Buildathon
Our signature event format — intensive, collaborative, and designed to produce real projects, real skills, and real outcomes. Not just another hackathon.
A Buildathon for Every Context
Every format shares the same DNA: squads, mentors, real outputs, and a Demo Day.
City Buildathon
Local, chapter-led, community-owned. Builders from across a city come together to solve problems that matter to their community.
Explore →Corporate Buildathon
Bring your team together for an intensive sprint — ship an AI prototype, solve an internal problem, or explore new product territory.
Explore →University Buildathon
Partnering with universities to give students the experience of building real products — not just writing essays about them.
Explore →Africa Buildathon
Our flagship pan-African event, bringing together builders from across the continent for the largest AI and robotics Buildathon in Africa.
Explore →Beyond the Buildathon
Build Challenges
Ongoing, async challenges with real prizes and recognition — ship something, win something.
Open Source Projects
Contribute to or launch an open-source project backed by the community. Real contributors, real repos.
Startup Showcase
From Build Labs to Demo Day to the Startup Showcase — the path from project to business, in public.
Ready to build something real?
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