Applied AI Hackathon
Law firm C-suite and Unicorn Legal AI startups are flying in from the US to watch 80 local builders ship applied AI, and to judge it in person.
The challenge
9AM: you get a brief. A real operational problem from a real US law firm.
12 hours, zero stack restrictions. n8n, Make, Lovable, agents, custom code, whatever ships.
7-9PM: the top 5 pitch the room live + Reception Happy Hour.
Judged by the people building, and buying, this software
Law firm C-suite of high-growth US firms: the actual buyers
Swans CTO and engineers: the people shipping AI for these firms daily
Unicorn, VC-backed Legal AI companies: the people building the vertical SaaS for law firms
Lisbon tech founders
Bonuses
$2,000 cash pool: $1,000 $700 $300
All 5 finalists fast-track to an interview at Swans. Our public funnel runs under 0.5% acceptance.
Food and drinks included.
Networking at the reception happy hour at the Penha Longa Resort.
The details
Friday, July 24, 9AM to 9PM
Sign-ups close on July 17th.
Bring your laptops or whatever you need to build.
Free bus shuttles/coaches to Sintra and from Lisbon, organized by Swans.
80 spots (500+ applied to our March virtual edition).
In partnership with 42 Lisboa, IronHack, and Le Wagon.
Who's this for?
Open to software engineers, Al engineers, ML engineers, startup founders, and anyone who simply enjoys building with Al. No-code and Al-tool builders welcome.
No CS degree and no legal background required.
About the host: Swans
Swans, investor-backed startup based in the US, builds the in-house AI operating system for the fastest-growing personal injury law firms in the US, acting as their AI R&D and implementation partner.
We hire top forward deployed engineers across Europe to join our fast-growing team. This hackathon mirrors the work they do every day.