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Event Type
in person
$5,000
Prize Pool
Organizers
Alex Johnson
alex@example.org
Jamie Rivera
jamie@example.org
Sam Chen
sam@example.org
Quality Score
Quality Score
72/100
High confidence
Organiser16/20
Event Maturity14/20
Sponsors18/25
Participants12/20
A 24-hour sprint for technical talent working on frontier problems.
Builders at the Edge is a weekend hackathon bringing together talented individuals outside the usual networks - building at the edge of existing capabilities.
Across three tracks, we’re inviting 50 builders to ship ambitious frontier projects. We’re curating for ability over pedigree: dropouts, immigrants, first-time hackathon attendees, and others who may be outside standard institutions working on hard problems - or serious about taking them on.
The only bar is the level of your ambition and the quality of your work. If you’ve been building in the margins and are ready to accelerate, apply - spots are limited.
Sponsored by: Granola, AWS, Imperial
What’s on offer
$5,000 in cash prizesFireside chat with AI founders to spark bold project ideasCompute credits, APIs, and partner tools to build fastFree Granola for 3 months
Hackathon Tracks
Intelligence: AI agents, reasoning systems, autonomous decision-making Machines: robotics, drones, hardware, and physical systems Infrastructure: foundational tech, tooling, and the rails other builders depend on
📅 Schedule
Saturday Doors open 10AM. Fireside chat, then hacking begins at noon. Meals and coffee throughout.Sunday Hacking ends at noon. Pitches and judging in the afternoon. Venue shuts by 6PM.
Logistics:
Teams of 1 - 4. Come with an idea or form one on the day.Spots are limited. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.If you’re coming from outside London and need travel or accommodation assistance, please let us know.
Apply if you’re a builder who can point to code, past projects, or demos - GitHub repos, shipped products, or work in progress.