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Build Night is back.
Most "builder" events are networking events with laptops out.
Build Night isn't that.
Round two: two hours, one room, everyone actually building. Start something new, or push an existing project forward with a feature that doesn't exist yet. Either way, something gets built that wasn't there before you walked in.
Then: three-minute demos. No slides, no pitch decks, no "let me walk you through our vision." Just what you made and how.
We're looking for people who build, not people who talk about building.
If that's you, apply now.
Wednesday 27 August · 6pm · London
deendevelopers.com/build
and that's a wrap on the dd buildathon demo day.
8 teams. ai receptionists, scrollable islamic history, open banking, medical compliance, driving-school software, and more. all built by muslim founders who just decided to start.
wallahi, the talent in that room.
stork is going after medical device compliance, and the traction is wild for how early they are.
ai-native platform for the work that usually takes consultants weeks and £40k+ to get a device to market.
6 weeks in: 5 design partners, contracts £50k to £200k+.
amr built @lunchflow over 18 months of nights and weekends. with a one year old at home.
bootstrapped, no funding. it's now doing ~£58k arr, growing 20% a month, and quietly turning into a platform other apps want to build on.
solo founder. respect.
drivelea might be the most 'why does this not exist yet' pitch today.
the uk driving industry runs on chaos: booking lost in whatsapp, payments by hand, the whole resource plan in one guy's memory.
40,000+ instructors stuck on this. drivelea is the os for driving schools.
usman turned down his dream offer at imperial. the only way in was an interest-based loan, so he walked.
at apprenticeships he saw it: classmates with better grades getting rejected. the gap wasn't talent, it was proof.
he built sprout. 4,000 students on it already.
more on governance ai. the receipts are strong.
their ai agents handled 56,000 tenant messages + 2,800 maintenance jobs for one client. 4,400 survey drafts for another. ~£70k revenue since mid last year, £30k of it in the last two months.
now raising £500k to hire fast.
governance ai's stat stopped me.
2% of company boards say they understand ai. their own test of 500 directors? under 5%.
and these are the people signing off on ai strategy. governance ai trains the board + ships engineers in to build. 5 paying clients already.
signed is one of those ideas that just feels right.
you write a letter, seal it, and pick when it arrives. to someone you love, or your future self. want it on paper? they handwrite it, wax seal it, and post it.
they sent one to a woman's mum in malaysia. made her cry.
clero just ran their AI receptionist live on stage. it took a real call.
booked a kid in for monday 9am, jaw pain, straight into the clinic's booking system. no human touched it.
one clinic, last 15 days: 37 new appointments. £6,100 that would've just rung out.
the biggest thing stopping you from building isn't skill. it's how you think.
"i've got a stable job. i don't have the time."
but there's a verse: in the heaven is your provision, and all that you are promised.
your limit isn't real. build like it. 🤍
the sponsor behind a lot of this, @co_continuum, just laid out the vision:
founders in jakarta, istanbul, everywhere. each one a point of light on its own.
connect them and you get a constellation. the goal: 1,000 faith-based ventures by 2030.
they just asked the whole room: what's the best idea you've had and never built?
30 seconds, turn to the person next to you, go.
room's gone loud. everyone's got one
the founders demoing today have spent months building.
the best thing you can do now: back them. intro them to people. give them honest advice. fund them if you can.
that's what a builder community is actually for. 🤍