09:00 Opening
Haera Kang
Director, AI Strategic Industry Division
The division that grows Seoul's AI ecosystem and built the Seoul AI Hub.
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Anthropic × Seoul Metropolitan Government × Seoul AI Hub
A one day hackathon for Korea's AI builders who are serious about going global
Judged by
01The brief
150
builders
$75,000
incredits, in total
6
VC firms judging
8
teams in the final
02Speakers
09:00 OpeningDirector, AI Strategic Industry Division
The division that grows Seoul's AI ecosystem and built the Seoul AI Hub.
09:20 Session03Judges
These six firms run both the daytime screening and the evening shark tank. More judges may join, and we will post them here once confirmed.
General Partner
Investing in stealth-stage founders. Launchpoint, AIM Intelligence
Venture Partner
We empower exceptional entrepreneurs everywhere to change the world for good. Toss, Coupang
Senior Investment Manager
Backs startups going after large markets. FuriosaAI, Innospace
04How it works
On the day, the submission window is open until 5 PM. Each team gets one submission.
You submit a demo link and a deck of no more than two slides. VCs screen each submission in the order it arrives. What you submit is what gets judged, and you cannot submit again.
The queue closes the moment 8 teams have passed. Submitting early will not help if the work is not ready, and being ready will not help if 8 teams are already through. The remaining slots are shown on screen in real time.
The 8 teams that made it present to the six VC firms: 10 minutes each for the pitch and questions. The firms judge together in the room, and matching between VCs and teams runs from 20:30. Not every team gets matched.
05Schedule
Lunch, dinner and snacks are all provided. There is no set meal break, so help yourself while you build.
Doors open
Opening remarks by the Seoul Metropolitan Government
Haera Kang, Director of AI Strategic Industry Division, Economic Affairs Bureau
Anthropic session
Yeop Lee, Head of APAC Startup Platforms
Mission reveal
$500 in Claude credits per person
Building starts
Building, plus rolling VC screening
In submission order. Closes at 8 teams.
Dinner and demo day prep
Shark tank demo day
Each of the 8 finalist teams gets 10 minutes to present and take questions
Matching between VCs and teams, results
Close
06Partners
Anthropic, the Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul AI Hub, six venture capital firms, and the Bloom community.
Hosted by
Program, operations, content
07Who it's for
You treat going global as work you are doing now, not a vague goal
You have domain experience and are ready to build for overseas markets with it
You want to ship something within a hard limit of time and resources, and be judged by real VCs
The application asks two things
We approve based on those two answers.
08FAQ
No. It is free to attend, by application and approval. What you write in the application is used only for review and for running the day.
At 7 PM on Thursday, October 22 (KST).
In line with the Claude credit policy, participants must be 18 or older.
So that every team works under the same conditions, you build within the $500 of Claude credits we provide. If you run out, you cannot continue on a personal or company account.
Yes, there is photography on the day. A photographer covers the building, the screening and the demo day, and the photos may appear on Bloom's and the partners' channels. We collect photo consent in the application.
Seoul AI Hub, 108 Taebong-ro, Seocho-gu, Seoul. It is reachable from Yangjae Station exit 10 on Subway Line 3 and the Shinbundang Line.
Yes. You can apply on your own first, but on the day you must register as a team of 2 to 4. You can find teammates in the Bloom Discord and elsewhere.
Join the Bloom DiscordDay Zero
Saturday, October 24, 9 AM at Seoul AI Hub
Applications close at 7 PM on Thursday, October 22
