Ship in a weekend.
Build for a lifetime.
Productat runs high-intensity hackathons and a year-round community for product builders: engineers, designers, and founders. Builders from every corner of the US, with a home base in the Bay Area.
Next hackathon · San Francisco · Sept 19–21, 2026
Latchkey
AI scheduling for clinics · Team Northstar
Tinkergraph
Local-first data viz · ship_it_sam
Relayframe
Edge video pipelines · Team Fog City
Builders shipping from coast to coast
36 hours. One demo. No filler.
Productat hackathons are built for people who would rather ship than pitch. Show up with an idea, leave with a product and a team that ships.
36-hour build sprint
Friday night to Sunday afternoon. Form a team of up to four, pick a track, and ship something that actually runs.
In person in the Bay
Our SoMa HQ runs the flagship event. Can't make SF? Join from a satellite node in 12 cities across the US.
Demo or it didn't happen
No slideware. Every team gets two minutes on the Demo Day stage to put a working product in front of judges.
The hackathon ends. The momentum doesn’t.
Productat is a year-round home for builders. The weekend is the spark. The community is where products, teams, and careers actually compound.
One always-on room of people who ship
Join builders from 38 cities trading work in progress, finding teammates, and pushing each other to put things in front of real users. Quiet lurkers welcome. Shippers celebrated.
shipped the v2 of our eval harness at last night's demo, repo in #open-source
anyone in NYC want to team up for the Sept hackathon? working on agent infra
office hours with a seed fund opened up Thursday 3pm PT, grabbed a slot 🚀
Monthly demo nights
Ship something every month and show it live. Best demo gets the room, the feedback, and a slot on the newsletter.
Always-on builder channels
Thousands of builders trading code reviews, intros, and brutally honest feedback at every hour.
Mentor & investor office hours
Weekly 1:1 slots with operators, designers, and funds who have shipped and funded real products.
Hiring & co-founder matching
Curated intros for roles, contracts, and co-founders. The network hires from inside the network first.
Hands-on workshops
From eval harnesses to go-to-market, taught by people currently doing the thing, not talking about it.
Member perks & credits
Cloud, API, and tooling credits, plus partner discounts that follow you long after the weekend.
Backed by the tools builders actually use
Sponsors put real infrastructure, credits, and mentors in the room, and meet the builders shipping on their stack first.
Put your product in builders’ hands
Sponsor a hackathon or the year-round community. Tiers from community supporter to title partner, with API integrations, workshops, and hiring access.
Answers before you ask
Still curious about something? Reach the team at hello@productat.com and we'll get back fast.
Come build something this weekend
Apply for the next hackathon or drop your email and we’ll send dates, tracks, and an invite to the community.
Free for accepted builders · San Francisco + 12 satellite cities · No spam, ever