0-1 Startup Club Hackathon
Join student builders, founders, designers, and engineers for the 0–1 Hackathon 2026, a competition focused on turning ideas into working products.
Whether you're interested in AI, software, startups, product design, or entrepreneurship, this is your opportunity to build alongside talented students, meet professionals, and compete for cash prizes.
Event Dates
Registration Close: September 23rd at 11:59PM
Kickoff: Friday, September 25 at 6:00 PM at Health Sciences Education Center 3-110
Build Period: September 25 at 7:00 PM - September 28 at 6:00 PM
Build Submission Deadline: September 28th at 6:00 PM
Office Hours: September 26th at 11:00 am - 1:00 pm in the toaster
Final Presentations & Awards: Tuesday, September 29 at 6:00 PM at Keller Hall 3-230
Team Requirements
Teams of 2–5 students
Register with a team or find teammates through our slack community here
Open to all college students
Prize eligibility is limited to University of Minnesota students
Prizes
🥇 1st Place: $1,000
Audience Vote: $250
What You'll Build
Participants will develop a working prototype, product, or application hosted online (lovable or other urls) over the course of the hackathon. Lovable credits will be provided.
Projects may leverage:
AI tools and APIs
Open-source software
Public datasets
Sponsor technologies
No-code and low-code tools
The official prompt and judging criteria will be announced during kickoff.
Judging and DemoDay
All teams must submit a project.
The Top 7 teams will be selected to pitch live at Demo Day in front of judges, sponsors, recruiters, and the broader University community.
Everyone is welcome to attend Demo Day, watch, and vote on presentations.
Submission Requirements
Teams must submit:
Prototype Link
Presentation to explain project/prototype
If your team is selected to present you should come prepared with a pitch deck prepared for DemoDay. Additional details will be shared to those advancing.
Sponsors & Partners
Lovable
Red Bull
Holmes Center
Additional sponsors to be announced
Communication
Updates will be sent through email and slack.
For any questions, please reach out to zeroone@umn.edu