🧠The AI Collective Detroit | Think Technologies | OpenAI Custom GPT Hackathon
​Join us for a 4-hour hands-on GPT Hackathon where you’ll build real solutions for real businesses. OpenAI will lead a mini session on how to build GPTs and share best practices.
​This event is proudly hosted by Think Technologies, in collaboration with Bamboo Detroit and the AI Collective Detroit Chapter.
​Expect a night of innovation, food, drinks, and plenty of networking. Whether you’re competing or attending, you’ll leave with new skills, new connections, and new ideas.
​Participants will be judged on the use case of their GPT, with bonus points for Actions. While the focus is on small and mid-sized business (SMB) use cases, all innovative ideas are welcome.
​You can apply to attend as an audience member or sign up to participate as a builder.
​Event Schedule
​Welcome & Orientation
​Registration and networking
​Overview of rules, tools, and judging criteria
​Quick GPT creation demo and Q&A with OpenAI
​Hacking Session (1 hr 30 mins)
​Build GPTs individually or in teams
​Mentors circulate for guidance
​Submission Window
​GPTs submitted via form or shared drive
​Presentations (1hr)
​3-5 minute pitch/demo per team
​Judges and audience Q&A
​Judging Deliberation
​Judges score and tally winners
​Awards & Closing
​Winners announced
​$1000 for 1st place, $500 to 2nd, $250 for 3rd–4th
​Group photo, networking, and wrap-up
​The AI Collective is a global non-profit community uniting 70,000+ pioneers – founders, researchers, operators, and investors – exploring the frontier of AI in major tech hubs worldwide. Through events, workshops, and community-led research, we empower the AI ecosystem to collaboratively steer AI’s future toward trust, openness, and human flourishing.
​Think Technologies is a Detroit-based AI agency dedicated to making artificial intelligence accessible for small and mid-sized businesses. Through a mix of SaaS products, education, and enablement, Think helps organizations unlock AI’s potential to improve efficiency, creativity, and growth. By building custom GPT-powered tools, dashboards, and automation strategies, and fostering community partnerships with leaders like Google, OpenAI, and Black Tech Saturdays, Think Technologies empowers businesses to compete with enterprise-level innovation at a fraction of the cost and time.
​All attendees and organizers at events affiliated with The AI Collective are subject to our Code of Conduct.