# Speech to Ship Hackathon: Speak It, Build It, Ship It.

A one-day in-person hackathon where participants build an app using only their voice and a draw-based idea prompt. It is for anyone, including developers, designers, founders, students, and first-time builders.

- When: Fri, Nov 20, 2026 · 09:00–20:00 (America/Los_Angeles time)
- Where: San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, US, United States
- Format: In person
- Type: Hackathon
- Topics: AI, GenAI & LLMs, Software engineering, Startups & VC
- For: Software engineers, AI & ML engineers, Founders
- Price: Free
- Organizer: Emergent
- Register and details: https://luma.com/1netrne6

## About

Speak it. Build it. Ground it. Ship it.

Theme
Speech to Ship is a one-day, in-person hackathon at Emergent HQ in San Francisco, hosted by Willow, Emergent and You.com. 

You'll build a real app using only your voice: speak it with Willow, build and ship it with Emergent, and make it smart and local with You.com's real-time web search.
The twist: you don't pick the idea, the draw does. At kickoff, every builder draws a city, a business and a customer. Draw Seoul x skincare shop x tourists, and you might build a K-beauty advisor that knows what's trending in Seoul this week. No time lost deciding what to build. You start building right away.
Schedule (Fri, Nov 20)
-9:00 AM  Check-in, breakfast and networking
-10:30 AM  Welcome, sponsor intros and product demos
-11:00 AM  The Build Draw
-11:15 AM  Hacking start
-2:00 PM  Lunch
-4:45 PM  Submission deadline and code freeze
-5:00 PM  Live demos and judging
-7:00 PM  Awards and dinner
Prizes
Best Overall, Judges' Favorite and Most Creative plus bonus side tracks. Winners share 5K in credits, plus speech-themed hardware prizes (think audio goodies :)
Who should come
Anyone! Emergent lets anyone build, so no coding experience is needed. Developers, designers, founders, students and first-time builders are all welcome. Come solo or bring a team of up to 4, and we'll help match teams at check-in. Credits for Willow, Emergent and You.com are provided, so come ready to build.
About the hosts
Willow: voice dictation that lets you write…

## Links

- On the map: https://events.intentface.com/e/speech-to-ship-hackathon-speak-it-build-it-ship-it-san-francisco-2026-11
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