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SUMMARY:The Founder Sprint
DESCRIPTION:The Founder Sprint is a 48-hour “anti-hackathon” for AI-native builders — a two-day startup-building experience where the goal isn’t shipping the most features\, but finding the strongest evidence that an idea actually matters to real people. It’s application-only and capped at 100 hand-picked builders. \nDay 1 — The Forge (Sat\, July 11\, 11am–7pm): A day of workshops on the methodology founders use to validate ideas — finding problems worth solving\, rapid validation\, and AI-native building with tools like Claude\, Cursor\, v0\, and Lovable — plus team formation and experiment design. \nDay 2 — Launch Day (Sun\, July 12\, 8:30am–7:15pm): A 10-hour build sprint with two mentor rounds\, a science-fair demo round\, and final pitches to a panel of judges and investors. The winning team takes $3\,000 cash\, $10K in credits\, and three months of mentorship\, with $23K+ in total cash and credits across the top three teams. \nWho it’s for: Builders from any field\, swinging at ambitious problems — robotics\, climate\, longevity\, frontier compute and more. No CS degree required; what matters is AI fluency. Teams of two to four (no solo entries this year). \nWhat’s included: The full two-day experience\, food and coffee\, credits for the AI tools you use\, mentors and judges who’ve shipped real products\, and a builder network that continues after the event. \nLocation: Bellevue\, WA (Eastside Seattle). The exact\, ADA-accessible venue is revealed to confirmed attendees ahead of the event. \nHow to apply: Submit the free application (about five minutes); every application is read by a human\, with rolling decisions through the June 30 deadline. \nApply and find full details here.
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