This one is built for technical builders with founder intent.
You'll thrive here if you can take an AI product from zero to working in a single day, you've built real things before (bring a demo, GitHub or portfolio), you understand a real customer and the problem you're solving for them, and you're seriously exploring something that could become a company.
Come as a founding team with complementary product and technical skills, or solo if you move fast alone. This is a room for people who ship. If that's you, apply.
## Leave with a running start
Win here and you leave with a Founders Pack: everything you need to turn a one-day build into a company. A stack of AI credits, tools, mentorship, and a direct line to investors.
Every builder gets the Builder Pack
Nebius Token Factory credits to build with, plus credits from partners
Founder swag from day one
Winners take the Founders Pack
Follow-on Nebius Token Factory credits to keep building after the day
Major AI credit grants from ElevenLabs, Lovable, OpenAI
A year of n8n Cloud Pro
Mentorship with the Accel and Lovable teams
A Pocket device and the AI Innovate winner's backpack
## Substance over showmanship
Winners are chosen by a panel, including a Nebius Token Factory judge, with the emphasis on substance over showmanship:
Product and user value
Problem and company potential
Measurable model advantage
Technical execution and use of Token Factory
Demo clarity
Responsible design
To enter, each team submits a working product, a named customer and the problem it solves, the model and Token Factory architecture, evidence or a benchmark of the advantage, a short business case, and a live demo. Every entry is reviewed, the strongest teams pitch live, and winners are announced on the day.
## Runs on BuilderBase
The hackathon runs on BuilderBase. Approved applicants are added to the event there and contacted with next steps. You can also apply on the BuilderBase event page directly: builderbase.com/event/accel-ai-innovate-amsterdam
Applicants complete the Official Competition Rules, the Entrant Agreement, the Code of Conduct and the privacy consents on BuilderBase.
