AI Mini Hackathon Berlin
A small hackathon to spend a Saturday morning building something cool with AI. We’re keeping this intentionally intimate. A few concentrated hours to ship.
The hackathon takes place at Needle in Berlin (close to Alexanderplatz).
Saturday, March 14
We’ll start the day with coffee and a cosy breakfast, then move into building.
Doors open: 10:00
Build starts: 11:00
Pitches: 14:00
Official end: 15:00
Perks and credits
Featherless Premium access for all participants, allowing you to experiment with multiple open-weight LLMs through a single inference platform without managing infrastructure.
We are currently speaking with additional sponsors to provide further tool credits and small prizes.
Jury
At the end of the hackathon, teams will present their projects in short pitches. A small jury will review the demos and decide which team wins.
Confirmed jury member:
Dan Makarov from BrowserStack, ex-Google
Carla Schneider from BCG
Rod Rivera, who's Professor of Artificial Intelligence in Mexico & Co-Host The AI Podcast
Confirmed prizes
Trophy cups for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place
$300 Featherless credits for the winning project, giving the team access to a wide range of open-weight AI models on the Featherless inference platform.
We are currently finalizing additional prizes and tool credits together with our sponsors. These may include further product credits and small rewards for the teams.
Community Partners
We will be supported by several Berlin founder communities for spreading the word! They built some of the coolest newsletters and events for founders for the Berlin network.
We are supported by:
Moderation
The event will be moderated by Sina Landorff, who supports us throughout the day.
Sina is active across many tech and startup events in Berlin and is deeply connected in the local founder community. She will guide the schedule, host the pitches, and help keep the event flowing smoothly.
What we provide
Coffee
Breakfast / Cozy & homemade food
AI tool credits
Prizes for selected pitches
Why should you join?
The goal is simple: build something within a few hours and present it.
You want to finally ship an idea instead of thinking about it
You’re curious to try new AI tools hands-on
You’d like to meet other builders
You might be looking for a future collaborator or co-founder
You enjoy focused, time-boxed work sessions
You want to experiment with different AI models without worrying about infrastructure
What you’ll do
You’ll have three focused hours to work on a small AI project.
An app, a tool, a bot, a small SaaS, or an automation.
Scope it tightly and make it real.
The project must be built during the hackathon.
No pre-built submissions.
You can participate solo or in a team of up to five people. Two or three per team works best.
Participation is free.
Please bring your laptop and charger.