Hack With Dora
underneath all of it, this is a huge, huge moment
Hey, I’m Dora, and welcome to another edition of GWY Weekly!
Something interesting has been happening over the last year or so.
A lot more people are talking about AI.
Fewer are actually building with it.
And that gap becomes very obvious, very quickly.
Because reading, watching, and even experimenting a little
feels very different from sitting down and actually shipping something real.
That’s the shift we care about.
So alongside the fellowship, we’re doing something a bit more intense:
DoraHacks 2.0
Got an idea…
but people say you’re “not technical enough” to build it?
Or maybe you can build…
but don’t have a team to actually launch it right?
Well, that ends now.
Hack With Dora 2.0 is a global, fully remote hackathon where you go from idea → working product using AI + no-code tools.
What it actually looks like:
✨ Build & scale an AI-powered product in 72 hours
✨ Launch it publicly on Product Hunt, not just for your resume, but for real authority
✨ Get real users, real feedback, real traction
and and the best part , you’ll be building alongside a global community,
with 50+ mentors (Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon, NASSCOM, Lovable , Cursor , Gemini and more….) helping you ship something real..
the kind of folks who’ve already been building in this space.
How do teams work?
You can apply solo or with a team(2-5).
If you’re coming in solo, we’ll help you find your people before the hackathon begins,
so no one is stuck building alone unless they want to.
What’s the timeline?
– Applications close: 10th August.
– Hackathon goes live: 20-22nd August (72 hours)
– Final showcase + outcomes: right after
We’re seeing this again and again,
the people who ship early are the ones who move fastest.
If this feels like something you want to experience, you can check it out here:
And if not, that’s completely okay too.
Either way, this is a good time to stop sitting on ideas
and start putting them into the world.
Hit reply and tell me what you think
about hackathons, about building in public, or about what’s stopping you from shipping your first AI product.
I read every one.
Cheers,
Dora
( @connectdoradao )
P.S. If you’ve been waiting to feel “ready” before building,
this is usually where people realise they already are.