​Daytona HackSprint — End of Year Hack

​The year is almost done — time to ship one last thing. The End of Year Hack is a final sprint for builders who want to close 2026 with something real: an AI agent that scrapes live data, automates workflows, manages infrastructure, and runs in production.

​AI Builders is partnering with Daytona for the End of Year Hack at NUS — a hands-on final sprint where you’ll prototype production-grade AI applications with the open-source runtime powering today’s agent infrastructure.

​​About Daytona

​Daytona is secure and elastic cloud infrastructure built for autonomous agents. It gives every AI agent its own isolated sandbox — a full composable computer with its own kernel, filesystem, network stack, vCPU, RAM, and disk — so agents can safely execute code, install packages, run servers, and ship real work in production.

• ​Sub-second sandbox startup — sandboxes are ready to run code in roughly 90–200 ms, so your agents stay in flow.

• ​Full machine semantics — install packages, manage processes, use Git, compile code, run browsers or games, all inside the sandbox.

• ​Native SDKs + MCP — Python, TypeScript, Go, Ruby, and Java SDKs, plus a first-class MCP server so any agent framework can drive Daytona as a tool.

• ​Built for parallel agents — spin up thousands of sandboxes at once for fan-out agent workflows, model evaluation, or batch code execution.

• ​Open source (AGPL) — self-host on Kubernetes with the provided Helm chart, or use managed Daytona Cloud.

​If your agents need to actually do things in the real world — write code, deploy it, iterate — Daytona is the runtime under the hood.

​​Sponsors

​Nosana, a decentralized compute network offering on-demand GPU access to power demanding AI workloads — from large-scale training and fine-tuning of foundation models to low-latency real-time inference for production agents and applications worldwide.

​​What You'll Do

• ​Attend a hands-on workshop to get up to speed on Daytona sandboxes before hacking begins

• ​Form teams (up to 6) or go solo — your call

• ​Demo your project live and compete for sponsor credit prizes

• ​Connect with builders, engineers, and founders in the Singapore AI community

​Your project must integrate the sponsored products — Daytona sandboxes are the easiest way to ship a working demo. This is your chance to go hands-on with tools used by production AI teams.

​​Agenda

• ​2:00 PM — Kickoff

• ​2:15 PM — Welcome by AI Builders

• ​2:30 AM — Daytona workshop + Team formation

• ​4:30 PM — Hacking ends / Live demos (3 min per team)

• ​5:00 PM — Winners announced + Networking

• ​6:00 PM — Close

​​Prizes

​Winning teams share sponsor credits as prizes. All participants receive credits from Daytona, and Nosana to build with during the hackathon.

​​Judging Criteria

• ​Completeness: Did the team ship at least a minimum viable product?

• ​Innovation: Is the product idea innovative?

• ​Real-Life Problem Solving: Is the project solving a real-life problem, or is there a real pain in the market?

• ​Sponsored Product Usage: Did the team integrate sponsors products?

​​Who Should Join

​Developers, AI engineers, founders, and students who want to go beyond tutorials and build something real. Whether you're exploring AI for the first time or shipping agents in production, there's a place for you here.

​Team formation happens after the workshop. Work solo or find teammates on the day.

​Spots are limited — close out the year with a shipped project. Register now to secure yours.

​​Co-hosted by

​AI Builders — A premier community of AI builders, developers, and innovators in Singapore, Tokyo, and the SF Bay Area.

​Daytona — Secure and elastic infrastructure for running AI-generated code and autonomous agents in isolated sandboxes.

​NUS Product Club — A student-led product community at NUS, connecting aspiring builders through hands-on projects and events.

​Spots are limited. Come with an idea. Leave with a product — and a head start on 2027.