GDG NYC Build With AI Hackathon — Google Cloud Labs x Columbia Business School


Date
Mar 8, 2026 9:00 AM — 9:00 PM
Location
Columbia Business School, 665 West 130th Street, New York

Selected as a hackathon mentor for Google Developer Groups NYC’s second Build With AI Hackathon — a full-day event hosted at Columbia Business School in partnership with Google Cloud Labs and the AI Futures Fund.

Role

Invited to mentor teams building AI-powered applications on Google Cloud and Gemini, providing guidance on technical architecture, product strategy, and real-world applicability. One of a small group of mentors selected to guide 550+ registered participants through rapid prototyping and demo preparation.

Scale & Significance

Over 550 registrants (428+ confirmed) for an intensive day of building at Columbia Business School. The event is part of Google’s global Build With AI hackathon series, organized locally by GDG NYC — one of the largest Google Developer Groups chapters in the world.

Partners & Sponsors

Google Cloud Labs | AI Futures Fund | Google Developer Groups NYC

Context

This continues a month-long arc across New York’s AI builder community — from co-organizing the AI Club x Iterate NYC Hackathon (300 builders) and judging Mistral’s worldwide hackathon (1,000+ engineers across 7 cities), to now mentoring at Google’s flagship NYC hackathon. Three major hackathons in four weeks, each with a different role: organizer, judge, mentor.