Transcend: The Front Door to Entrepreneurship.

You don’t need the whole plan. You need a direction and people to build with. We have both.

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Build Nights

Show up. Build something. Repeat.

A standing night on the calendar to actually make progress. Bring a laptop and an idea, or come without one and jump onto someone else’s. You’ll work next to other student builders who are figuring it out too.

WHENEvery Thursday · 5–8 PM
BRINGA laptop. An idea is optional.
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Students working with laptops during a Build Night talk
Heads-down, laptops open
Two students smiling arm in arm at Build Night
The people you meet
Xabier Bisabarros-Hudoc presenting How to Build a Whole Product with AI
Building with AI, fastXabier Bisabarros-Hudoc
Students mingling at tables after the talks
After the talks
NEW THIS YEAR

Revenue Race

Find out if anyone will pay for it.

Teams race to earn their first real revenue in 72 hours. It’s the fastest way to learn whether what you built solves a problem people care about, and you get to learn it with a team, not alone.

FORMATTeams of up to 4 · 72 hours
RUNSNovember 17–20
WINNER GETSThe prize pool
Apply by November 1 →
SPONSORED BY 100state
DexDisplay team receiving an award on stage in front of their slide
DexDisplay, recognized on stage
Two BeachEase founders holding a $12,500 Transcend check
BeachEase takes $12,500
AJ Ketarkus pitching VitalSyncLabs at the podium
VitalSyncLabs pitches
A student handing materials to a table of judges
Face to face with the judges

Innovation Competition

Take it to the stage.

Teams pitch what they’ve built to judges who’ve watched ideas turn into $200M companies. The strongest ideas walk away with a share of $50,000+ in prizes, and everyone walks away with a pitch they’ve tested in front of a real room.

APPLICATIONSOpen in December
COMPETITIONTwo days in April 2027
PRIZE POOL$50,000+
Apply to compete →
THE CREW

Nobody flies a kite alone.

Building something is easier with people around you. Transcend puts 300+ of UW’s most entrepreneurial students in the same room. Come meet them.

A row of early Transcend members in matching shirts, arms around each other
A packed room of students listening to a talk
Five students taking a selfie at the UW Entrepreneurship Kickoff
Two students throwing up peace signs at a Transcend expo
Two students giving thumbs up at the kickoff
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