Wayflyer x Fin Hackathon | Build the future of eCommerce

About the hackathon Wayflyer and Fin are bringing together the best builders in London for a 3-day hackathon at the Visionaries Summit, a gathering of 30 of the UK's most exciting consumer brand founders. On the Wednesday at 2pm you'll receive a complete data pack for a fictional DTC merchant. Your job is to build something that helps them run a better business.You don't need to be technical to take part. The hackathon is open to both builders (engineers, designers, product people) and operators (founders, marketers, ops), and if desired, we'll help match solo applicants with someone from the opposite side. Prizes £6,000 in cash, split across the top 3 teams: 🥇 £3,000 - winning team🥈 £2,000 - second place🥉 £1,000 - third place Plus swag from Wayflyer, Fin, and the consumer brands at Visionaries Summit. Pizza, drinks, and coffee on the house. What you'll be building Build an AI-powered e-commerce tool that helps the fictional brand run their business better. Pick a lane: Customer-facing: anything that improves the shopper experience. Storefronts, support agents, sizing assistants, post-purchase concierges, returns prediction, personalisation. Operator-focused: anything that helps the merchant run the business. Stock forecasting, ad performance insights, P&L reporting, cash flow management. We will release more information closer to the event but you'll get a full data pack to work with on the day! About Wayflyer Wayflyer provides purpose-built financing to growing businesses worldwide, deploying over $6 billion to 7,000+ businesses since launching in 2020. We offer tailored capital solutions throughout your growth journey - from early stage to established operator, and everything in between. About Fin Fin (formerly Intercom) is the leading AI agent for customer service. Built to resolve customer questions instantly across every channel, Fin is trusted by thousands of businesses to deliver faster, smarter support at scale. Schedule Wednesday, 3 June Brief and data pack released at 2pmCo-working space opens upstairs at Batch LDNOptional: drop into Visionaries Summit talks downstairs Thursday, 4 June Heads-down build dayCo-working space open all day Friday, 5 June Final build dayTools down at 7pm5-minute presentations from Wayflyer and Fin3-minute demos to judgesWinners announced Team structure Teams of 1-4. Solo builders welcome. Arrive with a team or form one on the day. All teams will need to submit: A working demoA short explanation of architecture and trade-offsA 3-minute pitch Judges Jojo Regan - Co-founder, Manors GolfHannah Shortle - Chief AI Lead, WayflyerRobert Davitt - Product Lead, Fin for Ecommerce Judging criteria Execution - does it work?Business value - would a business pay for it?Demo quality - is your pitch compelling? Included Pizza, drinks, and snacks on Friday. Co-working space available for all 3 days. Swag from the consumer brands speaking at Visionaries Summit. Register Space is limited and registration is reviewed to keep the room high-signal. Register your interest and we'll be in touch with the brief and final details.Check out the site here