Beta Fund X AWS X OpenAI Multi-Model Hackathon
The next generation of products will reason across images, video, audio, voice, documents, and real-world data—not just prompts and responses. This hackathon is about building for that future.
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Join us at AWS Builder Loft on October 23 for a one-day Multi-Modal Hackathon, bringing together builders, researchers, founders, and investors to ship products that combine multiple forms of intelligence into something people can actually use. This is a build-first event. Come with an idea, find a teammate, and leave with a working demo. 👉 Register here for AWS Builders Loft Entrance: https://events.builder.aws.com/W4PEkn Loft Policy All guests must be 18+ and present a valid government-issued physical photo ID at check-in (digital IDs will not be accepted). Scooters and bikes are not permitted in any Amazon building; no on-site parking available. Format 2–4 builders per team One-day hackathon Working demo required Technical credits and resources will be provided Additional sponsor and integration requirements will be announced 📅 Schedule 9:30 AM — Check-in & Doors Open 10:00 AM — Opening Remarks + Sponsor Workshop 10:30 AM — Panel / Speaker Session (TBA) 11:15 AM — Build Starts 11:30 AM — Lunch (provided by Keenable) 1:00 PM — Build Continues 5:00 PM — Demo Showcase 6:30 PM — 🏆 Awards & Closing Focus Tracks 👁️ Multi-Modal Applications Build products that combine multiple forms of input—such as text, image, video, voice, audio, or documents—to solve real user problems. 🤖 Multi-Modal Agents Build agents that can see, hear, reason, and take action across different modalities, from screen-based workflows to voice, vision, and document understanding. 🧱 Multi-Modal Infrastructure Build the underlying tools that make multi-modal systems work, including retrieval, memory, evaluation, model routing, data pipelines, observability, and developer infrastructure. Full track details and judging criteria will be announced soon. Prizes & Opportunities 🏆 Cash Prizes 1st: $500 2nd: $300 3rd: $200 🔎 Keenable Prize $1,000+ in Keenable credits for the winning team, judged by George Trushevskiy (Keenable). 🧪 Open Challenge: MatrAIx Persona 1M Multi-modal models still break in ways that are hard to see until real users hit them. We're inviting builders to help find where. Run MatrAIx Persona 1M on image, audio, or video generation models Submit failure cases at personalagenteval.com/contribute Keep contributing after the event → become a co-author on our Personal Agent Eval project! Prize pool and placements to be announced. 📹 Best Use of FaceTime (Chert) $300 + 1 month of free dedicated Chert line + guaranteed Software Engineering interview at Chert (YC P26), judged by Gary Gao (Chert). AI agents can now see, show, and proactively call users on FaceTime. Show us what becomes possible when your agent can pick up the phone and look you in the eye. Build on Chert's FaceTime API (add iMessage if you want) Join, submit, and showcase at the Chert Discord: Join Discord Server Submit: a repo, a LinkedIn/X post, and a demo video of a live FaceTime call (under 2 minutes) 💰 Beta Fund Fellowship Standout founders and teams may be invited to interview for Beta Fund's Fellowship and potential investment. Partners Chert lets anyone put a realtime AI video agent on a live FaceTime call with one API. We're already powering teams building AI companions, coaches, real-estate, and onboarding agents. Keenable (keenable.ai), the independent web search API for AI — Integration Partner. Every onsite builder gets $200 in Keenable credits (details shared at check-in). Keenable is also providing lunch. MatrAIx (matraix.ai) — Open Challenge Partner.
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