Agenda · May 8–9, 2026

Agenda

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01
Day One · Learn

Friday, May 8

Building Open 8 AM to 5 PM
  1. 8:00 AM
    60 min
    Doors Open
    Check-in & breakfast.
    Activity
  2. 9:00 AM
    30 min
    Tyler Jennings
    Welcome & Kickoff
    Activity
  3. 9:30 AM
    15 min
    Talk
  4. 9:45 AM
    15 min
    Brandon Doyle
    Brandon Doyle
    Talk
  5. 10:00 AM
    15 min
    Talk
  6. 10:15 AM
    15 min
    Break
    Activity
  7. 10:30 AM
    15 min
    Max Forsey
    What Should AI Look Like for Our Kids?
    Max Forsey · Daso
    Talk
  8. 10:45 AM
    15 min
    Talk
  9. 11:00 AM
    15 min
    Cambree Bernkopf
    Curating taste & avoiding AI slop in design
    Talk
  10. 11:15 AM
    15 min
    Dan Ebeling
    Your AI Is an Intern. Manage It Like One.
    Talk
  11. 11:30 AM
    15 min
    Jacob Wright
    Building an autonomous business
    Talk
  12. 11:45 AM
    15 min
    Talk
  13. 12:00 PM
    30 min
    Lunch
    Lunch
  14. 12:30 PM
    20 min
    Talk
  15. 12:50 PM
    15 min
    Talk
  16. 1:05 PM
    25 min
    Bounty Presentations
    Sponsors pitch their tracks.
    Talks
  17. 1:30 PM
    ·
    Hackathon Begins
    Start building with an eye on the tracks you want to take on.
    Hackathon
  18. 1:30 PM
    30 min
    Jacob Wright
    Workshop · Vibe Coding 101
    Workshops
  19. 2:00 PM
    30 min
    Max Forsey
    Workshop · How to Code Like a One-Man Army
    Max Forsey · Daso
    Workshops
  20. 2:30 PM
    30 min
    Lincoln Bergeson
    Workshop · Vibe Coding with Replit
    Workshops
  21. 3:00 PM
    30 min
    Jacob Petterle
    Workshop · Agent Resource Management
    Workshops
  22. 3:30 PM
    30 min
    Isaac Tai
    Workshop · Build Your Company's AI Brain
    Workshops
  23. 4:00 PM
    30 min
    Jacob Wright
    Workshop · Harness Engineering
    Workshops
  24. 5:00 PM
    ·
    Building Closes
    Activity
02
Day Two · Build

Saturday, May 9

Building Open 8 AM to 5 PM
  1. 8:00 AM
    60 min
    Building Opens · Breakfast
    Meal
  2. 9:00 AM
    120 min
    Open Support Session
    JustBuild Mentors · drop in for help
    Workshops
  3. 11:00 AM
    60 min
    Jeremy Mumford
    Workshop · Architected Intelligence
    Workshops
  4. 12:00 PM
    ·
    Lunch · BBQ
    Lunch
  5. 1:00 PM
    30 min
    Brad Heitmann
    Workshop · Agent Orchestration at Scale
    Brad Heitmann
    Workshops
  6. 2:00 PM
    90 min
    Code Freeze · Judging Begins
    Demo to judges and sponsors.
    Hackathon
  7. 3:30 PM
    30 min
    Judges Deliberate
    Hackathon
  8. 4:00 PM
    60 min
    Awards Ceremony
    Winners announced. Prizes handed out.
    Finale
  9. 5:00 PM
    ·
    Building Closes
    Activity

Times and titles are subject to change as speakers confirm.

03 · Tracks & Bounties

Five tracks. $35,000 on the line.

Final rules pitched live at 1:05 PM Friday during Bounty Presentations.

04 · Rules

How it works.

General rules

These apply to every team. Each track has its own additional rules, pitched live at 1:05 PM Friday during Bounty Presentations.

01Build during the event.

Fresh code, fresh ideas. You can bring boilerplate and dependencies, but the core build happens on-site between Friday afternoon and Saturday 2 PM.

02Use any tools you want.

Any model, framework, library, API. Bring your own laptop and your own accounts. We'll have credit sponsors covering most of what you'll reach for.

03Compete for as many tracks as you want.

One project can be submitted to multiple tracks. Just check each track's rules before you commit. They vary.

04Demo to win.

Code freezes Saturday at 2 PM. You demo to judges and sponsors live. Awards at 4 PM.

05Be excellent to each other.

Help your neighbors. Mentors, sponsors, and judges are all here to help. Go talk to them.

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Thank you to our sponsors

See you May 8.

Free to attend.