The Executable World: A Full Stack AI Hackathon & Mixer
🗓 Event Format
The Executable World is a one-day, in-person Full-Stack AI Hackathon, Demo Day, and Networking Mixer taking place on September 19, 2026.
🚀 Prize Pool: $270,000 (Credit+Cash)
All official building, project submission, judging, demonstrations, awards, and networking will take place in person during the event.
The hackathon challenges, co-host and sponsor resources, judging criteria, and team-formation information will be released online one day before the event, giving participants time to understand the challenges, form teams, and prepare their development environments.
🤝 Co-hosts & Sponsors
The event is co-hosted and supported by:
VeloDB
Tencent EdgeOne
WorkBuddy
AgentX.ai
AWS
Each co-host and sponsor will contribute technology, technical resources, product guidance, workshops, mentors, judging support, or challenge opportunities for participating teams.
💡 Pre-Event Challenge Release
Hackathon tracks, challenge statements, and technical resources will be released one day before the event.
📖 Hacker Handbook is Live — You Can Start Building Now
We've put together a full handbook covering tracks, judging criteria, prize details, schedule, submission guidelines, and FAQs.
👉 [Handbook]
Registered participants will be able to:
Review the hackathon tracks and challenge statements
Explore co-host and sponsor technologies
Access technical documentation and resources
Create participant profiles
Post or explore project ideas
Find potential teammates
Select a track
Define an initial product direction
Prepare their development environments
Participants may discuss ideas, form teams, and prepare their technical setup in advance.
However, all teams must attend and complete the official build sprint in person on September 19 to be eligible for judging and awards.
Suggested Team Size
2–5 participants per team
Cross-functional teams combining engineering, product, design, AI infrastructure, and enterprise domain expertise are encouraged.
⏱ September 19 — Full-Day Program
🔵 8:30–9:00 AM | Doors Open
The venue opens for organizers, co-hosts, sponsors, mentors, and early-arriving participants.
👥 9:00–10:00 AM | Participant Check-In & Final Team Formation
Participants check in, meet other builders, confirm their teams, review the challenges, and prepare their development environments.
Final team matching will be available for participants who arrive without a complete team.
🚀 10:00–10:10 AM | Opening Remarks
Welcome from the organizers and an introduction to The Executable World.
The opening will cover:
Hackathon tracks
Challenge statements
Judging criteria
Submission requirements
Event schedule
Co-host and sponsor resources
🧩 10:10–10:30 AM | Co-host & Sponsor Workshops
Technology leaders from Tencent EdgeOne and WorkBuddy will deliver short, practical sessions introducing their platforms, tools, APIs, technical resources, and suggested hackathon use cases.
Each company will have approximately 10–15 minutes to:
Introduce its technology
Present relevant APIs, platforms, or infrastructure
Explain available technical resources
Share example use cases
Help teams understand how its technology can be incorporated into a project
💻 10:30 AM–3:15 PM | In-Person Build Sprint
Teams design, build, test, and prepare working AI products across the hackathon tracks.
Support may include:
Co-host and sponsor technical assistance
Mentor office hours
Enterprise use-case feedback
Product and pitch guidance
Submission support
Demo preparation
Lunch and light refreshments will be available during the build sprint so teams can continue working.
✅ 3:15–3:30 PM | Final Submission
All teams submit their completed projects through the official hackathon platform.
Each submission may include:
Project name and description
Team information
Selected track
Product screenshots or demo video
Technology stack
Co-host or sponsor tools used
Repository or product link
Presentation materials
In-person and remote judges will review and score the submitted projects through the platform.
🎤 4:00–5:00 PM | Judges Panel — Building the Executable AI Stack
While judges review the submissions, technology leaders from ServiceNow and TikTok will discuss how different layers of the AI stack come together to create systems capable of executing real-world tasks.
Discussion topics may include:
Real-time data infrastructure for AI applications
Building and deploying production-ready AI agents
Visual memory and multimodal intelligence
Cloud infrastructure for scalable AI systems
Reliability, security, and observability
Moving AI products from prototype to production
What founders need to build defensible AI companies
How infrastructure companies can support the next generation of AI builders
The panel will be followed by a short audience Q&A.
🏆 5:00–6:00 PM | Final Demos & Awards
Selected teams will present their products on the main stage.
The final demo format will be determined by the number of completed submissions.
If there are 10 or fewer teams, each team may receive approximately three minutes to demonstrate its project.
If there are more than 10 teams, judges will select a group of finalists to present on the main stage.
Winning teams may be announced one at a time, followed by a short product demonstration and award presentation from each selected team.
The program may include:
Finalist product demonstrations
Brief judge feedback
Audience voting
Co-host and sponsor awards
Overall hackathon awards
🤝 6:00–7:00 PM | Networking Mixer
Builders, founders, enterprise leaders, co-hosts, sponsors, mentors, and investors connect around:
Product pilots
Customer opportunities
Technology partnerships
Developer adoption
Recruiting
Investment
Future hackathons and ecosystem programs