Daytona HackSprint - SF, November 2025
🚀 Be part of the second Daytona HackSprint!
We’re bringing together San Francisco’s brightest AI builders for an intense one-day sprint to create projects at the frontier of AI.
🏆 $40,000+ Prize Pool – Cash & Credits
Main Prizes
🥇 1st Prize: $3,000 cash + $10,000 Daytona credits + $3,000 Browser Use credits + Special CodeRabbit Swag
🥈 2nd Prize: $1,000 cash + $5,000 Daytona credits + $2,000 Browser Use credits
🥉 3rd Prize: $500 cash + $3,000 Daytona credits + $1,000 Browser Use credits
Special Prizes
🏅 Best Use of Daytona: $1,000 cash + $10,000 Daytona credit
🎖️ Best Use of Sentry: 1st Prize $1,000 visa gift card + $5,000 Sentry credits, 2nd Prize $500 visa gift card + $2,500 Sentry credits
🏅 Best Use of CodeRabbit: $1,000 cash
🎖️ Best Use of Browser Use: $500 cash + $3,000 Browser Use credits
🏅 Best Uses of Galileo: 1st Prize: $300 visa gift card + 60K Traces, 2nd Prize: $200 visa gift card + 40K Traces, 3rd Prize: $100 visa gift card + 30K Traces
Participation Rewards
✨ Every participant receives:
$100 Daytona credits
$270 Sentry credits
$50 Claude API credits from Anthropic
$50 Browser Use credits
🛠️ Build Something Cool & Awesome :)
Design AI agents that present sharp reasoning, independent decision-making, and safe integration with industry-relevant tools.
💻 Expectations
Deliver outcomes that reflect originality, technical strength, and real-world impact.
Participate solo or as part of a team of up to four.
🎤 Presentation
You’ll have 3 minutes to stand out:
Present impactful slides outlining your idea, advantages, and safeguards.
Run a live showcase proving your agent operates safely and drives meaningful results.
⏱️ Schedule
9:00 AM – Doors open + breakfast & coffee
10:00 AM – Opening remarks + partner demos
10:30 AM – Hacking begins
1:00 PM – Lunch
4:00 PM – Project submission deadline - finalists selection
5:00 PM – Finalist presentations & judging
5:30 PM – Awards ceremony
6:00 PM – Event wrap-up & doors close
🚀 Partners
🥇 Judges
Rahul Chhabria, VP of Marketing
Nachiket Paranjape, Engineering Lead at Galileo
Shawn Pana, Growth Engineer at Browser Use
Reagan Hsu, Growth Engineer at Browser Use
Hendrik Krack, Developer Advocate @ CodeRabbit
Melkey - Creator & Founding Senior SWE at Datacurve
Sahil M Bansal - Enterprise Product Marketing Lead at Coderabbit
Vedran Jukic, Co-founder & CTO at Daytona
Kartik Mathur, Director of Engineering at Snorkel AI
Bhavani Shankar Garikapati, Staff Software Engineer at Lyft
Maksym Kuzyshyn, Machine Learning Engineer at Meta
⌨️ About Daytona HackSprints
The Daytona HackSprints aren’t just another hackathon. They’re designed to be seamless, elevated, and unforgettable, a space where creativity meets execution.
Our goal is to provide a dynamic environment where innovators and partners can:
Explore new frontiers of artificial intelligence
Turn bold ideas into working prototypes
Forge connections and opportunities that strengthen the AI ecosystem
Join us to build, collaborate, and help shape what’s next in AI.