Supported by AI Academy

Founders Create*!*

Build it. Brand it. Launch it.

36 hours to turn an idea into a real startup. Using AI and Meta's tools, your team builds the brand, the channels, the go-to-market and the pitch. By Sunday night you have something live, not a deck about something you might build.

🎯 Your Mission

Pick an idea and make it real. Over one weekend your team uses AI and Meta's products to design a brand, set up its channels, work out how it reaches people, and pitch it. The startup is the canvas. What we actually score is how well you build with AI when the clock is running.

ℹ️ About

Meta partners with YTU Startup House, the entrepreneurship hub of Yıldız Technical University and one of Türkiye's largest university startup centers. Founders Create is where early founders stop planning and start launching, with Meta's AI tools and our mentors in the room.

🏆 Prizes

🥇 1st Team

• $5,000 cash prize
• Achievement Certificate
• Acceptance into YTU Startup House Pre-incubation Program

🥈 2nd Team

• $3,000 cash prize