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# The First Overnight YC Agents Hackathon
**Friday, Aug. 22nd to Saturday, Aug. 23rd | YC Office**
## Event Overview
Join us at the YC office for an invite-only hackathon focused on AI Agents and MCP. We're bringing together top builders, current-batch YC founders, and guests from OpenAI, Anthropic, Vercel, Convex, Vapi, and Y Combinator for the first-ever overnight hackathon in the YC office ending in live demos and shipped product.
## Schedule
### Friday, August 22nd
- **6:00 PM** - Doors open (IDs checked by security)
- **6:30 PM** - Kickoff talks
- **7:00 PM** - Team formation over dinner
- **8:00 PM - 6:00 AM** - All-night building session
### Saturday, August 23rd
- **All Day** - Speakers and panels (TBA)
- **6:00 PM** - Building ends (exactly 24 hours)
- **6:00 PM - 8:30 PM** - Demos and networking
- **8:30 PM** - Winners announced
## Prize Pool: $83,750
### Breakdown
- **Credits**: $62,150
- **Cash**: $21,600
- **Swag**: Invaluable
## API Credits & Support
### Credits Available
- **OpenAI**: Generous credits (claim by 1PM Saturday via form)
- **Anthropic**: $100 API credits
- **Browser Use**: $250 API credits
- **Vercel**: $200 credits
- **Convex**: 3 months Pro (free)
- **Vapi**: $20 API credits
- **Nia**: Free access during hackathon
- **AgentMail**: Free access during hackathon
## Hackathon Tracks
### 1. Tools for Agents
Infrastructure and tools (MCP) that enable agents to act
### 2. Developer & Code Agents
Agents that write, read, and reason about code
### 3. Consumer Agents
Lifestyle, shopping, finance, and productivity tools
### 4. Web Agents
Browsing, scraping, and task automation online
### 5. Agents for Enterprise
Automation of everyday business needs:
- GTM (Go-to-Market)
- Legal
- Hiring
- Admin
- Business analytics
- Marketing
- Creative
## Speakers & Judges
### Jared Friedman
**Managing Director & Group Partner at YC**
- Co-founder of Scribd (YC 2006)
- Top 100 website creator
- Former AI company engineer
- Harvard CS graduate
### James Cowling
**CTO & Co-founder at Convex**
- Former Senior Principal Engineer at Dropbox
- MIT PhD in distributed transaction processing
- Expert in consensus protocols
- Hobbyist: motorcycles and cover bands
### Wayne Sutton
**Head of Community and Events at Convex**
- Organized 100+ events for 50,000+ attendees
- Works with startups and Fortune 500s
- Adventure motorcycling enthusiast
### Dan Goosewin
**Developer Relations Lead at Vapi**
- Decade of web development experience
- Cloud platforms expert
- From Ufa, Russia
- Passionate about software, gaming, and finance
## YC '25 Host Companies
### Dedalus
MCP gateway-as-a-service for agentic AI workflows
### Kernel
Crazy Fast Browser Infrastructure for AI web agents
### Interfere
Write code that fixes itself in production
### Nozomio
Best-in-class context augmentation for codegen tools
### Browser Use
We enable AI to control your browser
### AgentMail
API to give agents their own inboxes
### Autumn
Making Stripe easy for AI
## Important Announcements
### OpenAI Credits (URGENT)
**Fill out the form by 1PM Saturday to claim your OpenAI API credits**
### Prize Details
Check the hackathon Discord for:
- Full prize breakdown by track
- Track host information
- Submission criteria
- Rules and guidelines
## Food & Amenities
### Meals Provided
- **Friday**: Dinner
- **Saturday**: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Local award-winning chef
- Vegan, vegetarian, and health-conscious options
### Beverages
- Coffee (hot and iced lattes)
- Four types of energy drinks
- Snacks throughout
## What to Bring
- Laptop and charger
- Your best ideas
- Energy for 24 hours of building
## Submission Requirements
- In-person demo mandatory
- Teams up to 4 people
- Solo builders can form teams on-site
- See Discord for detailed criteria
## Sponsors
- Anthropic
- OpenAI
- Vercel
- Convex
- Vapi
- Y Combinator
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*For latest updates and full details, join the hackathon Discord*