Cursor AI-Hackathon Hamburg

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 $280,000+ in total perks (credits for winners and to use during the event + cash for winners)meet fellow builders and reps from legendary companiesfind a co-founder or team membersenjoy sf (San Francisco) vibe agenda day 1 — saturday 09:00 — doors open, registration starts, grab breakfast10:00 — we allow waitlisters to fill in empty seats10:30 — no longer accepting anyone10:40 — intro from organizers11:00 — team formation, room assignments, distribution of credits11:20 — start building13:00 — grab lunch (until 15:00) & continue building18:00 — grab dinner & continue building23:00 — 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 building13:30 — grab lunch (until 15:00)14:00 — submission deadline15:00 — judging of prelims starts (you can chill and network meanwhile)16:45 — judging ends → finalists selected17:00 — announcement of finalists + individual track winners17:30 — finalists pitch18:30 — announcement of winners19:00 — 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) + 3 months of MiniMax Max Coding2nd: $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) + 3 months of MiniMax Max Coding3rd: $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) + 3 months of MiniMax Max CodingGoogle Gemini: multi-trackbest use of Gemini API: top 3 teams each get $10,000 in Gemini creditsbest use of Antigravity: top 2 teams each get $5,000 in Gemini creditsbest use of Nano Banana: best team gets $5,000 in Gemini creditsElevenLabs: best project built with ElevenLabsbest team gets 6 months of the Scale tier for each team member (11+ million characters)n8n: best use of n8ntop 3 teams get 1 year Pro licenseManus: best use of Manusbest team gets $1,000 cashLangchain: best use of Langchainbest team gets $2,000 in Langchain creditsv0: best build with v0best team gets $2,000 in v0 creditsMiniMax: best use of MiniMax APItop 3 teams each get $500 cash + $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 Gemini, n8n, OpenAI, LangChain, Runway, Miro, v0, MiniMax. infra sponsors: plancraft and Superhuman. rules build starts at the hackathonyou may come prepared with an idea, notes, and generic boilerplate templates — but the actual project you submit must be built during the hackathon.no pre-built submissionsif you submit a project that was materially built before kickoff (beyond generic boilerplate), you will be disqualified and may be banned from future events.integrity checkswe run automated checks (incl. an AI agent built for this hackathon) + human review across submissions to flag likely violations. flagged teams may be asked for a quick clarification / walkthrough.build solo or in a team (max 5) - we recommend a team of 3 more details on the submission will be shared during the hackathon. 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