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You're Invited to The Aurora Christmas AI Hackathon 2025: Deck The Hacks 2025!
Join us at Aurora HQ in New York this Sunday December 14th for a Christmas-themed hackathon focused on promptless AI systems.
Prize: $5,000 cash + two nights in a five-star hotel in New York for each member of the winning team
Plentiful Santa hats & Christmas drinks/food to be provided.
Come & Build The Future of AI-led Proactive Systems With Us:
Our Hackathon Theme: Build a proactive system that anticipates user needs & improves one or more of their:
Relationships
Exploration or understanding of the world (visual, audio, knowledge)
Longevity & health
Daily productivity
For example, a wellness-oriented software which anticipates your fatigue state & proactively organizes recovery treatments.
Or a proactive system which learns your task planning habits & structures high leverage documents for you without prompt.
You'll have ~8 hours to build & 1 minute to demo your product.
Format & Prizes
Teams of 2-3 people (you can come solo & we'll match you with other builders)
We will distribute sponsored credits for you to use leading AI tools so you can experiment freely without worrying about cost
~8 hours of building
1-minute live product demo + brief Q&A with judges
Prize: $5,000 cash + two nights in a five-star hotel for each of the winning team
Judging Panel
Dmitry Ogurtsov - CTO, Aurora (Lifestyle operating system for the world's highest performers)
Philipp Omentich - CTO, Sequel (Digital family office for the world's best athletes)
Robert Maguire - Co-Founder of SportsAnalytics Pro (Exited comprehensive data analytics software for soccer) & Altruistic (Stealth - implementing proprietary AI models into the world's largest Sovereign Wealth Funds)
+ a Special guest speaker
Event Details
Date: Sunday, December 14th, 2025
Location: Aurora HQ, New York City - e49th Street, Midtown Manhattan
Schedule
9:30 - 10:15: Welcome, breakfast, team formation, & short intro talks from guest speaker + demo of Aurora from our CEO Jonah Lowenstein
10:30 - ~18:30: Build + lunch/snacks on us
18:00 - 19:00: Demos, judging, winner announcement
Food
We will supply food & drinks all day, & are happy to reimburse reasonable travel expenses up to $50
Who should apply:
Engineers, product builders, applied researchers, & hackers obsessed with agentic, real-world AI & the future of tech-enabled living.
(P.S. - we're hiring)
How to join:
Apply with:
Your name(s), email(s) & linkedIn(s)
The coolest thing(s) you've ever built
You will receive a response within 48 hours of your application.
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What is Aurora?
Aurora is a Boost Capital Partners-backed startup building the operating system for $5T of high-performance lifestyle spend.
Our mobile app & proprietary OS proactively empowers the world's highest performance individuals & organizations to master their relationships, exploration & longevity.
We've raised >$4m from tier-1 investors, operators, & athletes behind Supercell, Stripe, Roblox, FaceIt, Deliveroo, Wander, Archer, VistaJet, Mural, Fanfix, Cleo, Flex, Poppi, Salido, the NBA, & the Premier League.
The Future of Life Leverage is Here
Imagine a platform that applies the operational principles of Anduril's Lattice - not to warfare - but to life.
A system that anticipates your social, personal, & professional needs before you voice them.
One that removes friction across travel, dining, experiences, health, gifting, & relationships.
That blends 24/7 AI with world-class experts & connects you to global insiders & premium providers instantly - making impossible access effortless.
Its purpose is simple: keep you healthy, mentally stimulated, socially connected, & empowered with the time & energy to master the art of living.
This is life leverage.
This is...Aurora.
For the first time, technology can synthesize millions of real-world data points into one operating system that understands your objectives, your health, & your preferences - & executes with precision across every lifestyle domain & geography.
It does the work for you, so you can focus on the people, places, & experiences that drive true interdisciplinary mastery.
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We look forward to hosting you this Sunday!
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