Welcome to this week’s Beta Update 👋
*Note: You’re receiving this update because you previously registered for a Beta University–hosted or co-hosted event via our Luma calendar and opted in to receive communications from the hosts.
Saturday 5/30: Beta Fund X Evermind One Person Company Hackathon
Build. Ship. Get Funded. Beta University is hosting a one-day hackathon for builders who want to go from idea to demo — fast
🏆 $2,000 cash prizes awarded on the spot to the top 5 audience favorites
📱$1,000 Social Media King — go viral and take home for 3 spots
Beta Fellowship — the strongest teams skip the application process and roll directly into Beta University’s 8-week pre-accelerator, with a $25K investment waiting at the finish line
Join the Discord for team formation, hackathon credits, and tech support.
Spots are limited. Come ready to build.
Saturday 6/20: Beta Fund X Antler Physical AI Hackathon
Build your Physical AI and win a cash prize from Beta Fund and a residency program opportunity from Antler
Moderating the Agent Forge AI Hackathon in Sunnyvale this weekend reinforced how rapidly autonomous workflows are transitioning from local prototypes to production-grade infrastructure. We challenged builders to deploy cloud-ready agents in a single day, and the cohort delivered seven high-signal projects aimed at concrete GTM and operational bottlenecks. The field included Source Shield, an intelligence platform using specialized agents to map hardware supply chain vulnerabilities against real-time geopolitical choke points. We also evaluated Entrepreneur 6, an automated B2B SaaS procurement engine that extracts gated pricing and negotiates contracts, and Agent Gen, an autonomous job application pipeline that matches skills to market demand and dispatches tailored outreach. Additionally, the event featured Mom’s Lab, an automated incubator generating e-commerce storefronts and legal compliance for non-technical founders, alongside an agentic negotiator designed to autonomously haggle on platforms like Facebook Marketplace.
The execution velocity was exceptional, with three teams securing the top cash prizes for floorboarding the development of live, market-ready solutions. Shadowbuy took first place and the $500 prize for an automated developer triage tool that monitors customer Slack channels, isolates legitimate bug reports, reproduces the errors in-browser, and pushes corrective PRs without human intervention. Goti secured second place and $300 for their highly pragmatic autonomous workflows, while SafeCall earned third place and $200 for engineering a localized financial shield that intercepts inbound communications to protect elderly consumers from social engineering and unauthorized transfers.
Join the Builders Club, the official Discord hub for future Beta Fund Hackathons.
We are centralizing a high-signal community of founders and engineers. This isn’t just another chat server—it is the direct pipeline to our investment team and ecosystem partners.
What’s on the line:
Direct Investment: On-the-spot investment checks for exceptional projects.
Hardware & Capital: High-tier prizes including Cash, Mac Minis, and more.
GTM Support: Direct access to Beta Fund’s resources to help you scale and move from hack to startup.
If you are building at the edge, join us to connect with mentors, find co-founders, and secure the backing your project needs.
Cheers,
Beta University Team
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