How far could your build go? You've got 30 days to find out, plus a night to demo it live to other builders, startup leaders, and the local community.
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T-Minus30 is a free AI builder sprint. Take an existing project further or make your first working demo. You set the goal, and you can change it as you go. You won't be building alone: everyone else is on the same clock, and Genesis backs you with AI credits and product coaching.
It doesn't matter if you've never used the tools or you're building every chance you get. What matters is what you create in 30 days.
The sprint is underway. See what gets built at Demo Night on November 25.
Take the full 30 days, or come try the projects at Demo Night on November 25.
October 19 to November 18. Registration is now closed. Free and open to anyone in Newfoundland and Labrador, no coding experience needed.
Set a goal, take 30 days, and see what you can make. You'll get AI credits, coaching to match, Open Builds twice a week, and a Slack community for resources and help when you're stuck.
Choose what you want to achieve in 30 days. Your tier sets the goal and helps us match coaching and resources to you, and you can move up or down during the sprint if your project changes.
Create a working demo. Success is getting it running and letting someone try it. When you hit a wall, you'll have help getting past it.
Develop a working product that solves a real problem. Your coaches help you scope what to build, test it with the people who have that problem, and make it reliable enough to use.
Get real users and feedback, then try charging for it. It counts whether or not anyone buys yet. Coaching focuses on finding users, setting a price, and making a sale.
A hackathon. Thirty days is enough time to talk to the people who live with the problem you're solving, and to design for them.
A competition. There's no first, second, or third place. Everyone who submits can demo at Demo Night.
This sprint gives you 30 days to see how far you can take a project of your own. You set the pace, and nobody's tracking your hours. The result doesn't have to be polished. It has to be real enough for someone to try.
Builders kicked things off at the techNL Summit with a workshop on the latest AI tools from Get Building's Jan Mertlik, then got the rundown on how the sprint works and met the coaches. Missed it? Read a recap of the session.
Registration closed at 11:59 p.m. Newfoundland time.
Build on your own time. Open Builds run Mondays at the Student Design Hub with make @ mun and Thursdays with CTS-NL, starting the week of October 26. Coaches are a message away in Slack, and coaching is matched to your tier.
We'll send the form link in Slack and by email the week before. Add a link or upload a file, even if it's still in progress. The deadline is 11:59 p.m. Newfoundland time. Submit by the deadline, and your build gets a table at Demo Night and earns you three months of Genesis membership. You'll confirm your Demo Night spot on the same form.
Demo your build and let people try it.
And what you build stays yours.
Genesis designed T-Minus30 with people already bringing builders together: Get Building, the Student Design Hub, make @ mun, CTS-NL, and Unpossible NL. They shaped the sprint, and they're partners in the launch and Demo Night.
No to both. You can find your idea in the first week, and the Open Builds and Slack are there to help you talk it through. You can use AI and no-code tools, you get AI credits when you join, and the launch kicked off with a workshop on the latest AI tools from Get Building.
Yes. Use the 30 days to take it further, and pick the tier that matches where you want it to be by November 18.
Your call. You can go all in or build a few evenings a week. Pick the tier that fits the time you have.
Not this round. Registration closed at 11:59 p.m. Newfoundland time on October 21. You can still come see what everyone built at Demo Night on November 25.
Yes. Each team picks one tier and submits one build. Every team member gets free entry to the launch and Demo Night, and the team receives one three-month Genesis membership.
Not to build. Slack and coaching are remote, and you can build from anywhere in Newfoundland and Labrador. Open Builds and Demo Night are in St. John's.
No, neither is mandatory. Registering to build covers both, so there's nothing else to sign up for or buy. Demo Night is where your build gets tried, though, so if you submit, plan on being there.
Yes. Demo Night on November 25 is free and open to everyone, and registration opens soon.
A short form about your build, plus a link or an uploaded file. The form comes to you by email and in Slack the week before, and it's due by 11:59 p.m. Newfoundland time on November 18. It can be a proof of concept, a prototype, or a product, and it doesn't need to be finished. Nobody's measuring you against the plan you made when you signed up.
No. There's no ranking. Everyone who submits can demo at Demo Night.
You do. Genesis makes no claim on it.
Yes. When you register, you agree to treat participants, coaches, and staff with respect. Discriminatory behaviour or harassment are grounds for removal.
