Who took part
Builders, creators, and makers of any technical background. No coding required.
Completed · August 2026 · Winners announced
Hackathon
Build for Those AI Forgot
A one-week build sprint for people often left out of the AI conversation. Builders of any technical background designed and shipped AI-powered solutions for the people AI tends to overlook, working from a real case study contributed by CareerWork$®.
Format
Virtual, one-week build sprint, hosted in partnership with Base44.
Timeline
Applications open through August 21, 2026. Live Build Week from August 24 to 28, 2026.
Winners
What the builders shipped
CareBridge AI
Built by Vaishali Jha.
CareerWork$ Bridge
Built by Gurpreet Kalra.
CareerWork$ Network
Built by Avis Williams.
Judges: Kandarp J., Shannon Fitzpatrick, Ross Smith, FRSA, and Latoya Edmond.
Community partners
Made possible by our partners
CareerWork$®
Shared a real-world case study, so builders worked on an authentic challenge with real human impact.
Base44
Base44, with Elery R., sponsored the hackathon and gave builders the platform to move from idea to working application.
ArgosX
AI can’t grade its own homework. ArgosX brought independent verification to everything built during the hackathon.
Want to build something like this?
AI Launchpad returns January 4, 2027: ten weeks from your first prompt to a working AI project, ending in a build challenge of its own.