Arrive with context
Bring the thing you're building, the constraint you can't design around, or the problem that keeps coming back.
Three cities. Three realities. One room where the work has to survive contact with it — not just the demo.
01 / The premise
The demo is the easy part.The room is where it gets real.
Reality Check puts the people shipping AI in the same room as the people living with the problem. Not to admire the demo — to put it under pressure.
Three cities. Three different realities. One rule: bring the thing that has to work on Monday.
03Cities
About 100Curated seats per city
What it is
- Working sessions, honest teardowns, and real constraints.
- Builders, operators, and domain experts in one conversation.
- A room of about 100 curated people, small enough that the work has to be specific.
- A next step you can act on after the day ends.
What it isn't
- A keynote marathon with a networking mixer attached.
- A demo day where the hard questions stay off stage.
- A badge-scanning exercise dressed up as community.
- Another Slack group that goes quiet by Friday.
The film / 0:22
The whole idea,in 22 seconds.
No panels for the sake of panels. No pitch judging. Just the people doing the work, being honest about it.
02 / The series
Three cities.
Three different realities.
Same series, different pressure. Pick the room that matches what you're building — or what you're trying to fix.
Delhi01
Pilot to Product
Sunday 29 November · Paytm office
Applications open · Free to attend
Enterprise · Commercial
Apply
Bangalore02
Shipped Live
Sunday 6 December · Paytm office
Applications open · Free to attend
Build day · Live demo
Apply
Pune03
Breaking Point
Friday 4 December · Venue to be revealed soon
Applications open · Free to attend
Scale · What breaks
Apply
Keep scrolling — three rooms, one standard
Free to attend. Lunch and refreshments are provided by the noClue team.
Compare the three rooms →
03 / Who is in the room
A curated room,
not an open door.
Every seat is reviewed. City Leads read each application and choose people for what they have built or lived through, not for a job title or a follower count.
Who we invite
- Working professionals and engineers building with AI
- Founders, from early to growth stage
- Enterprise product and engineering leads
- A limited number of standout students from top universities, admitted on what they have built
We confirm attendance the week before and keep a short waitlist.
How selection works04 / What happens
Not another
panel.
The format changes by city. The standard doesn't: bring something real, put it in front of people who will tell you the truth, and leave with a next step.
Put it on the table
Working sessions and teardowns. Questions that start with what actually happened, not what's on the roadmap.
Pressure-test it
Engineers, operators, and domain experts in the same conversation. The friction is part of the agenda.
Leave with a next step
A decision, a collaborator, a fix, or a reason to stop. Not a folder of notes and a follow-up email.
In Bangalore the format is a build day: one product, four workshops. See the Bangalore page for the full day.
05 / Track record
Built on rooms
we have already run.
Real attendance, from our own past events.
EventAttendees
Devlution, July 2024683
Two AI hackathon editions, April and July 2026 (application-only)309 in total (182 and 127)
noClue network1,600+ members
The hackathon editions were application-only. Past rooms drew builders from top universities, experienced professionals and founders.
06 / Partners
Built with
the stack.
Reality Check is supported by partners who build the tools, platforms and communities the room runs on. Partners earn their place by what they bring to the room, not by the size of a logo.
Series partner
City partners
Delhi
Pune
Pune
Ecosystem partners
Platform partner
Community partner
If your tool, platform, or community belongs in the room, let's talk about what the room actually needs.
Partner with us07 / Questions
The short
answers.
Still unsure which room fits? Write to us and tell us what you're building.
What is Reality Check?
A three-city series by noClue in November and December 2026, for people who build AI and people who live with the problem it is meant to solve. Each city has its own theme, format and room. The constant is the standard: real work, honest questions, useful next steps.
Who is it for?
Engineers, founders, product people and operators shipping AI inside real companies, plus domain experts who understand where the problem actually lives. If you only want to watch a keynote, this probably isn't your room.
Do I need a finished product?
No. Bring something real: a working build, a pilot that stalled, a constraint you can't get around, or a problem worth pressure-testing. In Bangalore you build a product during the day, so you bring a laptop and complete a short setup checklist instead.
How do I apply?
Pick your city and click Apply. Attendance is by application, so not every applicant is selected. Compare the three rooms.
How are people selected?
Your city's City Lead reads every application and chooses people for what they have built or lived through. A link to something real helps. We confirm attendance the week before and keep a short waitlist. How selection works.
What does it cost?
Nothing. Reality Check is free to attend.
Is food provided?
Yes. Lunch and refreshments are provided by the noClue team.
What time does it start and finish?
Check-in opens at 9:00 AM. The day opens at 10:00 AM and finishes at 4:00 PM. Delhi: Sunday 29 November, Paytm office. Bangalore: Sunday 6 December, Paytm office. Pune: Friday 4 December, venue to be revealed soon.
Can I speak or demo?
Yes. Submit a talk through your city's form, or write to us directly. We choose sessions on the story and the proof, not on a product being sold. Pitch a session.
Can I partner with Reality Check?
Yes. We work with series, platform, ecosystem, community and city partners. The scope is built around what the room actually needs, not a logo on a banner. Start the conversation.
Why Delhi, Bangalore and Pune?
Each city brings a different kind of AI reality: enterprise adoption in Delhi, hands-on shipping in Bangalore, and scale pressure in Pune. Three rooms, three conversations that don't collapse into the same panel.
Applications open
Pick yourcity.
No two cities run the same show. Choose the room that matches what you're building — or what you're trying to fix.
Not sure? Ask us