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Builders Collective Est. 2025

PENN STATE UNIVERSITY · UNIVERSITY PARK, PA

WE SHIP
while YOU
SLEEP.

An elite team of Penn State engineers and designers who build for hackathons.

HACKATHON WINS
34
HACKATHONS
22
SHIPPED
71
MEMBERS
24

Product Innovation.

ENTI MINOR + CERTIFICATE

Build beyond the hackathon. Explore Penn State's Product Innovation cluster through the ENTI minor, or take the shorter Product Innovation Entrepreneurship certificate. Both paths put making, testing, and launching at the center.

  • Open to students from every major.
  • Choose a full minor or a focused, three-course certificate.
  • Bring your projects and ideas into the classroom.
01 / ENTI MINOR 18 credits

Product Innovation cluster

Explore these core and cluster courses. See the official minor requirements for the complete course plan.

  • MGMT 215 — Entrepreneurial Mindset
  • ENGR 310 — Entrepreneurial Leadership
  • ENGR 407 — Product Innovation Entrepreneurship
  • ENGR 411 — Entrepreneurship Business Fundamentals

Featured cluster electives · choose 3 credits

  • EDSGN 367 — Design Thinking and Making
  • EDSGN 467 — Prototyping to Launch
  • ENGR 408 — Leadership Principles
02 / CERTIFICATE 9 credits

Product Innovation Entrepreneurship

A suggested three-course path: ENGR 411 plus ENGR 310 and ENGR 407. Other approved options are listed in the certificate requirements.

  • ENGR 411 — Entrepreneurship Business Fundamentals
  • ENGR 310 — Entrepreneurial Leadership
  • ENGR 407 — Product Innovation Entrepreneurship
Certificate requirements ↗

Featured courses are a starting point, not a complete minor checklist. Confirm course availability and your entry-year requirements with an adviser.

Our Team

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APPLICATIONS: ROLLING
BUILDERS

You ship. We pay travel.

No application rounds. Send us a repo, a design file, or anything you have built, and we will get back to you.

Builders Collective presents

c0mpiled-15

When
· 12–9 PM EDT
Where
Engineering Design & Innovation Building, Penn State · University Park, PA
Prizes
$10,000+

Seven hours of building. Meet your next collaborators and put your ideas to the test. All majors, all experience levels.

Track 01 · Transpose Platform

Build with AI

Create a self-improving agent team with Luminal, or tackle a Y Combinator Request for Startups.

Track 02 · Engineering Entrepreneurship

Build. Validate. Sell.

Find a real problem, build your product, and make actual sales during the hackathon.

Schedule & sponsors
  1. 11:00 AMDoors & team formation
  2. 11:40 AMIntroductions & challenges
  3. 12–7 PMBuilding
  4. 7:00 PMJudging & demos
  5. 8:15 PMAwards & closing
  • Transpose Platform $5,000 prize pool Track 1: $3,000 / $1,500 / $500.
  • Luminal (YC S25) 100 inference credits Build with models on Luminal Cloud.
  • Engineering Entrepreneurship $3,000 in prizes Build and validate through real sales.
  • Bloomerang $2,000 in prizes Prizes across the product validation track.
  • AGI, Inc $500 prize Best individual project.
  • Builders Collective A fully funded trip First place: travel with BC to another hackathon.

Also supported by Red Bull and MongoDB.