Quick facts
- Date and time: Friday, November 13, 2026, 10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. PST (America/Los_Angeles)
- Where: San Francisco, CA. The public listing does not include a street address.
- Cost: Free, including tokens for the hackathon in an Obvious.ai workspace. Application required; “teams are selected, not charged.”
- Organizer: Obvious, with hosts David Boskovic and Jon Bell. The page also describes Knapsack. Calendar: Obvious Community Events.
- Registration: Approval required. The listing shows 87 guests and 45 spots remaining.
- Official listing: luma.com/frontierSF2
What it is
A 10-hour “Engineer & Technical Builder” hackathon on building an “autonomous software factory” with Obvious Autobuild, assigning agents features rather than one-off prompts. Bring a laptop and a real GitHub repo or a greenfield idea. Meals are provided. A product-manager track is linked separately.
Prizes are listed as more than $30,000 in Obvious Fusion credits: $20,000, $10,000, and $5,000 for first through third. The agenda runs from doors at 10:00 a.m. through building, lunch lightning talks, an optional Q&A, a closing panel, awards, and a happy hour.
Who it's for
Technical founders, engineering leaders, and engineers willing to spend a full day inside Obvious’s stack, ideally with a product manager and a backlog in hand.
Worth it if / Skip it if
- Worth it if you want a serious day on agent-driven software delivery and are happy for prizes to be platform credits.
- Skip it if you do not want to work in an Obvious workspace, or you need the venue address before applying.
Verdict
Worth it for teams ready to build on Obvious; skip otherwise. This is a vendor-led, application-only workday with a detailed agenda. Useful if the tool is relevant, a poor use of a Friday if it is not.
Source: Luma, “Is SF Frontier Hackathon: Build Your Autonomous Code Factory Worth Attending? (San Francisco, November 13, 2026)”
