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TechTO Fast and Frugal Hackathon
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This is a paid event. You must register and have a ticket to attend. 🎟️ Tickets are on Luma: [Get your ticket here](https://luma.com/hackathon-oct-17-2026?utm_source=meetup)
Eat. Code. Ship. Win 💲 We’re back with another 12-hour build day on October 17 for builders, dreamers, and doers. We provide the food, the mentors, and the prize pool.
🎯 The Mission Build an AI agent that finds and books the best deal at a hotel in City X. Every agent runs the same task at the same time. The fastest and cheapest booking wins.
📋 The Rules
• No ready-made agents • No browser automation tools • Agents must make a phone call and receive a receipt at a provided email address • Bring your friends, public models, and APIs
What’s Included
• 🤝 Work alongside 100+ ambitious coders, developers, and designers. You might just meet your next coding buddy. • 🏆 Compete for cash prizes and cloud credits. • 👥 No team? We got you! We kick off the morning with a team-matching session to pair you with fellow builders. • ☕ Complimentary coffee, lunch, dinner (pizza), and drinks are included with your ticket.
📝 Agenda
• 9:00 AM \| Kickoff: Doors open, check-in, grab coffee, and join your team. • 10:00 AM \| Hacking Begins: 7 hours of uninterrupted building. Lunch at 1:00 PM. • 5:30 PM \| Demo & Pizza: The Fast and Frugal Agent Bake-off. • 6:00 PM \| Review Results • 7:00 PM \| Awards & Celebration: Winners announced, followed by a networking social until 9:00 PM.
👀 Meet the Judges
• [Jatin Mehta](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jatinmehta1/), Co-founder of Speedy Labs: a Y Combinator- and Google Ventures-backed AI company helping enterprises optimize rebates, deductions, and trade spend. With a background in AI research and engineering at Salesforce, SAP, and HP, he brings hands-on expertise in building and evaluating AI-driven products. • [David Li](https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidy-li/), Co-founder of Induction Labs: a YC-backed AI research lab building foundation models that learn from video and computer-use data. He previously studied software engineering at the University of Waterloo and has ML research and hackathon-winning experience. • [Zeeshan Ahmed](https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeeshan1293/), Co-founder of Clara: an AI-powered primary care and longevity practice. He previously led product design at Circle Medical and worked on consumer experiences at Instagram and Careem.
🙌 Thanks to Our Sponsors: ElevenLabs and Backboard.io
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