EVOLVE: 8090 AI Hackathon

We’re opening 8090’s Redwood City office for a night of building with AI. EVOLVE is a 20-hour hackathon on November 13–14. The mission: build your own Software Factory. What if you could build a system that takes software from idea to implementation, with AI agents doing the heavy lifting? Design your own factory: orchestrate agents, build custom tools, automate workflows, and rethink how software gets built from the ground up. Build a team of agents that takes a ticket to a pull request. Create a framework for coordinating autonomous coding agents. Develop tools that help engineers understand and modernize massive legacy codebases. Take an idea, push the limits of what’s possible, and ship something real. You’ll get access to Software Factory and support from 8090’s engineering team throughout the build. We’ll finish with live demos, judging, Q&A with 8090 members of technical staff and prizes. Chamath Palihapitiya is scheduled to join the ceremonies. WHAT TO EXPECT Winning team gets a chance to do 1:1 pitches to Chamath.$3000+ in credits & prizes for top 3 winning teams20 hours of building, overnight from Friday to SaturdaySoftware Factory access and engineering supportOther experienced engineers to meet and exchange ideas withDinner, late-night food, breakfast, and lunch Vercel, ElevenLabs, and Composio are supporting the event. WHO IT’S FOR Engineers who want to build with AI and tackle a practical software challenge. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. WHEN AND WHERE November 13–14, 2026 Friday, 5:30 PM – Saturday, 8:00 PM 8090’s office in Redwood City · In person Apply to join us at Evolve.