AI9 Startup Campus

A 24-hour AI hackathon where builders come together to solve real-world challenges using LLMs. This year’s theme: Evaluate. Reason. Generalize. What to expect: • 24 hours of building • One real-world LLM challenge revealed at kickoff • 60–80 participants forming 15–20 teams of 3–4 members • Guidance from 8–15 senior AI mentors • Demo Day in front of an expert jury • Prizes for the top teams Open to engineers, researchers, product builders, designers, and AI enthusiasts. If you don’t have a team, apply anyway — strong individual applicants will be matched into teams before the event. Applications deadline: July 29, 2026.