Cursor AI Hackathon Hamburg
Details
!!! to attend, register on https://luma.com/hl7wv7k3**
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build cool sh*t with Cursor or any AI of your choice for 2 days (31st of January to 1st of February 2026). just bring your laptop and become part of the biggest AI hackathon in Germany's history (400+ participants).
open for everyone. you don’t need to be technical to participate! just need to ship the thing. free.
food, drinks, free credits to build and prizes are on us. just show up ready to build.
## why join**
- $220,000+ in total perks (credits for winners and to use during the event + cash for winners)
- meet fellow builders and reps from legendary companies
- find a co-founder or team members
- enjoy sf (San Francisco) vibe
## agenda
day 1 — saturday
- 09:00 — doors open, registration starts, grab breakfast
- 10:00 — we allow waitlisters to fill in empty seats
- 10:30 — no longer accepting anyone
- 10:40 — intro from organizers
- 11:00 — team formation, room assignments, distribution of credits
- 11:20 — start building
- 13:00 — grab lunch & continue building
- 18:00 — grab dinner & continue building
- 23:00 — end of day 1
important: if you are accepted but arrive after 10:00, your spot will be given to someone on the waitlist (we are very strict on this).
day 2 — sunday
- 09:00 — come back & continue building
- 13:00 — grab lunch & continue building
- 14:00 — submission deadline
- 15:00 — judging of prelims starts (you can chill and network meanwhile)
- 16:45 — judging ends → finalists selected
- 17:00 — announcement of finalists + individual track winners
- 17:30 — finalists pitch
- 18:30 — announcement of winners
- 19:00 — official end of the event
note: agenda may be slightly adjusted closer to the event.
## tracks & prizes
- best project overall (powered by plancraft & Superhuman)
- 1st: $5,000 cash + $3,500 Cursor credits + $10,000 OpenAI credits + $15,000 Gemini credits + 3 months of ElevenLabs Pro for each team member + 3 months of Hume AI Pro + 1 year of Miro Team + 1 year of Superhuman Pro + 1 month of Manus Pro (incl. 40,000 tokens)
- 2nd: $5,000 OpenAI credits + $1,000 Cursor credits + $5,000 Gemini credits + 2 months of Hume AI Pro + 3 months of Superhuman Pro + 1 month of Manus Pro (incl. 40,000 tokens)
- 3rd: $1,000 OpenAI credits + $500 Cursor credits + $1,000 Gemini credits + 1 month of Hume AI Pro + 1 month of Superhuman Pro + 1 month of Manus Pro (incl. 40,000 tokens)
- Google DeepMind: multi-track
- best use of Gemini API: top 3 teams each get $10,000 in Gemini credits
- best use of Antigravity: top 2 teams each get $5,000 in Gemini credits
- best use of Nano Banana: best team gets $5,000 in Gemini credits
- ElevenLabs: best project built with ElevenLabs
- 6 months of the Scale tier for each team member (11+ million characters)
- n8n: best use of n8n
- top 3 teams get 1 year Pro license
- Manus: best use of Manus
- best team gets $1,000 cash
- v0: best build with v0
- best team gets $2,000 in v0 credits
- MiniMax: best use of MiniMax API
- top 3 teams each get $1,000 in API credits
tracks and prizes are preliminary and may be adjusted. will be finalized on the day of the event.
## sponsors
tech sponsors: Cursor, Manus, Hume AI, ElevenLabs, Google DeepMind, n8n, OpenAI, LangChain, Runway, Miro, v0, MiniMax.
infra sponsors: plancraft and Superhuman.
## rules
- start at hackathon with a fresh project (from 0 to 1)
- if you come with a pre-ready project and submit it as a new one -> you get disqualified and banned forever from our future events (we will have dedicated people monitoring this to ensure fair play)
- build solo or in a team (max 5 people)
- team formation is highly encouraged
- submit the project
- public git repo + 2 min walkthrough video
- if you are past prelims, pitch your product at finals
more details to follow.
## judges
our judges come from top companies like Amazon, Apple, Netflix and many more... no pressure though ;)
you can find the full judge list here. massive thank you to them for their time <3
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