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June 30th
Day one of the hackathon will be devoted to distilling your idea.
Jim Selbe, Chief Operating Officer, Service to School. Jim is a 20-year Marine Corps Veteran whose previous positions include Senior Vice President for Military Programs at the University of Maryland University College; Vice President for Lifelong Learning at the American Council on Education; and Regional Director for Troops to Teachers in Virginia.
First, you’ll learn how GPT-4 works and why human language turns out to play such a critical role in computing. Next, you’ll see how AI-native software is being made.Taught by Ted Benson, founder of Steamship, MIT Ph.D., & Y Combinator Alum
Jake Wood is the founder and CEO of Groundswell, a software company that enables companies to make philanthropy an employee benefit. Groundswell launched in 2021 after raising $15 million in venture capital led by Google Ventures.
Prior to launching Groundswell, Wood served as the founder and CEO of Team Rubicon, a disaster response organization that is widely considered one of America’s leading non profit organizations.
Jake is a Marine Corps veteran with combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, a twice-publishedauthor, a frequent contributor in the media, and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin.
Check in starts with how to navigate the online platform and an ice breaker so we can all get to know each other.
July 1st
Day two of the hackathon will be devoted to building from your imagination.
Learn the best practices in breaking into Tech.
Comedian and military veteran influencer known on TikTok as shaneofficial_ has amassed over 500,000 followers where his comedy primarily focuses on his relationship to the Marine Corps
July 2nd
Day three of the hackathon will be devoted to presentations.
This is when we announce who wins followed by any closing notes. We hope to see you on Demo day!
While Judges are deliberating, DJ Lord Isac will be taking your requests and playing them live on his DJ set. Take this time to walk around our merch and NFT store while jamming out.
This is where judges will score based on our rubric
Jameel will go over how to turn in project submissions and how to demo your project in front of our panel of judges. This will be followed by rehearsals with your teams. Project repos ought to be turned by 12:00pm PST.