STRANGER BUILDS I Halloween hackathon (MELBOURNE)
Melbourne · Melbourne · Australia
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Helping Australian founders learn about Startups and AI on our path to 1000 Australian Startups
NERDCONF
Yana Lin
Dr Sam Donegan
22 Going
kristine miranda, Owen Tyas
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STRANGER BUILDS 🎃 The nerdiest Halloween hack ever.
This is the Melbourne edition of Stranger Builds....what will you bring to life? Find your first users in 7 days. Meet other builders, build something strange, and get real people using it.
U$10.000 IN CASH PRIZES AND CREDITS, CHALLENGES TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON! 🔥
HOW IT WORKS
âš¡ Saturday, October 31: one day in person in San Francisco or Melbourne, or online from anywhere.
âš¡ Then seven days online to ship.
BACKED BY
🟠Base44, Main Sponsor. Describe an app in plain words and get a working one, with backend, auth and hosting built in. base44.com
🟢 Fetch.ai, Main Sponsor. Build AI agents that find each other and get things done. fetch.ai
🔵 Vonage. APIs for messaging, voice and video inside your app. vonage.com
🦀 Shelled AI, Community Partner. Design, build, test and ship software with any AI model. shelled.ai
🦘 MLAI AUS, Community Partner (Melbourne). Our partner in Melbourne. mlai.au
👀 Judge announcements are coming.
Want to judge or sponsor in San Francisco? Get in touch:
Want to judge or sponsor in Melbourne? Get in touch:
Join the other editions:
San Francisco 👉 https://luma.com/xwoo0s7r
Online 👉 https://luma.com/wn16tj6m
NERDCONF runs hackathons in San Francisco and around the world, with a global network of 25K+ builders. The last one was Burning Token, September 2026, San Francisco and online.
MLAI is Australia's Startup & AI community with 25,000 members. Have a startup idea and want support to bring it to life? Find us at mlai.au
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Melbourne, Australia
Presented by a speaker
Helping Australian founders learn about Startups and AI on our path to 1000 Australian Startups
NERDCONF
Yana Lin
Dr Sam Donegan
22 Going
kristine miranda, Owen Tyas