# AI Builder Day

> Utah's biggest AI event. Two days of learning, building, and launching. Friday, May 8 is for learning (speakers, workshops, AI-for-beginners sessions). Saturday, May 9 is the AI Builder Day Hackathon with $35K+ in bounties and prizes. Produced by JustBuild in partnership with the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development.

## Event Details

- **Dates:** May 8–9, 2026
- **Location:** Lehi, UT (JobNimbus HQ)
- **Cost:** Free
- **Audience:** Engineers, designers, students, business owners, first-timers, anyone curious about AI
- **Website:** https://aibuilderday.com
- **Contact:** hello@justbuild.ing
- **Register:** https://luma.com/aibuilderday

## Day 1 · Friday, May 8 (Learn)

- 8:00 AM · Doors open, check-in, breakfast
- 9:00 AM · Welcome & kickoff
- 9:30 AM · Leadership talks
- 10:30 AM · AI tutorials
- 12:00 PM · Lunch & sponsor expo (Pitada Brazil)
- 12:30 PM · Featured talks
- 1:05 PM · Bounty presentations
- 1:30 PM · Building begins / optional workshops
- 5:00 PM · Building closes

## Day 2 · Saturday, May 9 (AI Builder Day Hackathon)

- 8:00 AM · Building opens, breakfast (kolaches)
- 10:00 AM · Beginner workshop
- 11:00 AM · Optional workshop
- 12:00 PM · Lunch (BBQ)
- 2:00 PM · Code freeze, judging begins
- 3:30 PM · Judges deliberate
- 4:00 PM · Awards ceremony
- 5:00 PM · Building closes

## Bounty Tracks ($35,000 total)

Five sponsor-backed tracks. One project may be submitted to multiple tracks. Final twists pitched live at 1:05 PM Friday.

- **JobNimbus · $10,000** — Build an AI pipeline that takes property information and produces an accurate, customer-facing contractor estimate, fully automated end-to-end in under 24 hours. JobNimbus is the #1 CRM for roofing and contracting (4.8★, 12,000+ reviews) and is betting AI can collapse the quoting workflow from 30+ minutes to seconds. Team of 3–4. 3+ years experience required. https://aibuilderday.com/bounty-jobnimbus
- **GOED · $10,000 (single prize, two-part bounty)** — Make Utah's startup ecosystem visible. The winning project ships both portions: (1) The Founder's Navigator — reimagine how a founder finds what they need on startup.utah.gov in under two minutes; (2) The Utah Startup Map — an interactive visual map of every business in Utah's startup ecosystem. Current site: https://startup.utah.gov/. Bounty rules: https://startupstate.netlify.app/. Team of 1–3. Open to anyone. https://aibuilderday.com/bounty-goed
- **The Nucleus Institute · $5,000** — "Utah Innovation Connections Hub." Team of 1–4. Open to anyone. https://aibuilderday.com/bounty-nucleus
- **MadeThis · $5,000 + 3 months of free access** — Start a business, validate, earn revenue. Judged on founder–market fit, idea potential, validation/revenue, and quality (25% each). Team of 1–2. Open to anyone. MadeThis is the autonomous business platform — have an AI team build and run your business while you sleep (madethis.com). https://aibuilderday.com/bounty-madethis
- **Startup Bounty (Leland · Surge · Cheers) · $5,000** — "Give yourself a promotion." Build an AI system that automates a real chunk of your job. Non-developers welcome. Real-world impact 50%, automation depth 25%, demo believability 25%. Team of 1–2. https://aibuilderday.com/bounty-startup

Index: https://aibuilderday.com/bounties

## Sponsorship Tiers

- **Builder · $2,500:** Logo placement, recruiting access, attendee emails, co-sponsor a shared prize track, social promotion
- **Partner · $5,000:** Everything in Builder, plus a custom hackathon bounty, guaranteed Friday speaker slot, judging seat, featured Bounty Partner placement

Custom packages available: venue, food & beverage, university scholarship sponsorship.

## About JustBuild

JustBuild is Utah's premier AI community on a mission to make Utah AI-native. 400+ engineers, founders, and builders. We host hackathons, coworking sessions, and events trusted by Cerebras, Manus, Windsurf, Bolt, Contrary, Runpod, Mastra, and others. Past events have led to 12+ hires.

## Links

- Home: https://aibuilderday.com
- Agenda: https://aibuilderday.com/agenda
- Bounties: https://aibuilderday.com/bounties
- Sponsors: https://aibuilderday.com/sponsors
- JustBuild: https://justbuild.ing
- Slack: https://tinyurl.com/jbslack
- X: https://x.com/justbuildHQ
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/justbuild-ing/