LabLab

What LabLab does

LabLab (legal entity: NativelyAI Inc.) is an AI hackathon platform and builder community founded in 2023 and headquartered in San Francisco. The company operates a global ecosystem of more than 103,880 community members, 12,250 teams, and 2,870 prototypes, providing free access to recurring AI hackathons in which participants build applications using foundation models and infrastructure from technology sponsors. The core platform supports team formation, project submission, mentorship, and live-streamed event presentations through integrations with Discord, Twitch, and YouTube. End users participate on a freemium basis and receive sponsor-provided technology credits (e.g., AMD GPU credits, Fireworks AI API credits, Galaxy S25 Ultra devices from Samsung/Qualcomm).

The product surface spans the AI Hackathons Platform (core), Native.Builder (a 2026 beta no-code AI application builder enabling deployment from natural language prompts), the Surge sub-brand, and supporting content properties (AI Tutorials, AI Articles, AI Tech Index covering 100+ technologies, AI Applications Gallery). Technology partnerships with AMD, Qualcomm, Meta, Samsung, Google, IBM, Fireworks AI, Band, and Bright Data form the supply side of the platform, while co-organization agreements with AI Infra Summit (Santa Clara), /function1 (Dubai), and TechEx (Amsterdam) provide enterprise event distribution across North America, Europe, and the Middle East.

The business model relies on two revenue streams: sponsorship packages from AI brands and technology companies (advertising-style revenue in exchange for community exposure), and professional services fees for organizing hackathons as the official partner of major AI conferences. Revenue is not publicly disclosed. The company has raised approximately $4.5M across two funding rounds in February 2023 ($1.5M) and May 2024 ($3.0M), operates with 11-50 employees, and is led by founders Joseph Spence (Chairman), Andrea Marazzi (CCO), Victoria Neiman (COO), and Pawel Czech (Co-Founder).

Name

LabLab

Legal name

NativelyAI Inc.

Website

https://lablab.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

LabLab (NativelyAI Inc.) is an AI hackathon platform and builder community that enables 100,000+ AI developers and researchers to collaboratively prototype applications using foundation models and hardware from technology sponsors including AMD, Google, Meta, and Qualcomm, monetizing via sponsorship packages and conference co-organization services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Developer Community Platform

NAICS

Computer Training (611420)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

AI & Machine Learning (Foundations & Applied) (EDAMACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ), Open-Source Model Ecosystems & Model Marketplaces (HDAAACAM)

Keywords

• AI hackathon platform
• AI builder community
• Developer ecosystem
• Generative AI prototyping
• AI event organization

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Sponsorship Revenue: LabLab monetizes through sponsorship packages where AI brands and technology companies sponsor hackathons and events. Sponsors gain exposure to the builder community through logo placement, event integration, and content creation opportunities.
2. Event Organization Services: Organizes hackathons for technology partners (AMD, Qualcomm, Meta, etc.) positioning itself as the official hackathon partner for major AI conferences and summits

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

LabLab operates a community-driven AI hackathon platform where individual developers, researchers, and enterprise teams build AI prototypes using state-of-the-art foundation models, earning prizes and technology credits from technology partners such as AMD, Qualcomm, Meta, Google, and Samsung. The platform combines free hackathon participation, on-demand mentorship, live-streamed event coverage, and an educational tutorials library to facilitate AI prototyping and innovation. Complementing the platform, Native.Builder offers a no-code AI application deployment tool, and the Surge sub-brand extends the community and event infrastructure under NativelyAI Inc.

Product overview

LabLab operates as an AI hackathon ecosystem and community platform. The core offering is the AI Hackathons Platform where participants build AI prototypes using various technologies. This is complemented by Native.Builder, a no-code AI app builder for rapid prototyping. Additional offerings include AI Tutorials (educational content), AI Articles (news and insights), the AI Tech Index (technology discovery), and the AI Applications Gallery (project showcase). The Surge sub-brand provides additional community and event infrastructure. The platform connects builders with AI technologies from partners including AMD, Qualcomm, Meta, Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic, facilitating innovation through competitive hackathon events and educational resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Surge: A sub-platform under lablab.ai, with its own website at surge.lablab.ai, referenced as a related brand.
• Native.Builder

Products and services

• AI Hackathons Platform The central LabLab platform that hosts AI hackathon events for individual developers, researchers, and enterprise teams. It provides event management, team formation, project submission, judging, and community collaboration features for building AI prototypes using state-of-the-art foundation models.
• Native.Builder An AI-native no-code application builder that enables users to create and deploy AI applications from natural language prompts in under 30 minutes without requiring programming knowledge.
• Surge A sub-brand platform under NativelyAI Inc. operating at surge.lablab.ai, serving as an additional community and event platform for AI builders.
• AI Applications Gallery A gallery showcasing AI applications built during LabLab hackathons, filterable by technology, with trending, recent winners, and most-voted sections.

Quantifiable outcome

• 103,880+ community members actively building AI projects
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability14 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AMDcoreTechnology or IntegrationAMD partners with LabLab as a technology sponsor for hackathons, providing participants with AMD Developer Cloud credits, ROCm platform access, and GPU resources. AMD AI Developer Program members receive $100 in cloud credits and access to training resources.
• QualcommcoreTechnology or IntegrationQualcomm partners with LabLab for on-device AI hackathons featuring Snapdragon-powered devices and ExecuTorch framework. Provides hardware (Galaxy S25 Ultra devices) and technical mentorship.
• MetacoreTechnology or IntegrationMeta partners with LabLab for ExecuTorch hackathons, providing the open-source edge AI deployment framework and technical expertise for building on-device AI applications.
• SamsungcoreTechnology or IntegrationSamsung partners with LabLab to provide Galaxy S25 Ultra devices for on-device AI hackathons, supporting the development of mobile AI applications.
• GooglecoreTechnology or IntegrationGoogle partners with LabLab providing access to Gemini AI, Google AI Studio, and other Google AI technologies for hackathon participants.
• Fireworks AIcoreTechnology or IntegrationFireworks AI provides API credits ($50) for hackathon participants to access AMD-hardware hosted AI models for inference and development.
• AI Infra SummitcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLabLab is the official hackathon co-organizer for AI Infra Summit 2026, expecting 8,000+ attendees at Santa Clara Convention Center.
• /function1 ConferencecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLabLab is the official hackathon organizer for AI Genesis, culminating at /function1 AI Conference & Exhibition 2026 in Dubai with 15,000+ expected attendees.
• TechEx EventscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLabLab is the official hackathon organizer for TechEx Amsterdam, part of AI & Big Data Expo Europe, one of Europe's largest enterprise technology events.
• BandcoreTechnology or IntegrationBand partners with LabLab for multi-agent hackathons, providing the Band SDK and Agentic Mesh platform for collaborative AI systems and agent orchestration.
• Bright DatacoreTechnology or IntegrationBright Data provides web data infrastructure for AI agents hackathons, including proxy networks, scraping APIs, and datasets with $18,300 prize pool.
• NativelyAIcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNativelyAI is the parent company of LabLab (© 2026 NativelyAI Inc.). Also offers Native.Builder tool for rapid AI app development and deployment.
• SurgeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSurge is a related brand under the NativelyAI ecosystem, focusing on AI research and development initiatives.
• DeepLearning.AIminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDeepLearning.AI provides 1-month Pro membership for new AMD AI Developer Program members participating in LabLab hackathons.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Devpost: Long-established hackathon and innovation platform used by enterprises to source developer talent and run challenges. Direct competitor for LabLab's core hackathon-hosting business and enterprise customer base.
• HackerEarth: Developer assessment and hackathon platform with a large global community of engineers. Closely comparable in business model (hackathons + enterprise hiring) and target audience (developers building with modern tech stacks).
• Major League Hacking (MLH): Official student hackathon league powering hackathons at hundreds of universities globally. Direct competitor for student/early-career AI builder participation and university event sponsorship.
• Topcoder: Competitive programming and crowdsourcing platform with a long-running community of developers. Comparable in community-driven competition model and enterprise customer base for talent challenges.

Broad incumbents

• Kaggle: Google-owned data science and AI competition community with millions of builders. Comparable as an AI/ML builder community, but operates as a broad incumbent within the Google ecosystem rather than focusing on hackathon events.

Emerging players

• Replit: Browser-based coding platform with a vibrant AI builder community and AI-agent coding products. Comparable because it overlaps with LabLab's AI builder audience and competes with Native.Builder in the no-code AI tooling space.
• Hugging Face: AI model and community hub where builders share models, datasets, and applications. Comparable as an AI-builder ecosystem and directly overlaps with LabLab's model-feature and application-gallery use cases.

Others

• Weights & Biases (W&B): ML developer tools platform used by AI practitioners for experiment tracking and model development. Comparable audience (AI builders/ML engineers) and serves as an ecosystem participant adjacent to LabLab's tutorials and hackathon tooling.
• DeepLearning.AI: AI education platform founded by Andrew Ng offering courses and community programs. Already a LabLab GTM partner (provides Pro memberships to hackathon participants); serves overlapping AI-learner audience.
• Comet: ML experiment-tracking and model-monitoring platform used by AI developers. Comparable developer base and ecosystem role, though focused on production ML workflows rather than hackathons.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/lablabai
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@lablab10
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lablab-ai
• Instagraminstagram.com/lablab.ai

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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