Act 1Build
Teams turn a real partner brief into working software in a high-energy hackathon room.
Partner proposal48-hour build sprintPhilippines · 2026
ShipHappens!
A 48-hour sprint where vetted Filipino teams take your real brief and ship working software: product pilots, automations, campaign assets, and demos that actually run on stage.
Backed by the team behind Gen AI to Z, the UP Diliman summit that filled past capacity.
Proven demand
Our last event, Gen AI to Z at UP Diliman, overflowed past venue capacity. Clear signal that Filipino builders show up for serious AI work.
795registrations
333live attendees
256venue seats
What the weekend looks like
Build. Demo. Pitch.
Three acts, one weekend: from the first commit in the build room to a live demo and an investor-ready pitch.
Act 1
Act 2Demo
Live demos at expo-style booths: working product people can actually click, not slideware.
Act 3Pitch
The strongest teams pitch on stage to partners, judges, and investors for a real next step.
Why partner with us
Most AI events end at the closing photo. This one starts there.
Anyone can run a hackathon. The hard part is making the weekend actually useful: scoped briefs, demos that work, fair judging, and a real path forward once the lights come up.
The usual outcome
- Teams chase vague ideas and present mockups, because no one narrowed the brief.
- Sponsors get a logo on a banner, but no usable output and no talent signal.
- Judging rewards polished slides over working product and real user value.
- Everything goes quiet after the closing photo. No handoff, no next step.
The Ship Happens! way
- Briefs are scoped with you before the event, so teams build against real constraints.
- Every demo runs live and shows what AI did versus what the team decided.
- You leave with a ranked shortlist of teams, their repos, outputs, and our notes.
- Top teams get structured follow-up with partners, investors, and pilot owners.
Partner formats
Four ways to plug in.
Every format is tied to an outcome you can measure, not just stage time. Pick one, or combine a few.
Own the platform
Lead brand presence, a keynote slot, recruitment access, challenge naming, and the strongest association with Filipino AI builders.
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Bring a real brief
Hand us a business problem, API, dataset, or model credits. Walk away with live demos and a ranked team shortlist.
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See builders early
Run office hours, judge final demos, and get warm intros to teams with working prototypes and clear market logic.
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Make it real
Power the room with space, connectivity, food, prizes, cloud credits, or media. The logistics serious work needs.
Discuss thisHow it works
Guardrails before, during, and after.
The spectacle is fun. The structure is what makes the output worth your time. Here is exactly how a sprint runs.
01 · Before
Scope & screen
We lock briefs with you, define success criteria, screen builders, prepare data access, and agree on IP and tool rules up front.
02 · 48 hours
Build & checkpoint
Teams build against your brief with mentor checkpoints. Live demos required. We track what AI did versus what humans decided.
03 · After
Package & hand off
We package outputs and repos, document each team, route pilot conversations, and help you decide what deserves a next step.
Challenge tracks
Five tracks. All produce work you can inspect.
Track names flex with the partner. The job stays fixed: turn AI capability into something a stakeholder can test, reuse, or fund.
Token discipline
Saan aabot ang 1M tokens mo?
Teams work within a fixed AI budget and ship a useful report, workflow, or pipeline. Efficiency matters because real AI bills matter.
Web delivery
VibeCoded Web Challenge
Builders turn a partner brief into a usable landing page, microsite, or internal tool with clear copy and deployable code.
Product pilot
End-to-End Product Ship
Teams go from problem framing to a deployed demo with real business logic and a pitch. It must run, not just describe itself.
Campaign output
AI Media Lab
Creative teams produce campaign assets with a human concept, brand rationale, usage notes, and production files partners can review.
Automation
Agent Rumble
Teams build an AI agent or workflow for a bounded task: intake, research, support, document processing, or data extraction.
Who’s behind it
The ask
Let’s turn this proposal into a room full of shipped work.
We’re looking for partners on venue, production, prize pool, cloud or tool credits, challenge briefs, investor access, and media. The next step is a 30-minute scoping call, not a vague sponsorship pitch.