Where to Meet Technical Founders at SuperAI

SuperAI isn’t just about keynotes and flashy product reveals; it’s a gathering of builders—engineers, technical co-founders, ML researchers—people who write the code, design the systems, and solve the hardest problems. For someone looking to connect with technical founders—whether to join a team, find collaborators, or simply learn—knowing where to find them is half the battle. This article explores the best places and tactics to meet technical founders at SuperAI Singapore, draw insights, and build relationships that matter.

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1. NEXT Hackathon & Immersive Labs

One of the strongest magnets for technical founders is the NEXT Hackathon. It’s designed for bootstrapping teams to build prototypes in constrained time, often with AWS, AMD, or partner mentors around. Because technical founders are deeply involved in the mechanics—choosing frameworks, optimizing performance, handling bugs—this is one of the most active places. Similarly, immersive “AI Labs” or hardware/robotics labs presented during Singapore AI Week are likely to attract founders who are hands-on.

Meeting founders in these settings allows you to observe technical style, stack preferences, and problem-solving approaches rather than just hearing pitches. Those interactions can spark collaboration or job opportunities straight from benches.

2. Community Hubs & Partner-Led Themed Workshops

SuperAI’s Community Hubs are partner-led and thematically focused (e.g. robotics, Web3 AI, healthtech). These hubs often host workshops or breakout sessions where technical founders share their journey, detail tech stacks, or conduct live demo sessions. Because these are more intimate than main stage talks, you can ask deeper questions, engage in discussions, and often meet others who are building similar engineering work.

If you’re looking to dive into technical detail or team up, showing up early in Community Hub workshops is a good strategy to identify and connect with technical cofounders.

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3. Genesis Startup Competition and Demo Areas

The Genesis Startup Competition is another arena rich with technical founders. Many teams that get to the demo stage carry substantial technical work—code, models, prototypes. Demo booths set up around the exhibition floor are visible, approachable, and often staffed by founding engineers. Wandering through the demo area, engaging with founders after their pitch, asking about architecture, infrastructure, performance bottlenecks—all provide openings to meaningfully connect.

Also, technical founders in Genesis often have to respond live­-on-stage or in Q&A sessions. If you attend those, you might catch post-panel interactions where founders relax into deeper technical talk.

4. Networking Events, Matchmaking & Exclusive Dinners

Beyond the sessions, SuperAI offers multiple networking opportunities: dedicated networking breaks, matchmaking events, and partner or sponsor-hosted dinners or exclusive meetups. Technical founders may attend these with their core team or with specific business goals, and they tend to seek conversations around collaborator discovery, technical growth, or hiring.

If you position yourself at these events—introduce yourself with technical curiosity (“I’d love to hear how you handle inference latency in your model”)—you’re more likely to catch the attention of founders eager to talk code, pipelines, or toolchains rather than just business.

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5. Backstage Areas & Speaker Green Rooms

When founders speak, particularly those with technical backgrounds, green rooms, speaker preparation spaces, and backstage areas are often less formal but high-impact meeting zones. Speakers precede and follow panels; technical founders may relax, review slides or debug parts of their code, or debrief conversations. If you have access (through networking, speaker invitations, or partner passes), these are places where off-record, deep discussions happen—often yielding real technical collaboration or peer mentoring.

6. Co-working Spaces & Blk71, Hackerspaces

Offline but powerful: places like Blk71, Borrowed coworking spaces, HackerspaceSG, and similar incubators often see founders gathering before or after official sessions. These spaces are part of Singapore’s startup DNA, hosting meetups, fireside chats, or simple co-working sessions. During SuperAI, these are used for side meetings or informal workshops. Hanging out or scheduling meetings in these areas can connect you with founders more interested in engineering work rather than only pitch decks.

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7. Social / Community-Run Meetups during Singapore AI Week

SuperAI is embedded in Singapore AI Week, which spans several days and includes community-run events, after-hours talks, tech-DIY gatherings, and open labs. Many technical founders attend these fringe events to share open source projects, demo new tools, or preview research. Checking the Singapore AI Week schedule and choosing a few community meetups can give you access to founders outside the main conference flow—often more approachable, more collaborative.

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Conclusion

Meeting technical founders at SuperAI isn’t about waiting for a scheduled pitch—it’s about seeking them out where engineering work is visible: in hackathons, community hubs, demo areas, workshops, backstage or green rooms, co-working spaces, and fringe meetups. These are the places where conversations go deeper, tools matter more than buzz, and collaboration is genuine. If you attend with curiosity, some technical depth, and readiness, you’ll likely walk away with more than business cards—you’ll build connections that matter.

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