Cursor AI-Hackathon Hamburg

​build cool sh*t with Cursor or any AI of your choice for 2 days (31st of January to 1st of February 2026). just bring your laptop and become part of the biggest AI hackathon in Germany's history (400+ participants).

​open for everyone. you don’t need to be technical to participate! just need to ship the thing. free.

​food, drinks, free credits to build and prizes are on us. just show up ready to build.

​why join

• ​$280,000+ in total perks (credits for winners and to use during the event + cash for winners)

• ​meet fellow builders and reps from legendary companies

• ​find a co-founder or team members

• ​enjoy sf (San Francisco) vibe

​agenda

​day 1 — saturday

• ​09:00 — doors open, registration starts, grab breakfast

• ​10:00 — we allow waitlisters to fill in empty seats

• ​10:30 — no longer accepting anyone

• ​10:40 — intro from organizers

• ​11:00 — team formation, room assignments, distribution of credits

• ​11:20 — start building

• ​13:00 — grab lunch (until 15:00) & continue building

• ​18:00 — grab dinner & continue building

• ​23:00 — end of day 1

​important: if you are accepted but arrive after 10:00, your spot will be given to someone on the waitlist (we are very strict on this).

​day 2 — sunday

• ​09:00 — come back & continue building

• ​13:30 — grab lunch (until 15:00)

• ​14:00 — submission deadline

• ​15:00 — judging of prelims starts (you can chill and network meanwhile)

• ​16:45 — judging ends → finalists selected

• ​17:00 — announcement of finalists + individual track winners

• ​17:30 — finalists pitch

• ​18:30 — announcement of winners

• ​19:00 — official end of the event

​note: agenda may be slightly adjusted closer to the event.

​tracks & prizes

• ​best project overall (powered by plancraft & Superhuman)

  • ​1st: $5,000 cash + $3,500 Cursor credits + $10,000 OpenAI credits + $15,000 Gemini credits + 3 months of ElevenLabs Pro for each team member + 3 months of Hume AI Pro + 1 year of Miro Team + 1 year of Superhuman Pro + 1 month of Manus Pro (incl. 40,000 tokens) + 3 months of MiniMax Max Coding

  • ​2nd: $5,000 OpenAI credits + $1,000 Cursor credits + $5,000 Gemini credits + 2 months of Hume AI Pro + 3 months of Superhuman Pro + 1 month of Manus Pro (incl. 40,000 tokens) + 3 months of MiniMax Max Coding

  • ​3rd: $1,000 OpenAI credits + $500 Cursor credits + $1,000 Gemini credits + 1 month of Hume AI Pro + 1 month of Superhuman Pro + 1 month of Manus Pro (incl. 40,000 tokens) + 3 months of MiniMax Max Coding

• ​Google Gemini: multi-track

  • ​best use of Gemini API: top 3 teams each get $10,000 in Gemini credits

  • ​best use of Antigravity: top 2 teams each get $5,000 in Gemini credits

  • ​best use of Nano Banana: best team gets $5,000 in Gemini credits

• ​ElevenLabs: best project built with ElevenLabs

  • ​best team gets 6 months of the Scale tier for each team member (11+ million characters)

• ​n8n: best use of n8n

  • ​top 3 teams get 1 year Pro license

• ​Manus: best use of Manus

  • ​best team gets $1,000 cash

• ​Langchain: best use of Langchain

  • ​best team gets $2,000 in Langchain credits

• ​v0: best build with v0

  • ​best team gets $2,000 in v0 credits

• ​MiniMax: best use of MiniMax API

  • ​top 3 teams each get $500 cash + $1,000 in API credits

​tracks and prizes are preliminary and may be adjusted. will be finalized on the day of the event.

​sponsors

​tech sponsors: Cursor, Manus, Hume AI, ElevenLabs, Google Gemini, n8n, OpenAI, LangChain, Runway, Miro, v0, MiniMax.

​infra sponsors: plancraft and Superhuman.

​rules

• ​build starts at the hackathon

  • ​you may come prepared with an idea, notes, and generic boilerplate templates — but the actual project you submit must be built during the hackathon.

• ​no pre-built submissions

  • ​if you submit a project that was materially built before kickoff (beyond generic boilerplate), you will be disqualified and may be banned from future events.

• ​integrity checks

  • ​we run automated checks (incl. an AI agent built for this hackathon) + human review across submissions to flag likely violations. flagged teams may be asked for a quick clarification / walkthrough.

• ​build solo or in a team (max 5) - we recommend a team of 3

​more details on the submission will be shared during the hackathon.

​judges

​our judges come from top companies like Amazon, Apple, Netflix and many more... no pressure though ;)

​you can find the full judge list here. massive thank you to them for their time <3

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