Greeting Pioneers,

HackKentucky - powered by Claude

Big News for HackKentucky. Anthropic / Claude is providing $25 of credits for every hacker.

Papa Johns is providing pizza.

Signarama Downtown is providing posters. Thank you Maggie!

More sponsor announcements coming / stay tuned.

Register here for HackKentucky

Get familiar with HackKentucky / Play HackKentucky - thegame

KYX is an all-volunteer group. HackKentucky is the largest hackathon in Kentucky and free. Sponsorships is how we power this community. We need your help. Interested in sponsoring? Get involved here

How we got Anthropic on board

Vibe Code Night - August 13th new location

This Thursday August 13th 5pm-8pm @ Mashup / Genuine.

We’re combining with Louisville AI Exchange event. 2 meetups, 1 place.

Sign up here for VCN.

Also we’ll be playing poker. We have a hard stop at 8pm.

kycombinator.com gets a face lift

Check out our updated site.

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Note’s on The Distill’s co-EICs: Jack Crowdis & Rachel Edenfield

Jack runs the newsletter, helps run KYX. He’s a career startup kid, past founder, and current operator. Weekly contributor. Always editor.

Rachel’s the Founder/CEO of venture-backed Swell, and a driver of KYX. Routinely delivers the city’s sharpest long-form startup advice. Always re-edits Jack’s edits (including this bio).

Know someone who should read this? Forward it, or send them this link.

That’s a wrap 🎬
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Peace, Pioneers ✌️