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 devs Build something people want in 10 hours Deliver 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 feature Compete 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 @ Anthropic William 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 name Our 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 early 10:00am: Introduction to task 10:30am: Create a team 11:00am: Coding begins! 12:00pm: Free lunch 5:00pm: Free dinner 7:00pm: Live demos 7:30pm: Winners announced 8:00pm: Doors close Where do I go? Startuplab is located in Oslo Science Park Metro 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: Anthropic Hosting: Github MCP Deployment: Vercel MCP Database: Supabase MCP Sandboxes: Daytona MCP Compute: Runpod MCP Practicals Bring your laptop, charger, headset Use Guest Wifi. No password required Please leave rooms super clean _______________THANK YOU________________ Made possible by AI Mad Lab Startuplab