About
Cortex Research Group
Cortex Research Group produces 🏕️ AI — a live build competition where builders use AI tools to ship something real in a short window, then submit what they made and rate their favorites. This is Season 1 — we're just getting started.
Builders
33
Judges
4
Builds shipped
175
Why this exists
A league for how people actually build with AI now
Most demos of AI tools are staged. We wanted a format where the build happens in public, on the clock, and what gets shipped is what's real.
Principles
What we optimize for
The constraint is the point
Thirty minutes isn't a gimmick — it's short enough that scope can't hide bad ideas, and long enough that something real gets built.
It's live, not staged
Builds happen in public, on the clock. What you see submitted is what got made in the window.
Say what didn't work
Every submission includes the prompts and issues you actually ran into — not just the polished result.
Production
Who's running it
Cortex Research Group
Producer & host
Hosts the build windows live and runs the platform. Learn more at cortexresearch.group.
Season 1 is live
Come build, judge, or sponsor.