Elnora & EFS AI Agent Hackathon — Sponsor Briefing
Sponsor seats include complimentary access to both pre-hackathon workshops (Workshop 1, Workshop 2) and Build Day.
The briefing
A free one-hour session for companies considering sponsoring the Elnora & EFS AI Agent Hackathon. We walk through the format, sponsorship tiers, and tracks live, with open Q&A.
If you're looking to take part in the hackathon but not sponsor it, this session isn't the right fit — please register for the hackathon directly.
The hackathon
A full-day, in-person hackathon in Tallinn where working professionals from Estonia's leading companies build production-quality AI agents in mixed teams.
Date: Friday, June 12, 2026 · 08:30–20:30 EEST
Place: Tallinn
Capacity: 50 participants, ~10 teams of 5
Teams: mixed across companies and roles — engineers, product, design, sales, marketing, ops, executives
Tracks: three, defined together with the Track Sponsor; each team picks one
Prep: two pre-hackathon workshops so your team arrives ready
Pre-hackathon workshops
Included with every hackathon ticket and every complimentary sponsor seat.
Workshop 1 — AI Agents: What's Actually Possible (Mon Jun 8, 14:00–16:00) Carmen demos live from her production agent setup. What agents are, what they can do, and how Elnora uses them every day. In person, streamed live, recorded.
Workshop 2 — Setup (Wed Jun 10, 14:00–16:00) Hands-on: install a coding agent, GitHub, an IDE, and your first MCP servers and skills on your laptop. Full setup so your team arrives at Build Day ready to ship. In person only — bring your laptop.
Sponsorship tiers
Track Sponsor
Available: 1 slot
For: A company with three real, high-value business challenges (six- to seven-figure value each) they want tackled fast.
What you get:
Define three tracks — your top three challenges tackled by the brightest people in the room
Jury seat
Five-minute stage time at kickoff and during awards
Six complimentary seats for your team
Post-event report on what teams built across your tracks
Full participant list
Co-marketing across Elnora and EFS social channels
Post-hackathon blog post co-authored with Elnora
Tool Sponsor
Available: 3 slots
For: Companies who want their product used by participants, hire from the room, or land the Track Sponsor as a customer.
What you get:
Product integrated into the solutions participants build
Two-minute stage time at kickoff and during awards
Three complimentary seats for your team
Participant list
Co-marketing on social
Named mention and quote in the post-hackathon recap blog
Community Sponsor
Available: 5 slots
For: Companies who want to be visibly part of the most ambitious AI event in Estonia this year and network with participants (law firms, accounting firms, banks, VCs, accelerators, incubators, startup ecosystem supporters).
What you get:
Co-marketing on social
Mentions on blog posts with backlinks
Two complimentary seats for your team or clients
Participant list
Space Sponsor
Available: 1 slot
For: Companies with desks and chairs for 50+ builders, fast internet, and a common area for lunch/dinner/drinks.
What you get:
Track Sponsor-level logo placement on all event materials
"Hosted at [Your Company]" credit on every announcement, post, and email
Jury seat
Five-minute stage time at kickoff and during awards
Your space featured in the official highlight video and event photography
Three complimentary seats for your team
Participant list
Named mention and quote in the post-hackathon recap blog
Co-marketing on social
Why sponsor
Solve a real problem. Hand a room of motivated people your hardest challenge for a day.
Hire. Watch candidates work under pressure on a real problem. Best recruiting environment we know of.
Sales channel. Tool Sponsors meet potential clients (other sponsors, attending companies) in a working setting, not over coffee.
Test your product. Put your tool in front of diverse users and watch what they do with it. Immediate, unfiltered feedback.
Train your team. Send your people. They come back with concrete ideas, new skills, and the motivation to actually implement AI.
Networking. Twelve hours in one room with the brightest minds from the most ambitious companies in Estonia.
Hosts
Carmen Kivisild — Scientist by training, now CEO and founder of Elnora AI. In 5 months went from never having written a line of code to building tens of agents that run her entire company. With a forward-deployed model she now trains founders and executives to do the same. She has trained tens of scientists to adopt AI agents in biomedical labs and run hackathons and workshops across the US. Companies she has worked with see 75%+ agent adoption across their teams.
Risto Jamul — CTO of Elnora AI. Co-facilitates hands-on sessions, runs the troubleshooting bench, and handles the deep technical questions.
The full series
Mon May 18, 15:00–16:00 — Sponsor Briefing (this event)
Mon Jun 8, 14:00–16:00 — Workshop 1 — AI Agents: What's Actually Possible
Wed Jun 10, 14:00–16:00 — Workshop 2 — Setup (hands-on, bring your laptop)
Fri Jun 12, 08:30–20:30 — Hackathon — Build Day
Organisers
Elnora AI and Estonian Founders Society.
Next step
If you already know you want in, reply directly to [email protected]. Spots are limited — our last hackathon in San Francisco sold out.