AI Founders Mindset Hackathon #001 - Build AI Agents to Solve Real Enterprise Problems Co-Hosted by Datadog
Build AI Agents to solve enterprises' real pain points
Co-hosted by Datadog Japan
Tool Partner: ElevenLabs
Date: September 18, 2026 (Fri)
Time: 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Location: Datadog Japan Office, Tokyo
(Tentative. We are updating this event to our community soon! )
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Co-hosted by
Datadog
Supporting and growing Japan's developer community.
Taiji (Eddie) Hagino - Senior DevRel Advocate at Datadog
AI Founders Mindset
A community connecting AI founders, developers, and builders through hackathons, conversations, and real-world collaboration.
Our podcast "AI Founders' Mindset Podcast" has over 120K subscribers
Founder: Kaori Rei
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Tool Partner
ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs is supporting our builders with free access and special prizes for this hackathon.
🎁 For all participants
1 month free of the ElevenLabs Creator tier, including 131K credits.
🏆 Best Project Built with ElevenLabs
Each winning team member will receive 3 months of the ElevenLabs Scale tier, worth $897 per team member, with 1.8M credits/month.
🏆 Overall Winning Team
Each team member will receive 3 months of the ElevenLabs Pro tier, worth $297 per team member, with 600K credits/month.
Build voice agents, conversational AI experiences, and other creative AI applications using ElevenLabs during the hackathon.
Instructions for claiming your free ElevenLabs access will be shared with registered participants before the event.
Founder: Kaori Rei
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⏰ Schedule
6:00 PM — Doors Open / Check-in & Team Formation
Come in, check in, and start finding your teammates. You can join solo, with friends, or with a pre-formed team.
6:15 PM — Opening & Challenge Briefing
Quick welcome from AI Founders’ Mindset and Datadog, followed by the challenge introduction, rules, judging criteria, and available tools.
6:25 PM — Tool Introduction
A quick introduction to the tools and credits available to builders, including ElevenLabs.
6:30 PM — Hacking Begins 🚀
Teams start building AI agents designed to solve real enterprise pain points.
8:45 PM — Submission Deadline
All teams must submit their project and demo information.
9:00 PM — Demo & Judging
Selected teams present their working prototypes to the judges.
9:40 PM — Awards & Closing 🏆
Overall Winner + Best Project Built with ElevenLabs and other partner awards.
10:00 PM — Event Ends
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📌 Important Notes
💻 Bring your laptop
This is a hands-on hackathon. Please bring your own laptop and charger.
👥 You can join solo or with a team
Don't have a team? No problem. We'll help participants form teams at the beginning of the event.
⚡ Come ready to build
This is a fast-paced 4-hour hackathon. We will start team formation immediately after doors open, so please arrive on time.
🎤 Working demo > pitch deck
You do not need a polished presentation. We want to see what you built and how it solves a real problem.
🎟 Registration is required
Seats are limited, and only registered participants will be admitted.
🎁 ElevenLabs access
Registered participants will receive instructions for claiming their free ElevenLabs Creator access before the hackathon.
Notes
Please bring your laptop.
Registration is required.
Seats are limited.