Convex
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Past event#San Francisco
Droids Strike Back Hackathon
Overview
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 Challenge
Core track
ElevenLabs
Core track
Elevenlabs challenge
Core track
None
Core track
Omi Challenge
Core track
Omi x Convex challenge
Core track
Simulation Track
Core track
Software Track
Core track
Speechmatics × Vapi Challenge
Core track
Judges
Projects
Winner
FILLERAI
FILLERAI
By FILLERAI
Removes filler words from video then generates new video to clean up
SID4 members
Winner
ReCode
By ReCode
ReCode eliminates downtime by giving your application the ability to fix itself. Using Claude AI and Convex's real-time infrastructure, it detects production errors, autonomously patches the buggy code, and redeploys—turning hours of debugging into seconds of automated repair. It also uses Omi for real time notification to developers and manual voice approval of complicated fixes.
S1 member
Winner
Sim-to-real RL
By Sim-to-real RL
Training Vision Language Models to control robots for manipulation
A1 member
Winner
a24z
By a24z
digital twins that allow you to see issues in specific machines
B1 member
Winner
LegEx
By LegEx
A wearable AI legal co-pilot that captures and summarizes legalese, provides real-time expert legal assistance, and proactively contacts human professional lawyers as needed.
TA2 members
Winner
TrueDose AI
By TrueDose AI
Medication errors kill 125,000 Americans yearly, with elderly patients most vulnerable during the critical post-hospital period when prescriptions change dramatically. TrueDose AI combines robotic dispensing with AI vision to create an intelligent medication cabinet that physically manages pills, visually confirms the correct medication before each dose, catches errors before they happen, and automatically adapts to prescription changes—eliminating confusion and giving families 24/7 peace of mind.
AG2 members