

Cursor Hackathon Dublin
Cursor Hackathon Dublin
Join developers, builders, designers, founders, students, and AI enthusiasts for a full-day AI hackathon in Dublin.
Spend the day building innovative AI-powered products using cutting-edge tools from Cursor, HeyGen, and Alibaba Qwen, alongside fellow creators from Ireland’s growing AI community.
Whether you’re an experienced engineer, a first-time hacker, a designer, or simply someone with an idea, this event is designed to help you meet teammates, learn from mentors, and ship something meaningful in just one day.
💡 What You’ll Build
Create projects across a range of AI innovation areas, including:
AI Agents & Automation
Productivity & Developer Tools
Education & Learning
Content & Media Creation
Business & Enterprise AI
Community & Social Impact
Health & Wellbeing
Open Innovation
🛠 Powered By
Cursor
Cursor is the AI code editor built to help developers move faster. It combines a powerful IDE with advanced AI capabilities, enabling developers to write, edit, debug, and understand code through natural language. Cursor helps individuals and teams turn ideas into production-ready software more efficiently.
HeyGen
HeyGen is a message-first AI video platform that helps people and AI agents turn ideas into professional video in minutes. The platform enables video creation from scripts, images, presentations, and conversational prompts.
Alibaba Qwen
Alibaba Qwen is a family of advanced AI models that helps developers and organizations build intelligent applications and AI agents. The platform enables text generation, coding, reasoning, multimodal understanding, and workflow automation through powerful foundation models and developer-friendly APIs
ElevenLabs
AI voice technology platform enabling realistic speech synthesis, voice cloning, dubbing, and conversational AI experiences.
Exa
AI-powered search and knowledge retrieval platform that helps developers build applications grounded in high-quality web data.
Wispr Flow
AI voice-to-text platform that lets users write and control workflows across applications using natural speech.
Netlify
Cloud platform for building, deploying, and scaling modern web applications with seamless developer workflows.
fal.ai
Generative AI platform providing fast inference and infrastructure for building and deploying AI-powered applications.
👥 Who Should Attend?
Software Engineers
AI Engineers & Researchers
Product Builders
Designers
Students
Startup Founders
Creators & Marketers
Anyone interested in building with AI
No team? No problem — team formation will happen on the day.
⚡ Experience
Whether you arrive with a fully formed idea or just curiosity, this hackathon is designed to help you turn concepts into real, working products in just one day.
Expect a high-energy environment filled with collaboration, experimentation, and rapid building. You’ll be surrounded by ambitious builders all working toward shipping something real.
📅 Event Schedule
9:00 – 9:30 — Registration & Networking
9:30 – 10:00 — Opening Ceremony & Sponsor Introductions
10:00 – 11:00 — Challenge Briefing & Team Formation
11:00 – 12:30 — Ideation & Planning
12:30 – 13:30 — Lunch & Networking
13:30 – 16:30 — Build & Prototype
16:30 – 17:30 — Project Demos & Judging
17:30 – 18:00 — Awards & Closing Remarks
What’s Included
Mentorship from industry experts
High-speed Wi-Fi
Lunch & refreshments
AI tooling and platform credits (subject to sponsor availability)
Networking with builders, founders, and AI professionals
Prizes, swag, and sponsor giveaways
📍 Location
Dublin, Ireland
Venue details will be shared with approved attendees.
⚠️ Important
Bring your laptop, charger, and anything else you need to build. Teams can include 1–5 participants.
Capacity is limited — apply early to secure your spot.
We can’t wait to see what you build.