup idea, or product direction This event is also useful if you are trying to sharpen your taste. Seeing walkthroughs and talking with builders helps you understand what feels compelling, what feels overbuilt, what solves a real problem, and what still needs work. That kind of pattern recognition is hard to get in isolation. For founders especially, the community angle matters. Building in AI can move quickly and feel noisy at the same time. Being in a room with people who are actively testing ideas and comparing approaches can help you focus on what matters: product usefulness, user experience, and execution. Practical Details Location: In person Date: Monday, December 9 Time: 8:30 PM GMT+5:30 Since this is an in-person evening event, plan your schedule so you can arrive ready to engage rather than rushing in at the last minute. These sessions are most valuable when you have time to settle in, meet people naturally, and stay present for the product walkthroughs and conversations. A good way to prepare is to come with a short explanation of what you're building, exploring, or hoping to learn. If you are attending as a founder, builder, student, operator, or simply an AI-curious community member, being ready to introduce yourself clearly will make the networking side much more useful. If you have a product, prototype, or strong point of view on GenAI, this is the kind of room where that can lead to meaningful discussion. And if you are earlier in your journey, the event gives you a grounded way to learn from people who are already in motion. Come for the walkthroughs, stay for the conversations, and leave with a sharper understanding of the people and products shaping the GenAI community around you.
Who should attend
This event is for people who want more than surface-level AI conversation and would rather learn through real products, direct discussion, and strong community energy. - **You're building a GenAI product or prototype** and want feedback, perspective, or connection with others working through similar technical or product questions. - **You're a founder or aspiring founder** exploring AI-driven ideas and want to meet people who understand the realities of turning experimentation into something usable. - **You work in product, engineering, or design** and want to see how GenAI is being applied in practical ways, not just talked about in theory. - **You're participating in hackathon culture or builder communities** and enjoy fast-moving environments where ideas are shared openly and improved through conversation. - **You're AI-curious but serious**—you may not have a product yet, but you want exposure to how real builders think, demo, and make decisions. - **You're looking for your people in the local AI community** and want an in-person setting where networking feels tied to actual work and shared interest, not vague small talk.