about 1 month ago

Thank you for making the Buildathon a Success

Hi Builders,

The MLT20 AI Buildathon is officially wrapped. 30+ of you built 14 prototypes in one weekend. That is not normal. That is what operators do when the clock is ticking and the stakes are real.

Here are the official results:

🥇 1st — Practitioner Signal (Wanci Nana): AI career intelligence for experts looking to monetize their skills

🥈 2nd — Claro (Genesis Smith): Document clarity for underserved communities

🥉 3rd — Cyrano (Michael Odubiyi): AI networking copilot

🗳️ People's Choice — Memory OS: AI second brain for Gen Z

Check out the full winner gallery

How judging worked:

First Round: Our judges went into Devpost and rated everyone using the published rubric for our top 2. Then based on the votes in devpost by the participants, we chose the Viewer’s Choice finalist.

Final Round: Our three finalists pitched live at the MLT 20 Conference in NYC and conference attendees and all others were asked to vote online. From the votes and the in-person judges from the MLT Staff, we determined the winner. The People’s Choice was the non-finalist with the most votes.

This event was made possible by our sponsors: WNCP AI, MLT Startup Network, AOK Brand Consulting, and Demsee. Thank you to all of them.

If you are looking for more community and support Join the MLT Factor Community (Those New to Startups)

We are also collecting testimonials about the Buildathon experience. A short written testimonial earns a small gift card. A quick video testimonial earns a $10 gift card. Reply to Damien Peters (damien@wncp.ai) if interested.

All 14 projects are live on Devpost: https://mlt20buildathon.devpost.com

Thank you for building. See you at the next one.