AI Hackathon: Hack the Unreachable
Hosted by SN Attreya + Jeffrey Hang + Prerna Palawat + Ary Sharma + Deepika Sethi
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What to look forward to
Builders, researchers, and product-minded teams will use Flashpoint.AI’s research platform and Anthropic models to create AI agents that uncover hidden public sentiment across governance, economics, news, and investment. The hackathon will feature mentorship, expert judging, live demos, and $800 in prizes, with professionals from Meta, Microsoft, WebMD, and other organizations at the networking hour.
Inside the event
Hack the Unreachable
An AI research hackathon powered by Flashpoint.AI
People say one thing and do another. Public narratives rarely match private sentiment. The most valuable signals sit with people no survey ever reaches.
Spend a day building AI that closes that gap. Use Flashpoint.AI’s research platform and Anthropic’s models to build agents that uncover what people actually think and turn it into something useful.
Tracks
- Governance: Agents that surface constituent preferences and find policies people can agree on
- Economic Signals: Hyperlocal sentiment and economic research
- Self-Improving AI: Models that identify what they don’t know and go get it from the right people
- News & Reporting: Agents that research, verify, and report
- Investment Alpha: Find the gap between what’s priced in and what key segments privately believe
Prizes: $800 total
🥇 1st Place: $500
🥈 2nd Place: $200
🥉 3rd Place: $100
What you get
- Free Anthropic API access for the event
- Mentorship from the Flashpoint.AI team
- Judging by Flashpoint.AI, Pioneering Minds AI, and others
- Lunch provided
Who should come
Builders, researchers, PMs, designers, and anyone curious about AI. All backgrounds welcome. Come solo or bring a team of up to 4.
Submissions
Teams submit a public GitHub repo and share their build on LinkedIn or X. Ship something real, show it off.
Schedule
- 9:30 AM | Doors open
- 10:00 AM | Registration
- 10:30 AM | Introductions and team formation
- 11:00 AM | Hacking begins
- 1:00 PM | Lunch served (hacking continues)
- 3:30 PM | Presentations and judging
- 4:30 PM | Winners announced and prizes awarded
- 5:00 PM | Networking hour
- 6:00 PM | Event ends
Networking Hour | 5:00 to 6:00 PM
Not hacking? Come for the networking. Connect with founders, VCs, PMs, and AI practitioners from across NYC right after the hackathon wraps. We'll have professionals from Meta, Microsoft, WebMD, and more!
Arrive by 3:30 PM to watch teams present live and see the winners crowned, then stay to network.
Details
📅 Saturday, November 14
⏰ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
📍 Room 333, Gabelli School of Business, Fordham Lincoln Center
Hosted by the Fordham AI Society and the Gabelli Product Management Club. Sponsored by Pioneering Minds AI.
Spots are limited. Register now.
Gabelli School of Business
Gabelli School of Business, 140 W 62nd St, New York, NY 10023, USA. Confirm the venue with the organizer before traveling.
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