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Overnight sprint where you'll ship a working prototype with real customers by morning, building in teams with USYD's most execution-focused founders.

Twenty builders spend the night in a house with one goal: ship a working prototype and land a real customer or waitlist signup by sunrise. You'll work in teams of four, competing on a live leaderboard that tracks traction in real-time, with the organisers deliberately prioritising whether you actually got someone interested over code quality. This is execution-focused rather than polished, which means you'll either validate an idea or learn fast why it won't work. The event pulls together USYD's most ambitious founders, so expect a high bar and genuine intensity. Expect live demos at the end with prize money, but the real win is shipping something customers actually want in twelve hours.