Shipyard 24h hackathon

​ABOUT THE EVENT

​If you’ve ever thought “I could build this in a weekend if I just had the right people around me” — this is that weekend.

​Shipyard is a 24-hour AI hackathon in Riga where builders, designers, and product thinkers come together to turn ideas into real products — fast.

​🧠 What You Can Build

• ​AI agents & copilots for niche workflows or industries

• ​Micro-SaaS tools with clear monetization potential

• ​AI-powered e-commerce tools and recommendation engines

• ​Automation workflows, customer service bots, sales assistants

• ​Custom Chrome extensions enhanced with AI

• ​Mobile & web apps powered by LLMs or AI APIs

• ​Vertical-specific LLMs for health, education, finance, gaming, marketing, creator economy, etc.

​👥 Who This Hackathon Is For

• ​Existing teams working on early-stage ideas

• ​Solo builders with an idea looking for teammates

• ​Curious participants without an idea — join a team on the spot

​Places are limited — around 50 builders will be selected.
Participation is not first-come-first-served. We’ll review all applications to ensure the best possible mix of skills, diversity, and motivation.

​💎 What You Get

• ​Coffee & snacks all weekend

• ​Lovable credits

• ​Claude API credits

• ​Google Cloud (or similar) deployment credits

• ​Mentors to help you build and deploy fast

​🏆 What Happens After

​The top teams will be invited to an exclusive 3-month AI Builders Program at the upcoming Builder House in Riga’s city center — a space for the next wave of AI founders.

​You’ll join an international community of ambitious builders, get access to mentors, weekly founder-to-founder sessions, and special events with guests from the global AI ecosystem (yes, even folks from Anthropic and other leading labs will drop by).

​It’s where small weekend projects turn into real startups.

​📍 Location: Startup House Riga
📅 Date: November 29–30 (24-hour hackathon)
📧 Questions? Write to rihards@shipyardai.org
🌐 More info: shipyardai.org