Codebeez Hackathon: Building Your Own AI Receptionist

Have you ever been frustrated by long wait times at hotel receptions or struggled to get quick answers about room availability? Have you wished for a smarter, more efficient way to handle guest interactions? Well now might be your chance to create it! In this Hackathon we will be building intelligent AI receptionists that can handle guest inquiries, manage bookings, and provide personalized assistance. The challenge? Making them conversational, helpful, and actually useful!

A hotel management API platform is developed for this Hackathon which participants can integrate with their AI receptionist solutions. The system handles room inventory, bookings, and guest data, while you focus on building the conversational AI layer using OpenAI's powerful language models. A simple Python framework with FastAPI will be available through Github for everyone to be able to clone and build their AI receptionist. It handles the backend infrastructure for you and provides API endpoints, giving you all the freedom to implement the AI logic with OpenAI's API however you like. Example code will be provided to show you the basics and help you get started.

What you'll work on:
Developing and optimizing your AI receptionist using Python and OpenAI's models with function calling.
Designing natural language understanding for guest inquiries and booking requests.
Implementing conversation flows for check-in, room service, and concierge assistance.
Creative problem-solving in a collaborative hackathon environment.

Agenda:
08:45 The Office opens.
09:30 The hackathon kicks off.
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch.
16:30 End of the hackathon and time for some drinks.

Lunch and snacks are provided. We love to close the day with ordering food and having dinner together. Let us know during the day if you would like to stay.

Location & Contact:
Our office address is: Asterweg 20-E3 (ground floor), 1031 HN Amsterdam.

It's easy to reach by ferry behind Amsterdam Central Station. Take Ferry F3 to Buiksloterweg (departs every 5-10 minutes, journey <5 minutes). From there, it's a pleasant 15-minute walk to the office. Parking around the office is paid until 19:00 and costs €1,60 per hour.

In case you have questions or need help finding the office, you can call our colleague Eyup Yagmur: 06 526 593 77.

We're excited to meet your AI Receptionist by the end of the day!