TechTO Fast and Frugal Hackathon

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Eat. Code. Ship. Win 💲
We’re back with another 12-hour build day on October 17 for builders, dreamers, and doers. We provide the food, the mentors, and the prize pool.

🎯 The Mission
Build an AI agent that finds and books the best deal at a hotel in City X. Every agent runs the same task at the same time. The fastest and cheapest booking wins.

📋 The Rules

• No ready-made agents
• No browser automation tools
• Agents must make a phone call and receive a receipt at a provided email address
• Bring your friends, public models, and APIs

What’s Included

• 🤝 Work alongside 100+ ambitious coders, developers, and designers. You might just meet your next coding buddy.
• 🏆 Compete for cash prizes and cloud credits.
• 👥 No team? We got you! We kick off the morning with a team-matching session to pair you with fellow builders.
• ☕ Complimentary coffee, lunch, dinner (pizza), and drinks are included with your ticket.

📝 Agenda

• 9:00 AM | Kickoff: Doors open, check-in, grab coffee, and join your team.
• 10:00 AM | Hacking Begins: 7 hours of uninterrupted building. Lunch at 1:00 PM.
• 5:30 PM | Demo & Pizza: The Fast and Frugal Agent Bake-off.
• 6:00 PM | Review Results
• 7:00 PM | Awards & Celebration: Winners announced, followed by a networking social until 9:00 PM.

👀 Meet the Judges

• Jatin Mehta, Co-founder of Speedy Labs: a Y Combinator- and Google Ventures-backed AI company helping enterprises optimize rebates, deductions, and trade spend. With a background in AI research and engineering at Salesforce, SAP, and HP, he brings hands-on expertise in building and evaluating AI-driven products.
• David Li, Co-founder of Induction Labs: a YC-backed AI research lab building foundation models that learn from video and computer-use data. He previously studied software engineering at the University of Waterloo and has ML research and hackathon-winning experience.
• Zeeshan Ahmed, Co-founder of Clara: an AI-powered primary care and longevity practice. He previously led product design at Circle Medical and worked on consumer experiences at Instagram and Careem.

🙌 Thanks to Our Sponsors: ElevenLabs and Backboard.io

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