The BSH XTrace AI Hackathon Weekend

Not your typical hackathon. We're building agents that actually remember.

Join founders, engineers, researchers, designers, & operators for a two-week build sprint on XTrace's memory infrastructure, ending with live demos at Berkeley Summit House & a private Napa retreat for winning teams.

The challenges are real, brought by industry partners, & designed for teams to go much deeper than toy prompts. Builders will tackle customer workflows, operational bottlenecks, knowledge transfer, decision support, & the places where agents break down when they lose context.

Teams build for the real world, use partner office hours to sharpen bold ideas, & present customer-relevant demos on stage. The best projects will show what changes when agents keep context across people, tools, & time.

Win prizes. Meet serious builders. Build something meaningful to customers.

Why show up

$5,000 in cash prizes: One winner per track, plus a grand prize (a team can stack both)

An invite-only dinner at Napa Summit House & a full Sunday in Napa Valley for the grand-prize winning team (valued at $10,000+), alongside the top investors & operators

How it works (the timeline)

T-1 week (July 17th): Team Formation Happy Hour at Berkeley Summit House Meet other builders, form teams of 1 to 4, receive API access, & join a short build your first memory agent session. The build window opens.

Build window: Office hours + platform access

Build with full access to XTrace. Use partner ask the buyer office hours & XTrace engineering office hours to pressure-test the product before Demo Day.

Saturday: Demo Day at Berkeley Summit House

Final sprint, live demos, & standardized challenge queries answered on stage by every finalist.

Saturday night + Sunday: Napa Valley experience

Winning teams head to Napa for a private dinner & Sunday retreat with founders, operators, investors, & the XTrace team.

Who should apply

Founders, engineers, researchers, designers, product builders, & operators who want to build useful AI agents around real business needs.

No finished startup idea required. Bring curiosity, execution, & a bias toward building.

Teams are 1 to 4 people: students, founders, & engineers welcome. Come with a team or form one at the Happy Hour.

Hosted by

Berkeley Summit House XTrace

Berkeley Summit House is an innovation community & venture foundation supporting entrepreneurial young founders & scientists building without borders.

XTrace builds memory infrastructure for AI agents, enabling systems that retain context, accumulate knowledge, & improve over time.