track 04
·catalystevent concluded, apr 18, 2026.
for the ones who ship users, not code. build a growth system specific enough to execute monday morning.
the brief
this was not a coding track. builders did not ship features, they shipped users. the work was a growth system you could hand to an operator on monday morning, and watch the needle move by friday. a viral loop, a community flywheel, a distribution hack, a gtm plan for a real product. the bar was simple. was it specific, was it executable, would it actually move the needle. anything less belonged in a slide deck, not here.
who this is for
growth hackers.
the ones who treat distribution like a craft, not an afterthought.
community builders.
the ones who can turn strangers into a room that compounds.
gtm strategists.
the ones who map the path from a cold product to a warm market.
distribution architects.
the ones who see channels the way engineers see systems.
what to build
a zero-budget viral launch plan for an unreleased product, with specific hooks and specific channels.
a community architecture for a niche ai tool that compounds weekly, not quarterly.
a distribution hack for a dead saas that could ten-x signups inside a single week.
a content engine with a specific creator and a specific cadence that would earn an audience in sixty days.
the prize
a real growth role or internship pipeline conversation with adihuman ai, plus forge network access, plus a spotlight feature across forge channels.
the winner
track 04 winner: tba.