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✨ Relive the excitement of the UC Berkeley AI Hackathon with our special edition newsletter! Highlights: 🎥 Watch Andrej Karpathy’s inspiring keynote & see the winning pitches here https://lnkd.in/gi99prXz 🦙 1,200+ hackers from 251 schools & 10+ countries rallied around AI for Good. From llamas to groundbreaking AI projects, this year’s event was unforgettable! 💰 Over $100K in prizes awarded to top teams.  🙌 Special thanks to our sponsors, including Academic Innovation Catalyst, for championing AI for Good and supporting projects like Dispatch AI's revolutionary emergency response system and ASL Bridgify's innovative approach to American Sign Language. 🔗 Don’t miss out! Read the full recap & learn more about the winners here: https://lnkd.in/gyZUaPVd #AIHackathon #UCBerkeleyAIHackathon #BerkeleyAIHackathon #Innovation #TechForGood #BerkeleySkyDeck #AI #LLM #AIforGood #HackingForGood #UCBerkeley #Startups #awardsceremony #Hackathon #TechInnovation #AndrejKarpathy Cal Hacks, Chon Tang, Brian Bordley, Caroline Winnett, Sibyl Chen, Taylor Marcus, George Panagiotakopoulos

🎉 Congratulations to Rich Lyons on his appointment as UC Berkeley's Chancellor! 🔥 His dedication to excellence and innovation over the past 30+ years is inspiring. We're especially grateful for his steadfast support of Berkeley SkyDeck and the startup ecosystem. His vision of tackling challenges from every angle and making Berkeley the university of choice for impact-makers aligns perfectly with SkyDeck’s mission. 🚀 Together, we'll continue to drive innovation and foster the next generation of groundbreaking startups. Check out his inspiring message here: https://lnkd.in/gK29wk79 🐻 Go Bears! #UCChancellor #BerkeleySkyDeck #Startups #Innovation #UCBerkeley #Leadership #GoBears Darren Cooke, Chon Tang, Brian Bordley, Caroline Winnett, Sibyl Chen, Taylor Marcus, George Panagiotakopoulos, University of California, Berkeley

✨ For 36 electrifying hours, the brightest minds from around the world gathered to hack for good at the 2024 UC Berkeley AI Hackathon! 💡 Dive into this melting pot of creativity and collaboration in the latest blog by SkyDeck’s Executive Director, Caroline Winnett: https://lnkd.in/gGzsNKzB #AIHackathon #UCBerkeleyAIHackathon #BerkeleyAIHackathon #Innovation #TechForGood #BerkeleySkyDeck #AI #LLM #AIforGood #HackingForGood #UCBerkeley University of California, Berkeley, Cal Hacks

Berkeley SkyDeck is excited to celebrate its partnership with Berkeley Space Center starting with the launch of our new Air & Space track! Special thanks to our track chairs Darek DeFreece, Abhishek Tripathi, and Michael Moreno for dedicating their time and effort, Rich Lyons for sharing his vision of the University of California, Berkeley's contribution and leadership to the future of the aerospace industry, and to Caroline Winnett for making it a reality! Chon Tang Brian Bordley Taylor Marcus Sibyl Chen Riddhi Khanna Sanjay Velappan Camila Orozco Gil Jun Jiang Gordon Peng Ekin Günaysu Kathy Chen Lilian Chang Jon Metzler Alex Filippenko Daniel Moczydlower,MSc,PMP Darren Cooke

📣 The wait is over: The full video of Vinod Khosla's fireside chat at Berkeley SkyDeck is now available. 🔥 Moderated by SkyDeck’s Executive Director, Caroline Winnett, dive into Vinod’s extraordinary journey and his insights on the current state of technology and entrepreneurship that had our founders buzzing with inspiration. 🎥 Now it's your turn! Watch the video here: https://lnkd.in/gfQZQ-Z6 #VinodKhosla #BerkeleySkyDeck #Innovation #Startups #Entrepreneurship #TechLeaders #Inspiration #FiresideChat #SiliconValley Khosla Ventures

🚀 Big News from Wave Photonics (Batch 14, Cohort)! 💰 It raised an additional $5.8M, bringing its total funding to $6.9M. 🔬 It plans to take its chip design to a commercial foundry, to focus on solutions for quantum technologies and biosensing. 📚 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gWPNChJb #startup #innovation #deeptech #startupfunding James Lee Matthew A. Mateusz Kubica

📣 Exciting news! We're thrilled to share that the recent UC Berkeley AI Hackathon was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle, following an interview with SkyDeck’s Executive Director Caroline Winnett. 📰 ✨ Co-hosted by Berkeley SkyDeck and Cal Hacks, this event brought together over 1,000 hackers to compete in creating innovative AI solutions, supported by leaders like Intel Corporation, Groq, Hume AI, and more. 👏 A huge shoutout to all the participants, judges, mentors, and sponsors who made this event a success! 🔗 Check out the full article written by Danielle Echeverria to learn more about the amazing projects and the impact of this hackathon: https://lnkd.in/gMAr4-iJ #AI #Hackathon #Innovation #BerkeleySkyDeck #TechNews #BerkeleyAIHackathon #UCBerkeleyAIHackathon Rich Lyons, Chon Tang, Brian Bordley, Riddhi Khanna, Capucine du Besset, Sanjay Velappan, Benek Bolohan, Matviy K., Caroline Winnett, Sibyl Chen, Taylor Marcus, George Panagiotakopoulos, Jun Jiang, Ekin Günaysu, Gordon Peng, Kathy Chen, Angelina Lee, Alexander Goldberg, University of California, Berkeley

🚀 Unveiling Socialtrait’s Official Intro Product Video! 🚀 Socialtrait is stepping out of stealth mode, and it’s a dream come true. Our incredible team has built a platform that’s solving real-world problems like never before. Our cutting-edge generative AI crafts virtual personas, turning data into profound insights at scale. We’re not just predicting the future; we’re shaping it. We are grateful to our visionary backers: Berkeley SkyDeck Shanda Group Acorn Pacific Ventures Kailua Venture Group RMIT Activator Chon Tang Brian Bordley Caroline Winnett MyVentures Yerzhan Toltayev Anton Borzov Erik Sohn Bryant Dun Javier Martin Scott Jablonski Marpe Finance and Accounting Shridhar R. and many unsung superstars. Your belief in us made this possible. Also, thanks to our key partners NVIDIA Google Cloud Brex Conor Bradshaw SVB Microsoft OpenAI Matt Kirmayer Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Marpe Finance and Accounting Burnwe Dive into our video and see how Socialtrait is revolutionizing diverse sectors. #Socialtrait #GenerativeAI #Innovation #MarketResearch #AIRevolution #ConsumerInsights #behaviourintelligence #artificialintelligence #LLMs Suraj Narayanan Sasikumar Gopakumar (Gopa) Balakrishnan

🚀 Day two of the epic UC Berkeley AI Hackathon is in full swing! What an incredible turnout and effort from everyone involved. ⏰ Got FOMO? It’s not too late to join today’s 4-6 pm awards ceremony! Don't miss the legendary Andrej Karpathy (OpenAI founding member) as our keynote speaker. Come see which teams win up to $100K and witness their pitches! 🔗 Register now: https://lnkd.in/gb-fyEWW #berkeleyaihackathon #awardsceremony