Build for Auckland: Build Night with Base44 🚀

What can you build for Auckland in one evening? Join Auckland AI Meetup, Startup Club NZ, and the wider Auckland startup community for a hands-on evening where we turn real problems into working apps and AI agents. This is not an evening of sitting through talks. You’ll actually build something. Whether you're a developer, designer, founder, student, product person, AI enthusiast—or simply someone with an idea—you’re welcome. The top five teams will pitch their solutions on stage, and the top three teams will share a NZ$1,200 prize pool. 👉 Important: Please register through the official event page to secure your place. RSVP here: https://www.aucklandstartupweek.com/programme-2026/build-for-auckland-base-44-build-night 💡 How it works You do not need to arrive with a team or even an idea. We'll have real Auckland challenges submitted by the community. Pick a problem you care about, meet other participants, and form a team of up to four people. Choose a challenge → Form a team → Build → Demo → Pitch Teams will receive a short challenge brief and a starting Base44 prompt, then use Base44 to rapidly build a working app or AI agent. Industry mentors will be around during the evening to help you develop the idea, solve problems, and turn your prototype into something compelling. There will also be a short workshop exploring an important question: You've built a prototype. Could this become a real, sustainable business? 🏆 Build it. Pitch it. Maybe keep building it. At the end of the build session, teams submit their prototypes for judging. The top five teams will pitch their solutions on stage, and the top three teams will share a NZ$1,200 prize pool. 🥇 NZ$600 🥈 NZ$400 🥉 NZ$200 But we don't necessarily want the journey to end when the build night finishes. 🚀 From prototype to startup — IgniteAI Founder Coaching For members of the winning teams who want to take their idea seriously, we're also offering the opportunity to book a founder video coaching session with Ignite