Surge’s deal flow engine comes from the world’s largest AI hackathon community, powered by LabLab:
Scale: 195,000+ developers, 19,000+ teams, 200+ global hackathons.
Speed: Prototypes built in ~72 hours, stress-tested in competitive environments.
Filtering: Community voting, traction metrics, and reputation scoring act as natural quality filters.
Talent Engine: Hackathons continuously surface founders, engineers, and domain experts.
Result: A perpetual funnel of validated AI-native startups ready for incubation and launch.
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