strAIght up! Bangkok — Build an AI product in a day 🛠️

Spend one Saturday turning an idea into a working AI product — and walk away with the credits, tools, and community to keep building.
strAIght up! Bangkok is a one-day AI hackathon powered by Wavesparks, hosted by ForwardBridge in partnership with Adam's House. Whether you've shipped code before or you've never touched an API, you'll leave with something real: a prototype, hands-on experience with the tools founders actually use, and a crew of fellow builders across the city.
📅 Saturday, 29 August · 🕙 10:00am–6:00pm
📍 Central Bangkok (venue shared with registered attendees)
🎟️ Free to join · Ages 15–25 · Teams of 2–4

🇹🇭 Technical and non-technical builders welcome — no experience required
What you'll walk away with
A working AI-powered product, built in a day
Hands-on time with OpenAI, Codex, and ElevenLabs
US$200+ in credits — for every participant
A Bangkok builder community, plus a route to keep going through Adam's House mentorship
Prizes
Every participant gets US$200+ in credits. The top three teams take home serious firepower for their next build:
🥇 1st — US$20,000 OpenAI credits (team) + 12 mo ChatGPT Pro & Codex, 12 mo Replit Pro, 3 mo ElevenLabs Pro (each member)
🥈 2nd — US$10,000 OpenAI credits (team) + the same subscriptions
🥉 3rd — US$5,000 OpenAI credits (team) + the same subscriptions
How the day works
Morning — pick your challenge and frame your idea in a guided ideation workshop. Midday — crash courses in Codex and Replit to get you building fast. Afternoon — heads-down build time with mentors on call. 4:30pm — submit, demo to our judges, and find out who takes the top spots.
The challenges? 👀
Kept under wraps until the morning — think real-world problems in trust and safety, security and resilience, and more. Come with curiosity; we'll bring the brief.
First-time builders, students, and anyone curious about AI — this is built for you. Come solo and we'll help you find a team, or bring your own (2–4 people). Spots are limited.
👉 Register now — see you on the 29th.

Wavesparks

Wavesparks is Asia’s launchpad for young founders.
We identify and support ambitious young builders before the world is paying attention. Through our early accelerator programmes, venture-building sprints, hackathons, workshops, founder communities, and early funding pathways, we help ambitious young people turn early ideas into real ventures.