Spooky Civic AI Hackathon: Demo Day
Hosted by 3percentclub + Ruth Miller-Leon + Maria Ashby + Sahar Mor (Bond AI) + The AI Collective + AJ Green + Mishelle + Tavily Events + Max Chambers + Nick Hehr + Nancy Wang
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What to look forward to
The Spooky Civic AI Hackathon Demo Day will showcase teams’ one-weekend projects tackling NYC challenges across climate, housing, healthcare, education, justice, AI infrastructure, and robotics, with science-fair demos, stage pitches, and prizes. Open to everyone, the event features support from Viam, a robotics and AI platform providing robot kits and mentors, and Vonage, an Ericsson company offering communications APIs.
Inside the event
Costumes encouraged! Come dressed up. There's a costume contest at 4:15.
Teams spent the weekend building AI tools for real New York problems, from community gardens to local nonprofits. Come see what they made, talk to the builders, and vote for your favorite.
Free and open to everyone. Drop in anytime between 2:30 and 5. You don't need to have built anything.
Where: Luma Studios, 307 W 38th St, Studio 1701, New York, NY 10018
What to expect
- 2:30pm Doors open. Walk the science fair, meet the teams, and vote for People's Choice
- 3:30pm Top 5 teams announced, then they demo on stage
- 4:15pm Costume contest. People's Choice voting closes
- 4:30pm Awards
- 5:00pm Group photo
Building this weekend? Teams check in at 1:30pm to set up your table and poster. Judges start visiting tables at 2:00pm, before doors open. Submissions close Saturday at midnight. Everything you need: 3percentclub.org/hackathon. Questions: Discord
Good to know
- No dogs, sorry!
- Can't stay the whole time? Come for the science fair and leave whenever you like.
- Photos from the weekend: shared Drive folder
Partners: Viam (mentors and the Physical AI track), Vonage (food, Demo Day venue, and API credits), and Tavily (search credits for builders).
Sponsorship inquiries: Partner with 3percentclub
About Viam: Viam is a New York-based software platform for building, deploying, and managing robotics and AI in the physical world.
About Vonage: Vonage, part of Ericsson, builds communications APIs for voice, video, messaging, and verification that developers put into their apps.
About Tavily: Tavily is the web access layer for AI agents: one API for real-time search, extraction, and crawling, trusted by 2M+ developers.
About 3percentclub: 3percentclub is an NYC nonprofit that teaches free AI classes for underrepresented builders: engineers, career changers, product managers, designers, and people who have never coded. This event is open to everyone. Want to go deeper with AI? Apply to the free AI Architect Fellowship for weekly classes, mentorship, and a community to build with.
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