Cyberdefense Hackathon #SFTechWeek

As AI gets more capable, so do the threats.

AI is reshaping the economics of cyberattacks: vulnerabilities can be found faster, attacks automated, and sophisticated techniques deployed at unprecedented scale.

Recent security tests also show frontier AI systems escaping controlled environments and reaching real-world systems. Yet this shift gives defenders a rare opportunity to rethink how we secure critical software, infrastructure, and digital systems.

We want to bring together developers, security engineers, ML/AI engineers, infrastructure engineers, and agent builders to tackle this head-on.

🛡️ What You’re Building For

1. Threat discovery · find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and attack paths before they’re exploited

2. Attack intelligence · turn fragmented signals into a clear picture of what’s happening

3. Autonomous remediation · patch, harden, and verify fixes with minimal human intervention

4. Continuous defense · systems that monitor, adapt, and respond as threats evolve

Speakers

Corbett Waddingham - Head of Developer Relations @ Guild.ai

Greg Osuri - Founder @ Akash Network

Guy Arazi - Co-Founder & CEO @ Pi

Zoe Steinkamp - Senior Developer Advocate @ Clickhouse

Milan Williams - Product @ Semgrep

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Judges

Mike Caballero - Engineering @ Pi

Rishiraj Chandra - Software Engineer @ Pi

Saptarshi Banerjee - Applied AI Specialist Architect @ OpenAI

Corbett Waddingham - Head of Developer Relations @ Guild.ai

Pradeep Dhananjaya - Tech lead @ AWS

Greg Osuri - Founder @ Akash Network

Dustin Healy - Full Stack Software Engineer @ Clickhouse

Daghan Altas - Head of Product @ Semgrep

Pedro S. Lopez - Software Engineering @ Airbyte

Henry Heng - Co-Founder & CEO FlowiseAI (Workday)

Bryce Neil - Co-Founder, CEO @ Visibl Semiconductors

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Agenda

• 9:30 AM — Doors Open + Opening Remarks

• 11:00 AM — Kickoff & Hack

• 1:30 PM — Lunch

• 4:30 PM — Project Submission

• 5:00 PM — Finalist Demos + Judging

• 7:00 PM — Awards + Closing

Our Partners

OpenAI · Frontier AI research and developer infrastructure for building advanced models and intelligent agents.

MongoDB · AI-ready data platform for building apps with operational data, search, and vectors.

Pi · End to End Agentic Product Security

Akash · The open cloud for AI's next frontier, a decentralized marketplace for global GPU compute

ElevenLabs · AI voice and audio infrastructure for generating, understanding, and deploying lifelike speech at scale.

Guild AI · AI infrastructure for building, evaluating, and deploying intelligent systems.

ClickHouse · High-performance analytics infrastructure for making sense of massive volumes of data in real time.

Semgrep · Code security tools that help teams find and fix vulnerabilities, exposed secrets, and risky dependencies.

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Note: This event is fully in-person in San Francisco. Capacity is strictly limited. All attendees must apply and be approved prior to the event. Unapproved or pending applicants will not be admitted at the door.

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All guests must be 18+ and bring a valid government-issued physical photo ID for check-in. Digital IDs are not accepted.

There is no on-site parking, and bikes and scooters are not permitted inside the building.

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