Since AI Hackathon 2026

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## Since AI Hackathon 2026 **November 6–8, 2026 | Turku, Finland | 72 hours | In-person** Join 1,000+ builders at the Since AI Hackathon 2026 — a free, 72-hour execution-focused AI hackathon in Turku, Finland. This is not your typical hackathon: it's built around **real partner challenges** co-designed with industry leaders, production-grade mentorship, and a clear path from prototype to deployment. ### What makes this hackathon different - **Real partner challenges** — Not synthetic prompts. Challenges are co-designed with partners before the event so every track is feasible, production-relevant, and commercially meaningful. - **Production-focused mentorship** — Mentors push you toward deployable code, not demo polish. Domain engineers from sponsoring companies are on hand. - **Post-event support** — Architecture review, deployment guidance, and integration support after the event. This is the difference between a portfolio project and a production system. - **Venture path** — Backed by Antler partnership, offering a route to funding for winning teams. ### Partner challenges from - Google for Developers - Bayer - Sandvik - Kongsberg - Valmet - ElevenLabs ### Who it's for The hackathon is **open globally** and free to attend. It's designed for developers, engineers, and researchers who ship — not just network. Whether you come with a team or form one on day one, the focus is on building systems that work in production. ### How to succeed - **Scope ruthlessly** — pick the smallest version of your idea that would impress the challenge sponsor. Ship that first. - **Talk to mentors early** — 10 minutes with the right mentor in hour 2 is worth more than 10 hours of guessing. - **Think about deployment from hour one** — If your solution can't be deployed by the demo, it's a prototype. - **Document as you build** — Your README and architecture diagram matter to judges and sponsors. ### Organizer Since AI is a non-profit organization based in Turku, connecting 10,000+ AI builders across Europe with leading AI companies, research groups, and investors. ### Stay connected More events are announced on [Since AI's Discord](https://discord.gg/vMWdrVUPws) and [Telegram](https://t.me/sinceaihq). ## Ready to build? [**Apply now →**](https://sinceai.ai/ai-hackathons)