WeAreDevelopers x BAND present: Dark Factory (hackathon edition)

The official hackathon of WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America, presented by BAND. 🌎 Online Hackathon | 💻 Online Build: Sept 26 - Oct 5, 2026 A virtual, global hackathon. Build from anywhere in the world. Dark Factory is the official hackathon of WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America, presented by BAND, but you don't need to be in San Jose to take part. For one week, you build a software factory in BAND Desktop: a band of coding agents that plans work, implements it and checks its own results. 🎟️ Bonus for sign-ups: you are eligible for a free ticket to WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America in San Jose (Sep 23–25). If you do go, stop by the BAND booth: a surprise is waiting for you.Build a software factory in BAND Desktop: a band of coding agents that plans work, implements it, hands off evidence and checks its own results. Then use it to ship a clean-room clone of a product everyone knows. Two tracks, four graded stages, one week to build. What you submit is the factory, the run that produced the result, and the result. 🌍 Fully online. Open to everyone, anywhere in the world. There is no on-site coding room. LabLab.ai is a builder-first AI community, 300K+ devs strong. Get your hands on the newest AI models, ship fast a working prototype, and win prizes and recognition for what you build.