Hack Your Way Into the Hacker House - powered by OnlyExit

📋 Event Description Spend one day building at the frontier of AI and then pitch it to real VCs. This is a one-day, in-person hackathon at Fordham University, co-hosted by OnlyExit Hacker House and localhost:nyc, where NYC's sharpest young AI builders ship something real and defend it live in front of a panel of seed-stage investors. This is the NYC scouting funnel for OnlyExit Hacker House Cohort One - build well here and you skip straight to the front of the line to be part of a hacker house backed by top Silicon Valley Investorss. ⚡ The Frontier We're not looking for another CRUD app. Build at the edge of applied AI: AI agents and multi-agent systemsApplied / vertical AI for real industriesOn-device and AI infrastructureAI for hard, regulated, or high-complexity domains (defense, health, energy, robotics, science) 🗓️ What to Expect 10 am – 7 pm, one high-intensity build day at Fordham UniversitySolo or teams up to 4 - your call~100 of NYC's most obsessive AI builders in one roomVC judges arrive mid-afternoon; live demos to the panel in the eveningFood and drinks to fuel the full day 🏆 What Winners Get Access, not merch. The prize is the pipeline: Fast-track OnlyExit Hacker House interview - top teams get a guaranteed in-person scouting interview for Cohort One in Seattle, skipping the cold-application lineWarm VC intros - standouts get direct introductions to the judging partners for their raiseVisibility - recognition to the OnlyExit and VC network as one of the strongest builders in the roomAccess to After party dinner - More details will be given on the day of the event. ⚖️ Judges A panel from our VC network: D. J. Patel - VC | 3x exited founderPrince Rumi - Excelsior Edge Ventures, Partner | AI ResearcherShiv Jethi - Product at CursorMichael Barone - Investment Analyst at Everywhere Ventures, a global pre-seed venture capital firmMitchell Itkin - VC and Community Builder at Pulse Foundry 🎯 Who Should Attend Founders and technical builders working on frontier tech and applied AIPre-seed or earlier - haven't raised, or only a small checkPeople with deep domain expertise or ex-unicorn / hard-tech experienceFast, obsessive builders who can ship something real in a day You don't need a co-founder or a finished idea, just show up ready to build at the frontier. Credit Sponsors Tavily: Connect your AI agents to the web.Verdict turns your pitch deck into a brutally honest investment memo, in about ten minutes.Lovable - Your AI website builder. 🤝 Hosts Somya Gupta - The face of the NYC startup ecosystem.OnlyExit Hacker House - A ten-week, live-in Seattle program for frontier-tech and AI founders, ending in a Demo Day at 40,000 feet.CASTGNY: Since 1992, providing platform for learning, networking and mentoring for technology professionals and entrepreneurs.Pulse NYC AI - A community, incubator, and venture fund built for founders, researchers, and technologists shaping the future of AI in New York City.ConnNext is a next-gen mobile app and community built for career growth.Madeline & Co. is the first Strategy and execution platform powered by Madeline-s1.Bond AI - the curated community for AI events, connecting 140K+ AI operators, founders, & ecosystem partners.