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The UC Berkeley AI Hackathon is ramping up to be the biggest in-person AI hackathon ever, organized in partnership between SkyDeck and Hackathons@Berkeley once again. This time around, 10 additional hackathon groups and accelerators from top universities have joined as marketing partners, such as Stanford’s…

Last year’s UC Berkeley AI LLM Hackathon made history as the largest in-person AI hackathon ever, drawing over 1,200 hackers from 250+ global universities and 15 countries, and sponsored by industry giants, such as OpenAI, Microsoft, and Mayfield, with judges from top VCs like Lightspeed…

Last Wednesday, Rich Lyons, UC Berkeley’s Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E) Officer, was announced as UC Berkeley’s next Chancellor. The former Dean of the Haas Business School has spent the past several years in a key leadership role on Berkeley’s campus,…

VentureBeat has published an article covering Berkeley SkyDeck’s upcoming Batch 17 Demo Day, spotlighting the fact that despite shifts in the greater macro-economic landscape, SkyDeck startups have raised over $200M in the last 12 months…

Berkeley SkyDeck announced its partnership with the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, marking a milestone in fostering cross-disciplinary collaboration at UC Berkeley. Select hardware companies from SkyDeck will have exclusive access to the JIDI’s cutting-edge facilities for prototyping hardware and products…

BERKELEY, Calif., February 27, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Berkeley SkyDeck, a global hub for entrepreneurship and a leading accelerator, today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, UC Berkeley’s state-of-the-art interdisciplinary hub for learning and making at the…

On April 10th, Berkeley SkyDeck will host a Demo Day for Batch 17 startups at Zellerbach Hall. Batch 17 includes a record number of startups with AI innovations. Don’t miss your chance to hear founders across all industries pitch their latest innovations including AI productivity…

In his latest blog, Chon Tang, Founding Partner of the Berkeley SkyDeck Fund, reflects on the tremendous growth of LLMs. For LLM startup founders working with VC firms, he highlights the need for strategic thinking, early monetization considerations, and the importance of standing out in…

This morning, Berkeley SkyDeck opened applications for its Batch 18 accelerator program. The announcement coincided with SkyDeck’s announcement that it will now be collaborating with the Berkeley Space Center for its newly relaunched Air and Space Track. SkyDeck’s track, led by new chairs Darek DeFreece…