​The Summer of AI is here on the road to AI Engineer, and 65labs is bringing back one of its signature hackathons!

​What to expect:

1. ​​7 hours of pure building with 300 other builders in person - bring your ideas, ship your projects.

2. ​​Solo or squad - everyone registers individually, but you can form or join teams of up to 4.

3. ​​Open canvas — no fixed themes; experiment, prototype, and push your tools to their limits.

4. ​​Hundreds of dollars in credits for you to build without limitations

5. ​​Free food/drinks through the day.

​​Prizes & Sponsorships

• ​​💰 Cash + credits for the winners - for general prize, at a minimum: $3000 SGD for 1st place, $2000 SGD for 2nd place, $1000 SGD for 3rd place

• ​​💻 Every participant gets free credits across various services

• ​​🧠 sponsored by OpenAI, Cursor, Convex, Mastra, Adaption Labs, Smithery and more...

​​Main cash prizes

• ​​1st place: $3,000 cash + AIE ticket + 15k OpenAI API credits

• ​​2nd place: $2,000 cash + AIE ticket + 10k OpenAI API credits

• ​​3rd place: $1,000 cash + AIE ticket + 5k OpenAI API credits

​Track Prizes

• ​OpenAI

  • ​​Best use of GPT-5.5: 1-year ChatGPT Pro/Codex for the top 2 teams

  • ​​Best use of GPT Image 2: 1-year ChatGPT Pro/Codex for the top 2 teams

• ​​Adaption Labs:

  • ​1st: US$1,500 cash + 1.5k credits

  • ​2nd: US$1,000 cash + 1k credits

  • ​3rd: US$500 cash + 500 credits

​We will have more prizes and sponsors to announce over the next few days, so stay tuned!