The Journey

How It Works

One month of asynchronous building funnels thousands of developers down to twenty finalists on a studio stage.

Phase 01 · Qualifier

The Audition Hackathon

A month-long, fully remote hackathon — the only gate into the show. Register, get your pre-funded Google Cloud sandbox, and build on your own time across the 30-day window. No fixed hours, no live sprints. Your submissions move you up a live, gamified leaderboard.

01

Register

Under 60 seconds. Your sandbox is provisioned instantly.

02

Build

Ship challenges natively at your own pace, on your own schedule.

03

Climb

Every submission is scored and ranked live on the leaderboard.

Phase 02 · The Cuts

From 100 to 20

Top 100 Cut

The leaderboard decides. Only the top hundred advance.

The Screen Test

A technical evaluation paired with a media screening on camera.

The Final 20

The remaining professionals are paired into 10 power duos.

Phase 03 · The Show

The Studio Finals

This streams on AIM Originals. Ten duos build fully operational applications inside time-compressed studio rounds, then pitch their stack to a panel of industry leaders. The strongest builds claim the cash awards and the Season Best Trophy.

Build Live

Ten duos build fully operational applications inside time-compressed studio rounds, under the lights.

Pitch To Win

Pitch your stack to a panel of industry leaders. The strongest builds claim the cash awards and the Season Best Trophy.

The only way in is the qualifier.

Provision your sandbox and start building. Your rank updates with every submission.