Chinat Yu
Founder & Lead Instructor
Chinat leads DayDreamers and teaches every session. A Stanford MS in Computer Science and Johns Hopkins alum, he co-founded MentorMates and has run hundreds of hands-on AI events and workshops across universities and builder communities. He teaches the way he builds: small groups, live sessions, and a real shipped project by the end.
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Build Night Series: Vibe Coding Workshop
The HKU Data Science Association and DayDreamers are co-hosting a hands-on Vibe Coding Workshop designed for students who want to build with AI, not just learn about it. This is a practical, build-first session. Participants will work in small groups to prototype simple AI-powered applications using modern development tools. Throughout the workshop, you’ll explore real workflows used by builders today, including: AI-assisted coding rapid prototyping product ideation collaborative development The
Magic Room Series: Fundraising vs Bootstrap?
The Magic Room Series is a curated set of four secret dinners taking place this April, designed to bring founders together in a more intimate and meaningful setting. Each dinner explores a different theme, creating space for honest conversations, valuable connections, and unexpected collaborations. Raise or stay lean? Every founder hits the same fork in the road:Take capital and move fast, or build quietly and own it all? This evening explores the trade-offs founders rarely say out loud: When fu
Magic Room Series: EdTech, HealthTech, and Human Potential
Stanford Founders: EdTech and HealthTech is a curated dinner bringing together founders, researchers, and builders from the Stanford ecosystem who are shaping the future of education and healthcare. This is not a typical networking event. It is an intimate evening designed for honest conversations, meaningful connections, and the kind of founder chemistry that can lead to long-term collaboration. 📍The dinner will take place at a restaurant near Stanford University. The exact location will be sh
Build Night Series
The Chinese University of Hong Kong and DayDreamers are co-hosting a hands-on Vibe Coding Workshop designed for students who want to build with AI, not just learn about it. This is a practical, build-first session. Participants will work in small groups to prototype simple AI-powered applications using modern development tools. Throughout the workshop, you’ll explore real workflows used by builders today, including: AI-assisted coding rapid prototyping product ideation collaborative development
Magic Room Series: Founder F*up Night
The Magic Room Series is a curated set of four secret dinners taking place this April, designed to bring founders together in a more intimate and meaningful setting. Each dinner explores a different theme, creating space for honest conversations, valuable connections, and unexpected collaborations. Every founder has a moment they don’t put on LinkedIn, the failed launch, the wrong hire, the almost-dead runway. This night is about sharing the lessons behind the losses: Expensive mistakes Misread
Ara X Cornell: Build Your Own AI Computer Hackathon
Ready to build your AI computer? We’re excited to visit 6 campuses this spring to host a hackathon series. With support from Ara (YC Y26), this one-day hackathon brings together students from all backgrounds to experiment, build, and imagine new possibilities with AI. This is your chance not just to learn about AI, but to actively shape how it can be used in creative and meaningful ways. One day. One challenge. Build your own AI personal computer or assistant. No fluff. No spectators. Just build
Ara X Johns Hopkins: Build Your Own AI Computer Hackathon
Ready to build your AI computer? We’re excited to visit 6 campuses this spring to host a hackathon series. With support from Ara (YC Y26), this one-day hackathon brings together students from all backgrounds to experiment, build, and imagine new possibilities with AI. This is your chance not just to learn about AI, but to actively shape how it can be used in creative and meaningful ways. One day. One challenge. Build your own AI personal computer or assistant. No fluff. No spectators. Just build
Ara Series: Build Your Own AI Personal Computer — Johns Hopkins
Everyone can build their 24/7 Personal Computer, with Ara 🚀 The founders of Ara (YC-backed) + DayDreamers (behind 450+ events) are flying across the US this April to host hackathons! Johns Hopkins is Stop #2. One day. One challenge. Build your own AI Personal Computer / Assistant. No fluff. No spectators. Just builders. 🧠 CS students → come build 📊 Non-technical → come get impressed by AI 🎓 Professors / researchers → come show your creativity No experience needed. Just curiosity. 🏆 Prizes
Build Night Series: Vibe Coding Workshop
The HKUST Entrepreneurship Center and DayDreamers are co-hosting a hands-on Vibe Coding Workshop designed for students who want to build with AI, not just learn about it. This is a practical, build-first session. Participants will work in small groups to prototype simple AI-powered applications using modern development tools. Throughout the workshop, you’ll explore real workflows used by builders today, including: AI-assisted coding rapid prototyping product ideation collaborative development Th
Magic Room Series: International Founders Happy Hour
The Magic Room Series is a curated set of four secret dinners taking place this April, designed to bring founders together in a more intimate and meaningful setting. Each dinner explores a different theme, creating space for honest conversations, valuable connections, and unexpected collaborations. Building as international founders often means navigating multiple worlds with different markets, cultures, and expectations. This happy hour, co-hosted with James Huie and Daniel Xu, is a casual spac
Ara X VTech Hackathon: Build Your Own AI Computer
We’re excited to visit campuses this spring to explore a simple question together: what does it look like when everyone has access to their own AI personal computer? With support from Ara (YC backed), we’re hosting a Build Night on campus — a one-day experience where students from different backgrounds come together to experiment, build, and imagine new possibilities with AI. This is an opportunity for your community to not just learn about AI, but to actively shape how it can be used in creativ
Ara X Stanford: Build Your Own AI Computer Hackathon
Ready to build your AI computer? We’re excited to visit 6 campuses this spring to host a hackathon series. With support from Ara (YC Y26), this one-day hackathon brings together students from all backgrounds to experiment, build, and imagine new possibilities with AI. This is your chance not just to learn about AI, but to actively shape how it can be used in creative and meaningful ways. One day. One challenge. Build your own AI personal computer or assistant. No fluff. No spectators. Just build
Ara X UCBerkeley: Build Your AI Computer Hackathon
What does it look like when everyone has access to their own AI personal computer? With support from Ara (YC backed), we’re hosting a Build Night on campus —a one-day experience where students from different backgrounds come together to experiment, build, and imagine new possibilities with AI. This is an opportunity for your community to not just learn about AI, but to actively shape how it can be used in creative, meaningful ways One day. One challenge. Build your own AI Personal Computer / Ass
Ara Series: Build Your Own AI Personal Computer — UPenn
Everyone can build their 24/7 Personal Computer, with Ara 🚀 The founders of Ara (YC-backed) + DayDreamers (behind 450+ events) are flying across the US this April to host hackathons! One day. One challenge. Build your own AI Personal Computer / Assistant. No fluff. No spectators. Just builders. 🧠 CS students → come build 📊 Non-technical → come get impressed by AI 🎓 Professors / researchers → come show your creativity No experience needed. Just curiosity. 🏆 Prizes $10,000 in credits & gifts
Ara Series: Build Your Own AI Personal Computer — Stanford
Everyone can build their 24/7 Personal Computer, with Ara 🚀 The founders of Ara (YC-backed) + DayDreamers (behind 450+ events) are flying across the US this April to host hackathons! Stanford is Stop #4. One day. One challenge. Build your own AI Personal Computer / Assistant. No fluff. No spectators. Just builders. 🧠 CS students → come build 📊 Non-technical → come get impressed by AI 🎓 Professors / researchers → come show your creativity No experience needed. Just curiosity. 🏆 Prizes $10,0
Ara Series: Build Your Own AI Personal Computer — Virginia Tech
Everyone can build their 24/7 Personal Computer, with Ara 🚀 The founders of Ara (YC-backed) + DayDreamers (behind 450+ events) are flying across the US this April to host hackathons! Virginia Tech is Stop #5. One day. One challenge. Build your own AI Personal Computer / Assistant. No fluff. No spectators. Just builders. 🧠 CS students → come build 📊 Non-technical → come get impressed by AI 🎓 Professors / researchers → come show your creativity No experience needed. Just curiosity. 🏆 Prizes
Ara Series: Build Your Own AI Personal Computer — UC Berkeley
Everyone can build their 24/7 Personal Computer, with Ara 🚀 The founders of Ara (YC-backed) + DayDreamers (behind 450+ events) are flying across the US this April to host hackathons! UC Berkeley is Stop #6. One day. One challenge. Build your own AI Personal Computer / Assistant. No fluff. No spectators. Just builders. 🧠 CS students → come build 📊 Non-technical → come get impressed by AI 🎓 Professors / researchers → come show your creativity No experience needed. Just curiosity. 🏆 Prizes $1