Wash3000: A Quick Look at GenAI Fund’s Venture-Building Program with Tasco

At GenAI Fund, we do not want builder energy to stop at events. The real work starts when that energy becomes companies, pilots, and products that can live in the market.

That is the story behind Wash3000, a venture-building program with Tasco focused on a clear and ambitious goal: building a nationwide network of 3,000 AI-powered smart car wash locations connected to an ecosystem of 4 million VETC users.

The program began with a simple question: what happens when AI builders are given a real business problem, access to corporate infrastructure, and a clear path from prototype to investment?

From hackathon momentum to a real venture track

The first spark came during Lotus Hack in March 2026. Instead of letting the momentum end after the closing ceremony, GenAI Fund used the hackathon as a scouting ground for builders who wanted to work on real-world deployment.

Out of the broader mobility and AI tracks, the car wash industry stood out as a practical, high-volume use case. It had clear operational pain points, a large user base, and enough complexity for AI-native teams to build something meaningful.

The response came fast. The program received 38 proposals, showing that builders were not only interested in competing, but also ready to take on a serious business challenge with real deployment potential.

From decks to fieldwork

In April, Wash3000 shifted into a much more hands-on phase. Tasco and GenAI Fund hosted two exclusive builder meetups in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, bringing together builders, operators, product-minded founders, and potential co-founders around the Wash3000 venture thesis. The sessions introduced the 3,000-location vision, the funding roadmap, the 12-week venture-building path, and the opportunity to compete for pilot funding and a potential $500,000 investment.

From there, the selected teams moved from concept decks into field operations, visiting car wash sites across Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi with the GenAI Fund team.

This was not a desk exercise. Teams walked through actual sites, observed the workflows, studied the logistics, and tested their assumptions against the daily reality of the business. The goal was to understand what a smart car wash model would need in practice, not just what it might look like in a slide deck.

From there, the pace accelerated. Teams were given 10 days to build a working product. To support the sprint, GenAI Fund provided key infrastructure, including cloud credits, GoongIO mapping APIs, and access to the Lovable development platform.

The result was a fast, focused build cycle that tested technical execution, customer understanding, and the ability to turn messy offline operations into usable digital products.

Narrowing the field to the Top 10

After the prototyping sprint, the program moved into masterclasses, technical reviews, and business model discussions. The goal was not only to evaluate code, but also to understand which teams could build with the discipline required for a venture that sits inside a large corporate ecosystem.

That process narrowed the original pool to the Top 10 teams.

This phase tested more than product quality. It also tested commercial alignment, founder commitment, and the ability to work through the realities of terms, execution plans, and venture-building expectations. Some teams dropped out during the process, which made one thing clear: Wash3000 is not a student project or a one-off innovation showcase. It is a serious attempt to build a live business.

The Top 10 teams that remained showed both technical grit and the business mindset needed to keep moving.

Pitching to Tasco’s leadership

On May 5, the Top 10 teams will pitch directly to the Chairman of Tasco and the Board of Directors.

The stakes are concrete. The Top 3 teams will receive $7,000 in immediate funding and move into a 12-week intensive build phase, working as co-builders alongside Tasco and GenAI Fund.

For the teams that can show traction during the 12-week sprint, the opportunity goes further: successful ventures may become eligible for investment of up to $500,000.

That structure is what makes Wash3000 different. It is not just a pitch day. It is a path from problem discovery to prototype, from prototype to funded build, and from funded build to a venture with a real chance to scale.

A blueprint for building with the market

Wash3000 represents the direction GenAI Fund is pushing toward: connecting hungry AI builders with major corporate infrastructure, real customers, and business problems that are ready for deployment.

Vietnam has no shortage of technical talent. What builders often need is a bridge into the market: a defined use case, access to operators, credible partners, and the support to move quickly without losing commercial focus.

With Tasco, Wash3000 shows how that bridge can work. A hackathon became a scouting funnel. A field sprint became a working product challenge. A finalist cohort became a group of venture teams preparing to pitch for funding, corporate support, and a path to scale.

This is the work GenAI Fund wants to do more of: turning builder momentum into real companies, with real customers and real paths to scale.

Stay tuned as we share the results from Pitch Day and continue following the teams as they enter the next stage of the Wash3000 journey.

Let’s keep building!