50 teams joined the first Night Hack. Winners shipped secure sandboxes, robot training pipelines, sports tech, and more. They took home cash, credits, and campus access.
We’re running it back.
One night at the Founders, Inc. lab. Build hardware, software, or both. AI, agents, tools, robots, infra. All fair game.
The theme: ship something real in one night.
Live demos only. No slides. No localhost. Show it working.
We’re looking for deeply technical builders who can move fast, build under pressure, and actually ship.
What to expect
5:00pm - 5:30pm: Check in5:45pm: Kickoff6:00pm - 10:00pm: Build10:00pm: Judge walkthrough10:30pm: Live demos from top teams11:00pm: Winners announced
Who this is for
Engineers, technical founders, designers, and operators.
Solo or team. First project or fiftieth. If you’ve been sitting on an idea or losing sleep over one, this is your push to ship it.
Open to Off Season builders and a small number of external teams.
Details
Capacity: 75 teams, approval requiredLocation: Founders, Inc. campus, Fort Mason, SFCost: Free
Founders, Inc. backs early-stage founders in emerging tech with $100K-$250K first checks. We run programs, sprints, and hackathons from our 42,000 sq. ft. lab in Fort Mason.
