Brand New Worlds Hackathon
Brand New Worlds: The Creative AI Advertising Hackathon
Boston + Online. November 5–7, 2026.
What does advertising become when anyone can make a film in 48 hours? We're finding out.
Brand New Worlds is a 48-hour creative-tech hackathon where emerging talent from Harvard, MIT, Emerson and beyond take on real briefs from leading brands and agencies. You'll build with frontier AI tools across video, sound and storytelling, then pitch your work to a jury of advertising, creative and technology leaders.
Hosted by Trippy Pictures and Mirelo. Powered by fal.
The Flow
◼️ Nov 5: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge. Opening ceremony, brief reveals, partner demos. The clock starts.
◼️ Nov 6: Build. Workshops, mentoring, iteration.
◼️ Nov 7: Ship. Final production, pitches, jury, awards.
What You Get
◼️ Access to cutting-edge AI tools for image, video and generative audio.
◼️ Cash prizes, platform credits and industry exposure.
◼️ On-site engineers for API integration and troubleshooting.
◼️ Direct access to ad executives, MarTech leaders and featured speakers.
The Hosts
◼️ Trippy Pictures is a cinematic AI studio from award-winning production house Kaiserschnitt Film and Andries Ohneisser (ohneis652), one of the world's biggest AI creators with 510k+ followers.
◼️ Mirelo is a European frontier research backed by a16z and Index Ventures. Founded by musicians turned AI researchers, Mirelo's frontier video-to-sound models use video as a prompt, creating tightly synced, context-aware sound effects, redefining the audio-layer for visual media.
◼️ fal is a world-leading generative media platform giving builders access to frontier models. Backed by the best Silicon Valley investors and angels.
◼️ TEDxHarvardSquare is a Cambridge community connecting ideas and people across technology, creativity, health, climate and human potential.
Filmmakers, designers, engineers, copywriters, sound people: come solo or bring a team.
Stop talking about the future of advertising. Be part of building it.
[Apply now]