Founder Speedrun Hackathon: Google Cloud | ElevenLabs | Ethereum Foundation

Launch Your AI Startup in 14 Days

​Pond’s Virtual Hackathon | July 21 – August 3

​Ready to turn your AI MVP into a real product with traction from day one? Join Pond’s 2-week virtual hackathon - your product launchpad to build, fund, and grow the next breakthrough AI startup.

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​You’ll build alongside Pond partners like Google Cloud, Eleven Labs, and Ethereum Foundation - with support from top mentors, tools, and community.

​Please note, you can build any AI-related products.

​How is this Hackathon Different?

​This isn’t just a competition - it’s the start of your company.Top teams get access to Pond Markets: a direct path to get funded, reach users, and go to market.

​Case Study: Blai's Launch on Pond• Website: https://blaiapp.io/• $150,000 funded in 3 minutes• 6,000+ users on day one• 800 Twitter followers gained in 24 hours

​Pond Markets Also Offers:

​Hands-on support, expert mentorship, and a full suite of tools to go from idea to impact. Join a global community of seasoned founders and engineers at the frontier of AI and crypto.

​What You’ll Get:

1. ​Expert Mentorship – Multiple workshops and Q&As from partners
2. ​Path to Growth – Access to Pond’s accelerator and launch platform
3. ​Co-founder Matching – Connect with the global builder community, meet cracked hackers and potentially meet your future co-founders
4. ​14 Days of Building – Ship a real product, not just a prototype

​Pond is backed by: Archetype, Coinbase Ventures, Illia Polosukhin (co-author of Attention Is All You Need) and 30+ angels.Think Y Combinator + AWS for AI startups - powered by crypto and accessible from anywhere.

​Evaluation Criteria:

1. ​Problem Clarity & Importance
2. ​Innovation
3. ​Technical Execution
4. ​Market Potential
5. ​Community Engagement
6. ​Presentation & Pitch

​This is your chance to take your products to the next level.

​Tracks & Prizes:

​Pond Tracks (Business & Vision)

1. ​Most Business Viable
2. ​Most Commercially Promising
3. ​Most Creative
4. ​Future Startup Prize

​Prizes:

1. ​Up to $50,000 in non-dilutive community funding
2. ​Go-to-market and distribution support from Pond's 80,000 daily active users.

​Eleven Labs Tracks

​Best use of ElevenLabs voice AI

​Prizes:

1. ​All participants: 3 months of Creator Tier
2. ​Overall winner: 1.1M characters/month (3 months) + Pro Tier (~$300 value)
3. ​Best ElevenLabs project: 11M characters/month (6 months) + Scale Tier (~$2,000 value)

​Google Cloud (GCP AI Track)

​Best use of GCP AI tools for model deployment, pipelines, or integrations

​Prize:

1. ​$3,000 in Google Cloud credits for the winner

​Ethereum Foundation (AI + Blockchain Track)

​Best onchain AI application: verification, incentives, agents, or governance

​Prize:

1. ​TBD

​Eligibility:

1. ​Projects must be new or significantly upgraded
2. ​Teams must present a brief GTM plan during judging

​Mentorship & Workshops:

​Partners & judges will host workshops that cover:

1. ​AI business models
2. ​Go-to-market for AI startups
3. ​Fundraising
4. ​AI product design

​Judging Panel:

• ​Cyber Fund – Stepan Gershuni (VC Principal)
• ​Ethereum Foundation – Devansh Mehta (AI Lead), Davide Crapis (Research Scientist)
• ​Eleven Labs – Thor Schaeff (Developer Experience)
• ​Pond – Bill Shi (CTO)
• ​Google Cloud – Jenny Gao (Strategic Industry Sales)

​Early sign-ups are open now.

​Register now to reserve your spot. Once confirmed, you’ll receive full event details ahead of the July 21 kickoff.