Each week leading up to the Detroit Digital Empowerment Summit, Black Tech Saturdays will host the "Own The Dream:$1K Pitch Challenge" via Instagram Collab posts. A new winner is announced every Monday!

After all this time, someone is betting big — very big — on Detroit’s next genius. We believe in the brilliance that lives in this city, often unseen and too often unfunded. The Big Bet is more than just a pitch competition — it’s a cinematic, soul-shaking campaign to find those with fire, vision, and unshakable grit. This is the moment that says: Detroit, the stage is yours.

Detroit is where innovation meets grit — and where the next generation of scalable tech solutions will be born. The BTS Mass Tech Adoption Challenge is more than a competition. It’s a call to action to solve one of the most urgent issues of our time: ensuring that everyone, regardless of zip code, has the skills, access, and confidence to thrive in a digital world.