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Creators are the fastest-growing small businesses on the internet, & most of them still run on spreadsheets, DMs & vibes. Come build the tools that fix that.
Join GenZtea & localhost:nyc for a one-day, in-person hackathon where builders & creators team up to ship AI products for the creator economy, powered by You.com's real-time web search APIs.
Problem Statement
Every creator is a one-person media company: researcher, writer, editor, marketer & sales team. The tools haven't caught up. Build an AI product that helps creators make better content, grow faster, or get paid, using You.com to ground it in what's happening on the internet right now.
The Challenge Theme
Idea to Post: turn a voice note, a messy idea or a link into a post, script or thread, informed by what's trending right now
Trend Radar: spot what's about to blow up in a niche & tell creators what to make before everyone else
Creator Business: brand deal finders, sponsor pitch writers, rate card builders, media kits that write themselves
Research Desk: research agents for video essays, podcasts & newsletters, with real citations so creators never post something false
Anything else that helps creators make, grow or get paid
What to Expect
A kickoff demo on building with the You.com APIs (search, research & live web context for your app)
6 hours of high-energy building
Builder + creator teams: creators from the GenZtea community join teams, bring real problems & test your product live
Teams of 2 to 4, or come solo & we'll match you
Food, drinks & good energy all day
Live demos at the end in front of creators & investors.
Prizes
1st Place: $500 cash
More prizes & You.com API credits to be announced
To qualify, every project must use the You.com API, live in a public GitHub repo, & be shared in a demo post on LinkedIn or X tagging You.com, localhost:nyc & GenZtea.
Judges
TBD
Who Should Attend
Creators who want to build the tools they wish they had
Engineers (full stack, backend, frontend, AI)
Founders & aspiring founders in media, consumer & creator tools
Designers & product people who ship fast
Anyone curious, ambitious & hands-on
You don't need a finished idea. Just show up ready to build.
Sponsors
You.com is the leading AI search infrastructure - built for developers. Our APIs let you build intelligent agents & applications that use live, factual data from the web, news, & research, in real time. With just a few lines of code, you can power your LLMs with up-to-date, citation-backed results instead of static training data.
[More sponsors to be announced. Want to sponsor? Email somyag00@gmail.com]
Hosts
localhost:nyc: Making NYC the biggest startup ecosystem in the world.
GenZtea: A community for Gen Z founders, creators & investors.
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