Hackathon In 2 weeks
November
Friday
09:00–20:00 2026 · San Francisco time
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Speak it. Build it. Ground it. Ship it.Theme
Speech to Ship is a one-day, in-person hackathon at Emergent HQ in San Francisco, hosted by Willow, Emergent and You.com. You'll build a real app using only your voice: speak it with Willow, build and ship it with Emergent, and make it smart and local with You.com's real-time web search.
The twist: you don't pick the idea, the draw does. At kickoff, every builder draws a city, a business and a customer. Draw Seoul x skincare shop x tourists, and you might build a K-beauty advisor that knows what's trending in Seoul this week. No time lost deciding what to build. You start building right away.
Schedule (Fri, Nov 20)
-9:00 AM Check-in, breakfast and networking-10:30 AM Welcome, sponsor intros and product demos-11:00 AM The Build Draw-11:15 AM Hacking start-2:00 PM Lunch-4:45 PM Submission deadline and code freeze-5:00 PM Live demos and judging-7:00 PM Awards and dinner
Prizes
Best Overall, Judges' Favorite and Most Creative plus bonus side tracks. Winners share 5K in credits, plus speech-themed hardware prizes (think audio goodies :)
Who should come
Anyone! Emergent lets anyone build, so no coding experience is needed. Developers, designers, founders, students and first-time builders are all welcome. Come solo or bring a team of up to 4, and we'll help match teams at check-in. Credits for Willow, Emergent and You.com are provided, so come ready to build.
About the hosts
Willow: voice dictation that lets you write and build by speaking.
Emergent: the AI platform that builds and ships full-stack apps.
You.com: the leading AI search infrastructure built for developers, with APIs that power agents and apps with live, citation-backed data from the web, news and research.
Space is limited, and registrations are approved on a rolling basis.
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