Mind Games AI Hackathon + Exclusive Napa Retreat

The BSH × XTrace AI Hackathon Weekend Not your typical hackathon. We’re building agents that actually remember. Join founders, engineers, researchers, designers, and operators for a two-week build sprint on XTrace’s memory infrastructure, ending with live demos at Berkeley Summit House and a private Napa retreat for winning teams. The challenges are real, brought by industry partners, and designed for teams to go much deeper than toy prompts. Builders will tackle customer workflows, operational bottlenecks, knowledge transfer, decision support, and the places where agents break down when they lose context. Teams build for the real world, use partner office hours to sharpen bold ideas, and present customer-relevant demos on stage. The best projects will show what changes when agents keep context across people, tools, and time. Win prizes. Meet serious builders. Build something meaningful to customers. Why show up $5,000 in cash prizes: One winner per track, plus a grand prize (a team can stack both)An invite-only dinner at Napa Summit House and a full Sunday in Napa Valley for the grand-prize winning team (valued at $10,000+), alongside the top investors and operators How it works (the timeline) T-1 week (July 17th): Team Formation Happy Hour at Berkeley Summit HouseMeet other builders, form teams of 1 to 4, receive API access, and join a short “build your first memory agent” session. The build window opens. Build window: Office hours + platform accessBuild with full access to XTrace. Use partner “ask the buyer” office hours and XTrace engineering office hours to pressure-test the product before Demo Day. Saturday: Demo Day at Berkeley Summit HouseFinal sprint, live demos, and standardized challenge queries answered on stage by every finalist. Saturday night + Sunday: Napa Valley experienceWinning teams head to Napa for a private dinner and Sunday retreat with founders, operators, investors, and the XTrace team. Who should apply Founders, engineers, researchers, designers, product builders, and operators who want to build useful AI agents around real business needs. No finished startup idea required. Bring curiosity, execution, and a bias toward building. Teams are 1 to 4 people: students, founders, and engineers welcome. Come with a team or form one at the Happy Hour. Hosted by Berkeley Summit House × XTrace Berkeley Summit House is an innovation community and venture foundation supporting entrepreneurial young founders and scientists building without borders. XTrace builds memory infrastructure for AI agents, enabling systems that retain context, accumulate knowledge, and improve over time.