Hosted at Berlinhouse | In collaboration with GDG Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Mountain View, n-aible, and Aparavi

​Ready to build real-world B2B tools without touching thousands of lines of code?

Join us for a 4-day innovation sprint where developers, designers, AI enthusiasts, and creators team up to build enterprise-grade prototypes that reimagine how vertical communities like Berlinhouse operate and thrive.

Using powerful MCP, low-code/no-code platforms, you’ll rapidly assemble workflows, rethink collaboration, and tackle real challenges with scalable, AI-powered solutions.

​📅 Main Event: Saturday, May 24th, 2025

🕚 Time: 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM

📍 Location: Berlinhouse, 995 Market St, San Francisco, CA

🎟 Open to: Tech, AI, design, and business innovators, anyone with big ideas!

👥 Teams: 2–4 participants

​🎯 What You'll Build

​Design and prototype AI-powered solutions that enhance the way vertical communities like Berlinhouse live, work, and collaborate. You’ll explore challenges across key operational and experiential areas in order to create tools that benefit the building, its members, and the overall community ecosystem.

​Some areas you might explore:

​Facility Management: Smarter room usage, resource tracking, and ESG-friendly operations

​Community Governance: Tools for member input, space access, and transparent decision-making

​B2B Services: Internal marketplaces for skills, services, and collaboration

​AI Concierge: Personalized assistance for residents—recommendations, events, scheduling

​Data Insights: Unstructured data pipelines that surface trends, behaviors, and improvements

​Your team is free to mix, combine, or go beyond these areas as long as it makes life in a vertical city smarter and more connected.

​🛠️ Development Platforms

​Build using tools from our official sponsors and tech partners:

​Aparavi: Unstructured data automation

​Google: Vertex AI, Firebase Studio, Gemini Canvas

​3 more TBD

​🗓️ Event Flow

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Wed, May 21 (6–8 PM): Supervised Prehack → Meet mentors, test ideas, form teams

Agenda – Supervised Pre-hack

6:00 PM – Welcome & Overview of the Hackathon

6:30 PM – Meet & Greet with organizers: Frontier Tower, Aparavi

7:00 PM – Speaker sessions: Huan Li, Daniel Svonava, Sehyo Chang

8:00 PM – Networking

Speakers and Topics:

Huan Li – "Startup Alchemy: Turning Prompts into Products with QuizCraft"

Daniel Svonava – "Building Vector-Powered Software: Why & How"

Sehyo Chang – "Overview of Fluvio and SDF"

​Thu, May 22 (6–8 PM): Unsupervised Prehack → Freestyle experiments + tool exploration

Agenda – Happy Hour & Mini Pitch

6:00 PM – Welcome & Overview of the Hackathon

6:30 PM – Meet Mentors (Technical & Business): Discuss your hackathon ideas

7:00 PM – Team Matching, Tool Exploration, and Ideation Corners: Prepare for the hackathon

8:00 PM – Networking

​Fri, May 23 (6–8 PM): Happy Hour → Networking, drinks, and early project teasers

Agenda – Happy Hour & Mini Pitch

6:00 PM – Drinks, Snacks & Chill Networking Begin

6:15 PM – Open Mic Mini Pitches (2 minutes each – sign-up optional)

6:45 PM – Quick Feedback & Idea Swaps with Mentors & Peers

7:00 PM – Transition to 🍕 PizzaDay Web3 Party

​Sat, May 24 (11 AM–10 PM): Hackathon Day → Build, ship, and pitch your MVP

Agenda – Hackathon Day

11:00 AM – Doors Open & Check-In

11:30 AM – Opening Ceremony & Challenge Briefing

12:00 PM – Hacking Begins!

1:00 PM – Mentorship Rounds Open (on-demand support all day)

1:30 PM – Optional Workshops & API Demos (Parallel Tracks)

2:00 PM – Lunch Break & Community Corner

4:00 PM – Checkpoint #1 – Share Progress & Get Feedback

6:00 PM – Dinner & Recharge

7:00 PM – Code Freeze Warning – Wrap up final features

8:00 PM – Hacking Ends – Final Project Submissions Due

8:15 PM – Project Demos & Lightning Pitches Begin

9:30 PM – Judging + Awards Ceremony

10:00 PM – Closing Remarks & After-Vibes

​🏆 Why Join?

​🍕 Free meals, drinks, and swag

​🧠 Hands-on mentorship from platform experts

​🎤 Pitch to VCs, tech execs, and designers

​🎁 Prizes for Top 3 teams (cash, tech gear — details coming soon)

💰 Hackathon Prizes

1st Place – $500 + Swag

2nd Place – $200 + Swag

3rd Place – $100 + Swag

​✅ Success Criteria:

​Integrate at least two sponsor tools

​Deliver a working prototype live

​Align with Berlinhouse’s vertical village model

​Quantify real-world impact

​Build with low-code/no-code at the core

​Bring your laptop, charger, a notebook, and your best vibes.

Ready to prototype the future without drowning in code? Sign up now!