Droids Strike Back Hackathon
An invite-only sprint; build the future of AI and Hardware. Selected teams will be considered for Afore Capital’s pre-seed program ($500k–$2M+).
Following the success of Agent Foundry and A New Agent, The Droids Strike Back is the second installment in our trilogy of hackathons — pushing the frontier at the intersection of AI and hardware. This exclusive gathering convenes top founders, ambitious developers, and frontier researchers to create venture-scale products.
Over one high-energy weekend, 200+ hand-selected builders will design, prototype, and deploy systems that combine AI with robotics and hardware integrations — from embodied AI agents to next-generation robotic platforms to state of the art simulations. Or continue building AI systems and software if hardware is not your forte.
💡 What to Expect
- Hands-on technical workshops & mentorship from industry leaders
- A showcase judged by top investors, operators, and AI experts
- $5,000 in prizes 🏆 plus recognition & fast-track opportunities into venture-scale products
This is where the most driven entrepreneurs will launch companies that shape the future of AI and robotics.
🔗 More Info 👉 aforehacks.org
Tracks
Convex
Convex Challenge
ElevenLabs
Elevenlabs challenge
None
Omi Challenge
Omi x Convex challenge
Simulation Track
Software Track
Speechmatics × Vapi Challenge
Judges
Projects
FILLERAI
by FILLERAI
Removes filler words from video then generates new video to clean up...
ReCode
by ReCode
ReCode eliminates downtime by giving your application the ability to fix itself. Using Claude AI and...
Sim-to-real RL
by Sim-to-real RL
Training Vision Language Models to control robots for manipulation...