AI Agent Glow Up Hackathon (UI/UX focus)

About this event

✨ Agent Glow Up Hackathon

Hosted by Google x Sylph Γ— Agora x Prefect | Powered by Build Club

Note: this is a highly exclusive hackathon with limited places for top technical builders in SF only. Please RSVP early to secure your spot.

**1 day Hackathon Β· San Francisco ** πŸ’… πŸ“ Venue: WorkOS HQ

πŸ’„ The Mission: Make Beautiful Agents

AI agents are powerful, but most of them aren't pleasant to use.

Agent Glow Up is an IRL hackathon for top-tier technical talent in SF. The goal is simple: Build thoughtful, end-to-end agent applications that look as good as they think.

We are looking for **Agentic UI - **dynamic dashboards, generative interfaces, and creative tools. If you love shipping under pressure and care about design systems as much as backend logic, this is for you.

πŸ› οΈ The Superpower: Build with AdaL

This hackathon runs on AdaL CLI, the local-first coding agent built by Sylph AI. It bridges the gap between technical logic and visual design:

The Best Design Engineer

  • 🎨 Design with Gemini 3.1 Pro: Use Gemini's multimodal capabilities for visual reasoning, wireframing, and UI patterns.
  • πŸ”§ Code with Claude Opus 4.6: Use the latest Claude Opus 4.5 for deep architectural integrity, React implementation, and refactoring.

Switch "brains" mid-conversation with /model to match the task.

πŸ† The Challenge

Theme: Agent-Powered Applications (User-Facing)

Judging Criteria:

  • ✨ Aesthetics: Usability and interface quality (No lazy chatbots!).
  • 🧠 Intelligence: Agent design and orchestration.
  • βš™οΈ Reliability: Clarity of workflows and end-to-end stability.

🧰 The Stack & Partners

Bring your own stack, or build with our partner ecosystem to win specific category prizes:

  • Core: Sylph AI (Creators of AdaL) + Google Gemini (Models)
  • **AI Infra / Workflow: **Prefect
  • Voice: Agora
  • Web & Data: Exa
  • Compute: GMI Cloud

🎁 Prizes & Perks

  • πŸ’Έ Cash Prize for the winning team + https://pyai.events/ tickets!
  • ☁️ Credits (API and Platform) from sponsors.
  • πŸ“£ Demo Exposure across Build Club (50k+ builders) and Sylph channels.
  • β˜• Fuel: Coffee, meals, and snacks provided throughout the day.

πŸ‘©β€βš–οΈ Judges

A group of leading builders across AI, design, and developer ecosystems will review projects and select the winning teams. Submissions will be evaluated based on aesthetics, intelligence, and reliability.

  • Li Yin β€” CEO @ Sylph AI
  • Annie Liao β€” Founder @ Build Club / Solaris
  • Chenlin Meng β€” CTO @ Pika Labs
  • YenKai Huang - Founding Engineer @ Vizcom
  • Yan Liu β€” Principal Product Designer @ Microsoft
  • Maximillian Piras β€” Founding Designer @ Yutori
  • Yuqi Hou β€” Developer Community & Events @ GMI Cloud
  • Lakee Sivaraya β€” MLE @ Exa

Your hosts

This event is organised by Build Club - the most collaborative AI community in the world (50K builders, 60+ cities).