Mad Hack #4: Agentic Loops

What is it?Our seasonal hackathon for 100 select developers. Come as you are, create something new, and impress some cool people. How does it work? We help you form teams of max 3 devsBuild something people want in 10 hoursDeliver a demo to your new friends in 2 minutes What should I expect? Get started with loops and the basics of Loop Engineering.Ship a 0 to 1 application or featureCompete to impress excellent developers ____________HOW TO WIN_______________ Who will jury? Markus Skagemo, CTO @ Crunched (YC F25)Stefan Mandaric, CTO @ Moritz (YC W26)Sven Myhre, CTO @ Ara (YC P26)Peter Flo, Chief Scientist @ Audun (YC S26)Bob Deforce, Startups @ AnthropicWilliam Imoh, Team @ AI Mad Lab What criteria do they use? How real is the problem the project solves? 50%How well are the demos implemented? 50% How do I give a great demo? Share your team nameOur solution helps [user X] solve [task Y] by [solution Z]Demo how a user would solve the task using the solution ____________PROGRAM_______________ What does our day look like? 09:30: Doors open! Best advise: be early10:00am: Introduction to task10:30am: Create a team11:00am: Coding begins!12:00pm: ​Free lunch5:00pm: Free dinner7:00pm: Live demos7:30pm: ​Winners announced8:00pm: Doors close Where do I go? Startuplab is located in Oslo Science ParkMetro is in development, plan accordingly. Take a tram to Forskningsparken, bus to Gaustad, or a Voi from Majorstuen.Enter by main entrance (it's not the garage on Google Maps) _____________HOW TO PREPARE______________ Arrive with a couple ideas Everyone has equal opportunity to prepare. Recommended resources Models: AnthropicHosting: Github MCPDeployment: Vercel MCPDatabase: Supabase MCPSandboxes: Daytona MCPCompute: Runpod MCP Practicals Bring your laptop, charger, headsetUse Guest Wifi. No password requiredPlease leave rooms super clean _______________THANK YOU________________ Made possible by AI Mad LabStartuplab