Shopify AI Hackathon & AI Office Hours | Upscale AI x Ripple AI x Siena AI

A day to get hands-on with AI, whether you are just starting out or ready to ship a working tool for your store.If you can't make it, join the RSVP to get the post-event playbook!---- Agenda 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM | AI Open Office Hours Open to everyone. Bring your questions and leave knowing how to actually use AI tools. Built for beginners, no experience required. 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM | AI Shopify Hackathon An invite-only build session for up to 40 approved Shopify brands. Scope a real automation, connect Claude to your store, and leave with something that works. Who the Hackathon Is For Select Shopify brands in the $5M to $100M+ range. Founders and operators who own a growth, content, retention, or ops workflow and want to automate the parts that eat their week. No engineering background needed. Plain English is the only language required. What You Will Walk Away Knowing How to scope an automation by letting AI interview you, then writing a one-page PRD before you buildHow to connect Claude Code to your store through the Shopify MCP for products, orders, customers, and analyticsWhy frequency is the real design decision. If a daily report costs the same as a weekly one, run it daily What to Bring A rough idea of what you want to build (a doc, a short description, even a voice note works), your laptop, and Claude Code or Codex ready to go. We will have monitors on site to plug into. Hackathon Approval Criteria Open to active Shopify brands doing $2M GMV or more, subject to approval. About the Hosts Ripple AI is an AI-powered email marketing platform for ecommerce brands, creating on-brand marketing emails faster, from design to copy, without relying heavily on a designer. The platform is built for ecommerce workflows, with a focus on Shopify brands and integrations like Klaviyo for exporting and publishing campaigns. Siena AI empowers brands with empathic AI agents that automate customer interactions, drive revenue, and turn conversations into actionable insights. Trusted by leading consumer brands like FIGS, HexClad, Kitsch, and Grüns.Shoptin optimizes marketing consent collection at checkout for 8 & 9 figure brands. Shoptin drives brands from