We believe powerful AI can compress decades of progress into years: in software engineering, in how people learn, in how companies run, and how the physical world gets built. But AI doesn't do any of that on its own. People do. Every important technology became important because someone picked it up early and aimed it at a problem that mattered. This day is for the people doing exactly that.
On Saturday, June 13, join us at Shack15 in San Francisco for one day of building. The broken process in your industry. The tool you wish existed. The idea you've been sitting on. The longer and more complex the task, the better. Build with Opus 4.8 and Claude Code, with VCs and members of the Anthropic team in the room. We're awarding $150K in Claude credits across 3 finalists.
Judges include:
Pavla Bobosikova, Investor at Neo
James Da Costa, Partner at a16z
Zhen Li, Engineering Lead at Replit
Mar Hershenson, GP at Pear VC
Sara Deshpande, GP at Maven VC
Alistair Smith, Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic
Gagan Bhat, Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic
Marius Buleandra, Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic
Conner Phillippi, Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic
Ciro Spaciari, Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic
Let’s build.
Note: Space is limited. All attendees must apply and be approved — applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.