VibeCon SF 2026, Vibecode Your Way to a YC Interview

A 175-person, application-only build weekend inside YC's San Francisco office, run with Emergent. Founders, engineers, PMs, designers and operators with 2+ years of experience build a working product from scratch (solo or in a team), with an optional overnight block, then demo to pod judges. The Top 10 pitch on the main stage to a YC panel, and the winner gets $10,000 plus a direct interview for an upcoming YC batch. If you are pre-seed or pre-company and want a shot at YC, this is the shortest path we have seen.