From Hackathon to $100M AI Startup — The Story of Cline

¡Hola! 👋Te recordamos que este evento forma parte de la agenda del Summit.El escenario será D1 - Stage Capital One ¡No podemos esperar para verte allí! 🚀 From Hackathon to $100M AI Startup — The Story of Cline ​What started as a project at a hackathon has become one of the most popular AI coding tools in the world. Cline — originally known as “Claude Dev” — grew from fewer than 100,000 installs to over 3.5 million across the VS Code and JetBrains ecosystems, transforming how developers interact with AI in their daily workflows. ​In this session, Nick Bauman, Founding Team Member at Cline and Product Marketer passionate about innovation in the coding layer, will share the inside story of Cline’s explosive growth: ​How a hackathon idea evolved into a $100M AI startup. ​Key lessons learned from open source to global scale. ​How Cline is pulling the future forward by innovating at the core: the code editor. ​✨ At the end of the talk, Nick will officially launch the AI Buildathon, a space to experiment and build real AI solutions during Mexico Tech Week. ​📅 October 21 | CDMX 📍 Product Latam Summit — Powered by Capital One