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Berkeley SkyDeck has been on its own fast growing trajectory over the past few years. It is the global hub for entrepreneurship and a leading accelerator, shaping our collective future by empowering startups to thrive. As an arm of UC Berkeley, SkyDeck combines hands-on mentorship…
Are you ready to take your startup to the next level? Applications for Berkeley SkyDeck’s Batch 17 Acceleration Program are open and are on track to double the number of applications from the current batch. Our hybrid program offers founders a chance to tap into…
Applications for Berkeley SkyDeck’s Batch 17 Acceleration Program opened last Monday! Now in its 11th year of operation, SkyDeck has worked with over 1,400 startups over the past decade. On the eve of announcing the open applications, SkyDeck also announced that it had launched a…
Lowercarbon Capital general partner Shuo Yang serving as track chair for newest specialized track
Berkeley SkyDeck’s Batch 17 Acceleration Program will begin accepting applications on July 25th at 8am PT. Our hybrid program offers startup founders exclusive access to Silicon Valley via the UC Berkeley ecosystem. Selected startups will receive a $200,000 investment from the Berkeley SkyDeck Fund, along…
Berkeley SkyDeck and Cal Hacks recently co-hosted the UC Berkeley AI Hackathon, the largest Generative AI LLM hackathon ever, which brought 1,200 hackers from around the world to the Berkeley campus for an intense 36 hours. Four startups, Metropolis, CureGenie, Prosper AI, and ALIGNED, won…
This past weekend, Berkeley SkyDeck and Cal Hacks co-hosted the inaugural UC Berkeley AI LLM Hackathon, which brought 1,200 students and recent graduates together from universities across the world for an intense 36 hours of building AI LLM (large language model) solutions, with a focus…
Over 1,200 computer hackers from around the world packed UC Berkeley’s Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union last weekend during a 36-hour artificial intelligence (AI) learning language model (LLM) hackathon that Berkeley leaders say was the largest event of its kind. Dubbed “the Woodstock of Hackathons,” the event was…
Berkeley SkyDeck and Cal Hacks are thrilled to announce the UC Berkeley AI Hackathon, the largest AI hackathon ever. Held on the UC Berkeley campus, from June 17-18th, the hackathon offers the opportunity to develop skills and build meaningful connections, and will also feature workshops,…