OpenAI Build Week Community Hackathon - Tel Aviv

We're excited to announce Israel's first Codex hackathon! This is an official OpenAI event with over $50,000 in prizes and credits! Every person who attends gets $150 of credits. Thank you to Echo and Xsolla Club for hosting! We have space for 100 people in teams of 3 to 6. Don't have a team? Register anyway, and we'll place you with others. Due to high demand, not everyone who registers will be approved. Registering early gives you the best chance. The event runs from 5 pm to midnight on July 21st. Everyone who attends will receive $100 in Codex credits and $50 in OpenAI API tokens. ============================= What you'll build A hands-on evening hackathon for people who want to build with Codex. Start something new or meaningfully improve an existing project. What matters is what your team builds, changes, and can demo by the end of the night. Build categories: Apps for your lifeWorkProductivityDeveloper toolsEducationGames Who it's for This event is for anyone who wants to build, whether you write code, design, shape products, or make the case for an idea. No prior Codex experience is required. Teams and registration Each team member registers individually. If you already have a team, use the same team name on the form. Solo applicants are welcome as long as you're willing to join or form a team before the build sprint. All participants will receive Codex credits to help them build during the hackathon. What We Are Looking For Practical products, not just ideasClear users and workflowsWorking demos that can be tested and understoodResponsible and useful AI implementationProjects that can continue after the hackathon By the end of the night, each team should be ready to share a working demo and explain what they built or improved during the hackathon. Judges and mentors We'll have top-tier judges from industry, plus mentors on the floor throughout the night to help you get unstuck and sharpen your build. The last 1.5 hours are reserved for judging. First, judges visit each team at their table. Then the top 5 teams present on stage to the whole room before winners are announced.Mentors Alon Valadji - Co-Founder, OneQAvi Wolicki - CTO, Profile IntelErik Zaadi - R&D Director, Port.ioGuy Bary - Technical Lead, Wix; Creator of OctocodeIlan Benborhoum - Stealth Startup; Moderator, GenAI IsraelOmer Vexler - Founder, SecondTom Enden - Software Architect, Wix Judges Eilon Elhadad - Co-Founder & CEO, EchoEliezer Steinbock - Founder, Inbox ZeroEylam Milner - Co-Founder & CTO, EchoItay Shmool - VP, WixNatali (Erel) Shtulman - Head of AI Enablement, Papaya GlobalRom Iluz - MongoDB; Founder, AI Agents CommunityUdi Doron - Engineering Lead, Echo Schedule 5:00 pm: Doors open and check-in5:30 pm: Kickoff6:00 pm: Build sprint begins, with mentors on the floor throughout10:30 pm: Build sprint ends10:30 pm: Judges visit teams at their tables11:15 pm: Top 5 teams present to the full room11:45 pm: Winners announced and closing Prizes 1st place: $10,000 in OpenAI API credits2nd place: $3,000 in OpenAI API credits3rd place: $2,000 in OpenAI API credits Top 5 teams will also receive 6 months of ChatGPT Pro for each team member ($1,200 value per person).