Build Fast. Launch Loud. Prompt Driven Hackathon

Prompt Driven Development (PDD) Hackathon Build Fast. Launch Loud. The PDD Hackathon is a one-day, high-intensity build event focused on creating real, working AI-powered products — fast. Registration is required here: Prompt Driven Development Hackathon Registration This event is centered around a new way of building software. Instead of relying on traditional development workflows, participants will use Prompt Driven Development (PDD) to direct AI agents that handle core logic, testing, and iteration. The goal is not just to prototype, but to ship something meaningful within hours. Participants will move quickly from idea to implementation, using prompts as the primary interface for building, refining, and deploying AI-powered applications. By the end of the day, teams will have live, functional products ready to demo. Top teams will have the opportunity to pitch their projects to investors and industry leaders, with the potential to take their ideas beyond the hackathon. Sponsors VentureDock VentureDock is a founder-first hub for early-stage startups, bold builders, and fast-moving teams. With locations in Palo Alto and Milpitas, VentureDock brings together founders, investors, operators, and corporate innovators through curated workspace, events, programming, and community. For the PDD Hackathon, VentureDock is supporting the event as our venue sponsor, providing the Palo Alto space and startup-centered environment that make this one-day build experience possible. Nexla Nexla is an AI-powered data integration platform that transforms data from any source into governed, production-ready data products for AI and agents. As the data layer for enterprise AI, Nexla gives AI applications and agents the connectivity, context, and governance needed to operate across 700+ enterprise systems in real time. The platform helps teams connect to data sources, enrich data with business context, and deliver it through tools such as MCP Studio, Agentic RAG, and Agent SDK. mem0 mem0 is an open-source memory layer for AI applications and agents, helping AI systems remember past interactions and deliver more personalized, contextual experiences over time. By giving AI applications persistent memory across sessions, mem0 helps builders create agents that feel more intelligent, adaptive, and useful in real-world workflows. RocketRide RocketRide is an open-source AI runtime for defining and running AI pipelines. With RocketRide, teams can define a pipeline as a single JSON file while RocketRide handles model routing, context, and observability. The same file can run locally or in the cloud without changes, making it easier for builders to move from experimentation to production. Respan Respan is an AI infrastructure platform that helps teams run reliable AI applications in production. Our AI Gateway gives teams a single place to manage model access, routing, reliability, and costs, while our observability platform helps them monitor performance, debug failures, and improve quality over time. Together, they help companies ship and operate AI products with more speed and confidence. Rtrvr.ai Rtrvr.ai is an AI web agent platform that lets users scrape datasets, automate tasks, and monitor websites using prompts. Unlike traditional scrapers or screenshot-based agents, Rtrvr.ai uses DOM-native intelligence to understand and interact with websites, helping AI agents navigate the web, extract data, and automate workflows more reliably. Tencent EdgeOne Makers EdgeOne Makers is a Web and Agent development and deployment platform built on the Tencent EdgeOne infrastructure. It provides a one-stop development and deployment service covering frontend pages, dynamic APIs, and Agents. By leveraging the global acceleration of the edge network, it ensures applications achieve fast and stable access experiences. Startup Island TAIWAN: Silicon Valley Hub Startup Island TAIWAN: Silicon Valley Hub is a national initiative supporting Taiwanese startups as they expand globally. Located in Silicon Valley, the Hub connects founders with investors, corporate partners, and innovation ecosystems, serving as a bridge between Taiwan and the global startup community. The Hub regularly hosts events, delegation visits, founder programs, and ecosystem gatherings that strengthen collaboration between Taiwan’s technology ecosystem and Silicon Valley. Render Render is a modern cloud platform that helps developers build, deploy, and scale applications quickly. Render provides infrastructure for web services, static sites, background workers, databases, cron jobs, and more, making it easier for teams to take projects from idea to production without managing complex DevOps workflows. ElevenLabs ElevenLabs is a leading voice AI platform powering developers, creators, and enterprises. Its AI voice models and products support everything from low-latency conversational agents to advanced voice generation for voiceovers, audiobooks, dubbing, and other scalable voice experiences.

Hosts

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  Greg Tanaka

  Founder of Prompt Driven

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  Sohni Tagirisa

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  Ai Huynh

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  Jenny Hsueh

  Operations Manager at Startup Island TAIWAN - Silicon Valley Hub

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  Claire Evans

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  Maria Uribe Estrada

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  Mark Evans

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  Serhan Asad

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  Startup Island TAIWAN - Silicon Valley Hub

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  Sahar Mor (Bond AI)

  -> Running Bond AI - 130k AI operators and founders across SF, NY, SEA, and Europe bondcommunity.ai -> Writing @ aitidbits.ai -> ex-Stripe