Newsletter #29
Emergency hackathon and Forge demo night. There's been lots going on!
Salaam to all 👋!
Welcome to the October edition of the DD Newsletter - the place to go for your round-ups, updates, and everything in between. Here we'll round off what has been happening in our community and look ahead at our upcoming events and initiatives!
As usual, the newsletter is jam-packed with updates, lots of stuff to share, and a few cool things worth checking out. This edition includes information about upcoming events and campaigns, a Community spotlight, interesting reads, and our favourite meme of the month. You won't want to miss it.
Stay safe and in good health!
Hack for Gaza 🇵🇸
This coming weekend we are hosting an emergency hackathon in the wake of all news that has come out over the past 10 days.
The situation in Gaza is heartbreaking and we can't stand idly by which is why we are calling on all developers, designers, and builders to donate your skills for good and join us this weekend for the Hack for Gaza.
We'll be working with partners and organisations to bring relevant problem statements that need real and immediate solutions.
🗓️ - Oct 21-22, 2023
⏰ - 9 am-6 pm (GMT)
📍 - London / Hybrid
🚨 - Application Deadline: Oct 20, 11:59 pm
Sign up at http://deendevelopers.com/gaza.
This hackathon is open to all creeds, religions, and skills who are willing to contribute and stand up for this cause. Take part and use your skills for good!
Deen Developers events sell out quickly so make sure to follow us across all our social platforms to stay up to date with our latest events and activities
Additional Highlights
We’ve made it to the Final8 of the GMW Continuum Spark award!
A camera crew came down to document our story to be shared at the GMW Summit.
The next step is for our founders to fly out to Education City in Doha for 6 days of pitching, networking and telling our story! You can follow along and show us your support here.
Some of our Buildathon cohort flew out to San Francisco last month to continue their product journeys
Forge Demo Night ⚒️
After an intense 12-week journey, the Forge accelerator programme has finally come to an end. Our teams have transformed their startups from an idea through to real scalable products and now it’s time to share them with everyone.
Mark your calendars - Forge Demo night is scheduled for Friday 3rd November at 6:30 pm and is shaping up to be a really inspiring lineup. With an exciting range of investors, key partners, and notable industry professionals in attendance this is a huge opportunity for our Forge teams to exhibit their hard work and innovation.
In the upcoming weeks leading up to Demo Night, we'll be sharing more details about what to expect. We’ll also be releasing a limited number of tickets to the public so that you can come along and support our founders.
So make sure to follow along on social media for all key updates and continue to show support to our Forge founders as they progress to the next stage of their startup journey.
Community Spotlight
Auralyze.ai
This month’s spotlight is focussed on another member of our Buildathon cohort and a real success story - Auralyze.ai
Angelina and Faris built Auralyze as a platform for prospective medical and dental students. It leverages AI to provide real-time feedback on university admissions, interviews and personal statements.
Auralyze simplifies the admission preparation process by empowering students to practice hundreds of subject-specific questions and receive instant AI feedback, enhancing their confidence and performance.
Since graduating from our Buildathon, Auralyze has been progressing at hyperspeed and has already:
👩🎓 - supported over 400 students
🏫 - onboarded the number 1 performing state school in the UK
👷 - pitched at the Buildspace S4 programme
We’re excited to follow the Auralyze.ai journey as it continues to progress to newer heights and accomplishments.
Other Spotlights
Muslim Census has shared a new survey to understand the change in voting sentiment following recent events in Israel and Palestine. They plan to use the results to create a UK map flagging all constituencies where the seat may be at risk.
Imran has developed the Seerah app to bring together important resources relating to the Seerah in one place.
Moustafa has launched Fajr Calendar on Product Hunt - the easiest way to add Islamic prayer times to your calendar.
Atif shared his final year project were he made a Quran memorisation and revision auto target setter and tracker.
The Community Spotlight section is an opportunity to share announcements, job openings, and anything else that’s worth highlighting.
Post on the #03_show-and-tell channel if you have something to share.
Slack's Digest
Interesting Articles Shared
Meme of the month
VCs are already lining up 😆
Have you got a funny meme? Post it on the #08_memes channel!