$1,000 Industrial AI Hackathon

Name: $1,000 Industrial AI Hackathon
Start: 2026-06-26T20:00:00.000-04:00
End: 2026-06-27T20:00:00.000-04:00
Location: $1,000 Industrial AI Hackathon

Build AI agents that solves a real operational problem for the American Industrial Revolution

Who can participate

Above legal age of majority in country of residence
All countries/territories, excluding standard exceptions

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Jun 26 – 27, 2026

Antler VC corporate office	Public
$1,000 in cash	33 participants

Zapdos Labs

Enterprise Machine Learning/AI Robotic Process Automation

24-hour hybrid hackathon.
Build AI agents that solves a real operational problem for the American Industrial Revolution.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$1,000 in prizes

1st place

$1,000 in cash

1 winner

Judges

Ganesh R
CEO at Zapdos Labs

David Cao
Founder and Managing Partner at F50 Ventures

Colin McNamara
Field CTO at AHEAD

Judging Criteria

Real Problem
Does this solve a real operational problem?
Cognitive Work
Is the AI doing meaningful cognitive work?
End‑to‑End
Does the demo complete a believable end-to-end workflow?
Clear Value
Is the value immediately understandable?
Deployable
Would you confidently show this to an operations manager on Monday?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

Hackathon sponsors

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