A weekend-long hackathon in which all members will collaborate intensively on creating sextech products. Unlike other hackathons that may require some coding expertise, we are open to all skills and experience levels. Gathering together in teams, you will innovate, and depending on the expertise of the team, generate a working prototype, whether this is a technology product, a design or a campaign.
Who Can Participate?We welcome people of all job descriptions, whether you’re a designer, developer, marketer, entrepreneur, project manager, therapist or sexologist. Diverse groups often work incredibly well together to produce the best results.
In particular, we are focused on making space for, and elevating the voices and perspectives of, women-identified people, although we support inclusion of all genders and sexualities.
What Is Sextech?Most simply, sextech is any technology designed with the intention of enhancing human sexuality and human sexual experience.
Solutions may cover any of the areas associated with sexual experience from sexual health and wellbeing, to personal safety, choice of sexual experiences, personal dignity in sex, games, entertainment and dating experiences.
Why Should You Care?Innovations in sextech will allow us to experience, express, and understand our sexualities in ways we never thought possible.
The key value of sextech products and services is that they are designed around relationships, bringing new ideas of intimacy, pleasure and desire to the human experience. While there is plenty of potential in this space, it is largely untapped.
We believe that women-identified technologies and thinkers can influence the direction of this market, while also changing the cultural conversation and attitudes toward female sexuality. This event is designed to be open to all, but our ambition is for women's voices to be contributing elements to all projects arising from our event.
Eligibility
We welcome people of all job descriptions, whether you’re a designer, developer, marketer, entrepreneur, project manager, therapist or sexologist. Diverse groups often work incredibly well together to produce the best results.
In particular, we are focused on making space for, and elevating the voices and perspectives of, women-identified people, although we support inclusion of all genders and sexualities.
Requirements
Pitch presentation, demo files etc.
Prizes
$15,500 in prizes
First Prize
Prize money ($1000)
2 months of full-time desk membership at The Yard, South Williamsburg
Future of Sex/Disruptor's Handbook Marketing Accelerator (5 workshops over 10 weeks - valued at $10,000)
Hubspot's Platform, Tools @ 90% discount for the first year, 50% discount on the 2nd year and 20% in perpetuity
Runner Up Prize
Prize money ($500)
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
How to enter
August 24 FRIDAY NIGHT 6-9pm - Sextech talks and team formation.
August 25 SATURDAY 9am - 4pm - Hack day, work as teams, receiving expert mentoring from industry leaders.
August 26 SUNDAY 9am - 5pm - Hack day and pitching.
Afterparty!
Judges
Samantha Cole
Motherboard
Gabrielle Tuglio
The Yard
Kyle Walford
YouPorn
Mal Harrison
Center for Erotic Intelligence
Judging Criteria
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Idea and Solution
How creative is the idea behind the solution? -
Fit
How relevant is the solution to solving a commercial or social problem? -
Functionality
Is the solution working? Could it scale as a real world solution? -
Presentation and Team
How persuasive was the team’s pitch? How well balanced and credible is the team?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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