East v. West 72 Hour Hackathon

Let's stop pretending this is friendly. For years the argument's been the same: East Coast builds the serious stuff, West Coast ships the future. Harvard and MIT on one side. Stanford and Caltech on the other. Everyone's got an opinion. Nobody's settled it. So we will. 72 hours. Two coasts. 1,000 builders. One question: who builds the future better? Harvard and MIT take the East. Stanford, Caltech, and UC Berkeley take the West. 500 builders per coast, building simultaneously across eight frontiers of AI — and judged on one stage. The tracks: Life Sciences · Edge AI · Inference · Energy, Grid & Sustainability · Robotics & Physical AI · AI Apps · Cloud AI · Human Flourishing What’s at stake: $1M in prizes — cash, credits, cool gadgets, and cars. Direct exposure to the teams at the frontier ai labs + stier VCs who are mentoring and judging. Find a co-founder. Win tools and credits to take your product further. 500 spots per coast — selection is ultra competitive. Claim yours.