Data & AI Hackathon: Real job. Real AI. Real scale.

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🎉 Data & AI Hackathon: 8-Hour Innovation Sprint at AWS Builder Loft, SF 🎉 Join us for the Data & AI Hackathon, an electrifying 8-hour sprint bringing together the brightest minds in data engineering, machine learning, and AI, all under one roof at the iconic AWS Builder Loft in San Francisco! 🚀

Whether you're an AI researcher, data scientist, backend engineer, or prompt designer, this is your chance to build next-generation intelligent systems, explore real-time data pipelines, and connect with the most passionate builders in the Bay Area.

Event Details: When: 09:30 AM – 6:00 PM, September 11, 2026. Where: AWS Builder Loft, San Francisco, CA. Theme: Data & AI Infrastructure, Agentic Workflows & Foundation Models.

What to Expect: High-Energy Building Sessions: 8 hours to prototype cutting-edge Data & AI solutions. Data & AI Challenges: Solve real-world problems around intelligent automation, real-time analytics, vector search, and LLM orchestration. Expert Mentorship: On-site guidance from veteran AI researchers and infrastructure engineers. Swag, Catering & Networking: Fuel up with snacks and lunch while connecting with fellow builders and founders. Prizes & Demos: Win exciting prizes and pitch your build directly to AI investors and industry leaders.

Agenda: 09:30 AM – 10:00 AM: Check-in & Breakfast. 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM: Keynote, Theme Briefing & API Workshops. 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Hacking Starts & Team Formation. 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM: Lunch Break. 01:00 PM – 03:30 PM: Deep Hacking & Mentor Office Hours. 03:30 PM: Project Submission Deadline. 04:00 PM – 04:40 PM: Top 5 Live Demos & Presentations. 04:40 PM – 05:00 PM: Awards & Closing Ceremony. 05:00 PM – 06:00 PM: Networking & Happy Hour.

About Our Partners: RocketRide is an open-source, developer-native AI meta-harness. Build, debug, and deploy production AI workflows right inside your IDE. And with RocketRide Cloud, teams can offload the complexity of AI infrastructure and focus on building solutions, with cost-efficient execution through our proprietary model server, shared pipelines for collaboration, higher performance, and seamless scalability.

RocketRide is giving away free credits for RocketRide Cloud, 100% off your first purchase with a promo code. Join the Discord to grab yours. Submit your project by posting it in the #showcase channel on Discord with your project's GitHub link and all your .pipe files (import them from RocketRide Cloud). Need help? Just ask our bot in #support.

RocketRide Rewards: Best Use of RocketRide — build your project on RocketRide Cloud and deploy an AI pipeline without managing any infrastructure. The hackathon app will track which team uses RocketRide the most, and the winning team takes home Apple AirPods Pro 3 worth $1,000!

Hotdata is instant data infrastructure for AI agents. Let every agent spin up on-demand low latency databases to search, query, and analyze data concurrently. Built in Rust on Apache DataFusion and DuckLake, Hotdata lets developers spin up isolated databases on demand without provisioning or managing database infrastructure.

Hotdata Rewards: Best Use of Hotdata — build an application where multiple agents or users need to search, query, or analyze data concurrently. The winning team takes home an Apple AirPods Max. Hotdata is also offering free credits, 100% off for first-time users who sign up.

Snyk is a developer-first cybersecurity platform that helps teams build fast without compromising on security. Snyk continuously scans and secures application code, open-source dependencies, containers, and cloud environments right within the developer's workflow. At this event you will learn: 1) Sign-up for free (no credit card required), how to import your code, and configure your AI coding tool. 2) Free AI Security Engineer Foundations Certificate.

Event Terms & Consent: By registering, you agree to the event terms and conditions. RocketRide reserves the right to refuse admission or remove attendees at its discretion to keep things safe and enjoyable for everyone. Photography and video recording will take place throughout the evening and may be used by RocketRide for future marketing, promotional, and community content. By registering, you also consent to receiving the RocketRide newsletter and updates about future events at the email address you provide. You can unsubscribe anytime via the link in any email. Spots are limited. Register now and build the future of Enterprise AI.

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