EVOLVE: 8090 AI Hackathon
Hosted by Afifa Siddiqua + Sahand Sojoodi + Carina Rastorgueva + Lei Wu
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What to look forward to
Builders will tackle an overnight sprint to modernize legacy enterprise systems with AI, creating and demoing tools alongside mentors from 8090 and Vercel. More than $3,000 in prizes will be up for grabs.
Inside the event
We’re opening 8090’s Redwood City office for a night of building with AI.
EVOLVE is a 20-hour hackathon on November 13–14. The mission: build your own Software Factory.
What if you could build a system that takes software from idea to implementation, with AI agents doing the heavy lifting? Design your own factory: orchestrate agents, build custom tools, automate workflows, and rethink how software gets built from the ground up.
Build a team of agents that takes a ticket to a pull request. Create a framework for coordinating autonomous coding agents. Develop tools that help engineers understand and modernize massive legacy codebases. Take an idea, push the limits of what’s possible, and ship something real.
You’ll get access to Software Factory and support from 8090’s engineering team throughout the build. We’ll finish with live demos, judging, Q&A with 8090 members of technical staff and prizes. Chamath Palihapitiya is scheduled to join the ceremonies.
WHAT TO EXPECT
- Winning team gets a chance to do 1:1 pitches to Chamath.
- $3000+ in credits & prizes for top 3 winning teams
- 20 hours of building, overnight from Friday to Saturday
- Software Factory access and engineering support
- Other experienced engineers to meet and exchange ideas with
- Dinner, late-night food, breakfast, and lunch
Vercel, ElevenLabs, and Composio are supporting the event.
WHO IT’S FOR
Engineers who want to build with AI and tackle a practical software challenge.
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
WHEN AND WHERE
November 13–14, 2026
Friday, 5:30 PM – Saturday, 8:00 PM
8090’s office in Redwood City · In person
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Redwood City, CA
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