🔨 🔥 AI Hackday - Amsterdam

​A focused day of (co-)working on your own AI project, or on a new startup?

Concept: 11 am Kickoff -> 9 hours Hacking -> 18.00 Demo's

WHAT YOU NEED:
- 💻 laptop
- 🛠️ tech or non-tech skills
- 💡 your own project, ideas or a enroll for a 🛠️Builder Tool Challenge

Go solo, bring a friend, or company team (max 3)
Come at 10.30 to ☕️coffee/tea network a bit and scout a new team or potential team mates.

​Builder Tool Challenges:

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🛠️ ActivePieces.com - 💸 Cash prize & 6 month Free Plus Trial
open-source (self-hostable) low-code drag'n'drop AI Automation Tool, from doc extraction pipelines to content marketing agents.

🛠️ Featherless.ai - 💸 Cash prize & Free API Credit
Easy inference API for any of the 11K+ HugginFace models. Fine-tuning your own models, specific LLM distillations, realtime audio, or fast image & vision models.

​:: FOR WHO? ::

​✅ Anyone building in AI:

• ​a. Teams working on projects

• ​b. Solos looking to join forces

• ​c. Curious newcomers with the will to learn-by-doing

​✅ Devs, designers, product hackers, data folks
✅ Prompt engineers, tinkerers, researchers
⚠️ Basic AI experience helps, but is not required if you’re down to build.

​:: FORMAT ::

​🧰 Hack + Build Sessions
Solo or in small groups, you'll explore bold ideas, build small tools, or test GenAI weirdness. Mentors on-site to support.

​🧠 API Playground + Devtools Zone
RAG stacks, agents, multimodal APIs, embeddings, fine-tuning. Bring your questions and dive hands-on.

​🎤 Open Mic Demos
At the end of the day, anyone can share what they built. Wins, fails, or half-baked ideas — all welcome.

​🍕 Snacks + Builder Vibes
Coffee, lunch, and a small dinner. Leave buzzing.

​🏆 Optional Prizes
Cool credits, tool access, and secret gifts for standout hacks — especially those helping the AI Builders ecosystem.

​:: AGENDA ::

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10:00 - Doors open
10:30 - Sponsor demos + optional workshop
10:45 - 🚀 Hack Start
12:00 - 🌯 Lunch (sponsored)
17:30 - 🎤 Demos begin
18:00 - 🍛 Dinner (donation based)

​:: LOCATION ::

​In partnership with the AI Foundry who is sponsoring this event with their venue!

​:: FAQ ::

​What is "Hacking Together"?

​At Hackday, is coworking together on new projects (means jumping into code, prototypes, or prompts — either solo or with others — to explore bold ideas fast, with zero pressure.

​No lectures. No waiting. Just builders building.

​Do I need a team?
Nope. Come solo and meet people here — or bring your crew.

​Do I need experience?
Helpful but not required. We encourage newcomers who learn by doing and asking.

​Can I demo an old project?
Yes, especially if you’re iterating or want feedback. Unfinished is great.

​Can I help as a co-host or mentor?
Yes! Message Miguel (+31 36 32 39 23). Co-hosts get free entry + early access.

​Why do I need a ticket?
It helps us cover food, space, and community swag. Events are partly sponsor-funded, partly community-supported.

​:: Why join Hackday?

• ​Focus on your ideas

• ​Build alongside a curious, ambitious crew

• ​Learn hands-on from other builders

• ​Find collaborators or cofounders

• ​Push boundaries in a safe space

• ​Get your project in front of real AI nerds