Bengaluru | BLR4 CCCL x Nova — The Buildathon
Please Note: the following event is only for female builders., Join a Claude Community Event, organized by local enthusiasts for everyone who loves building with Claude Code!, A fast-paced, high-stakes 1-day buildathon for 30 ambitious women builders in Bengaluru — focused entirely on rapid execution with Claude.
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After running several successful Claude Code meetups in London, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pondicherry, and Pune as an Official Claude Community Ambassador appointed by Anthropic, Vikram is co-hosting this buildathon with the founding team of Nova Residency — Manasa Kalaimalai, Inchara Paramesh, and Harshita Nagesh. Nova Residency is India's first women-only startup hacker house — a curated programme bringing together elite female builders for a week of focused product execution, culminating in this buildathon on the final day. What to expect This isn't a workshop. There are no slides. You're here to build, ship, and survive. Intense, unscripted building sprints with Claude Surprise mechanics revealed live on the day — including The Wheel Spin (a random twist everyone must obey for the next hour) An Attack & Sabotage Phase where teams use Claude to try and break each other's apps Penalty Constraints for teams whose apps get broken — make it work and make it weird Quick demos in front of judges A Tech Roast to close out the day — laptops shut, mics open, food served Networking and good conversation throughout (Zero boring lectures. You aren't here to listen — you're here to execute.) The day 09:00 — Kickoff, teams form, missions handed out in envelopes 09:30 — Build Phase 1 11:30 — The Wheel Spin (twist revealed) 12:00 — Build Phase 2, under Wheel rules 13:00 — Lunch 14:00 — Attack & Sabotage Phase 15:00 — Final Build + Penalty Constraints 16:30 — Demos & judging 17:00 — The Tech Roast, awards, food 19:00 — Close Who is this for? Ambitious women builders, developers, founders, and AI enthusiasts ready to test the absolute limits of what they can ship in a single day. Whether you've built complex agentic workflows or are just getting started — you're welcome. (All 8 Nova Residents receive guaranteed direct entry. The remaining 22 spots are open to the wider community.) Anthropic API credits for every participant Every attendee receives $40 in Anthropic API credits at kickoff — fuel for the day's build. Sponsors This buildathon is backed by: Anthropic — providing $40 Claude API credits per participant CCCL (Claude Code Central London) — host Nova Residency — co-host
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