Cursor AdTech London Hackathon

Cursor AdTech London Hackathon Building the infrastructure for AI-native advertising. An evening hackathon for developers, founders, and AI builders exploring what advertising looks like inside conversational interfaces and autonomous systems. Hosted at Halkin Offices in London, teams will build AI-powered AdTech tools using Cursor, Overmind, Tavily and Thrad - experimenting with conversational ads, agentic campaign management, attribution, targeting, and monetisation infrastructure. Live demos. Fast shipping. Real-world use cases. 📅 Schedule 6:00 PM — Doors open6:05 PM — Welcome, hackathon briefing & judging overview6:15 PM — Hacking begins7:00 PM — 🍕 Food10:15 PM — Code freeze, submissions & initial scoring10:45 PM — Live demos of Top 5 (2–3 mins each)11:00 PM — Final judging & awards11:30 PM — Close 🚀 What You’ll Build Build AI-powered systems for the next generation of advertising infrastructure. Example areas include: Conversational advertisingSponsored AI responsesAutonomous media buying agentsAI-native attribution systemsPrompt-aware ad rankingCreative generation workflowsAgentic optimisation & reportingMonetisation infrastructure for AI products Work solo or in teams of up to 3. 💡 Why Participate? Explore how advertising evolves in AI-native environmentsBuild and demo a working prototype in a single eveningCollaborate with top builders, founders, and AI operators in LondonExperiment with Cursor, Overmind, Tavily and ThradPresent your project live to judges (Founding engineers, GTM Leads, VC investors)Compete for prizes, merch, and sponsor rewards 🧠 The Context Advertising is moving into conversational interfaces. AI agents are beginning to handle workflows traditionally managed by humans — targeting, bidding, reporting, optimisation, and creative generation — while publishers and platforms experiment with monetisation inside AI-native products. This hackathon explores the infrastructure behind that shift:What should agents automate?What still requires human oversight?And what does trustworthy AI-native advertising look like? 🤝 Partners & Sponsors Co-hosts CursorThrad Venue Partner Halkin Offices Judges Pritam Soni - Founding Engineer, OvermindRohit Gupta - Founding Engineer, OvermindGiorgio Toledo - Lead GTM, ThradDavid Gelberg - AI Innovation Fellow, 10 Downing StreetJohn Sergeant - Founder & GP, Strand VenturesUmberto Belluzzo - Investor, Earlybird VenturesWill Lewis - Founder & CTO, Duku AI 🏆 Demo Format Every team submits a live demo at code freeze. Top 5 scored will do a LIVE DEMO. Then of the top 5, 3 shall place 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Projects will be judged on: Technical executionProduct thinkingAgent autonomyUX clarityReal-world applicabilitySafety & oversight design