Alpaca x Conviction Trading Hackathon

What if you could turn a trading idea into a tested, deployable strategy in seconds without writing a line of code? Join Alpaca × Conviction (YC S25) for an evening of AI, markets, and hands-on building. We’ll kick things off with a conversation from the Alpaca team on building the infrastructure behind modern investing, followed by a demo of Conviction, an agentic trading desk in your pocket. Conviction lets you describe ideas in natural language, backtest them and turn them into AI agents which monitor the market and execute trades. Then, you’ll build. Come with a trading idea - or find one at the event - and use Conviction to turn it into a working strategy. At the end, we’ll share some of the most interesting strategies people created. No trading or coding experience required. What to expect Hear from the Alpaca teamHear from Oscar Levy, Founder & CEO of River Markets, on prediction markets and the evolution of professional tradingSee how AI is changing the way people research and tradeBuild and backtest your own strategy in natural languageMeet other students, traders, builders, and fintech enthusiastsShare your strategy and see what everyone else builtCompete for prizes Bring your laptop and an idea. We’ll take care of the rest.