Daytona HackSprint - SF, January 2026
🚀 Daytona HackSprint #4
We’re bringing together San Francisco’s brightest AI builders for an intense one-day sprint to create projects at the frontier of AI.
🏆 $35,000+ Prize Pool – Cash & Credits
Main Prizes
🥇 1st Prize: $3,000 cash + $10,000 Daytona credits + each team member receives 3 months of ElevenLabs Pro tier ($99/month) + each team member receives free tickets for Daytona Compute Conference
🥈 2nd Prize: $1,000 cash + $5,000 Daytona credits
🥉 3rd Prize: $500 cash + $3,000 Daytona credits
Special Prizes
🏅 Best Use of Daytona: $1,000 cash + $10,000 Daytona credit + each team member receives free tickets for Daytona Compute Conference
🎖️ Best Use of CodeRabbit: $1,000 cash
🏅 Best Use of Sentry: $1,000 giftcard prize
🎖️ Best Use of ElevenLabs: Each team member receives 6 months of ElevenLabs Scale tier ($330/month)
Participation Rewards
✨ Every participant receives:
$100 Daytona credits
$270 Sentry credits
3 months free of ElevenLabs Creator tier (normally $22/month)
🛠️ 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
James Murdza, Pacer, Community Ambassador at Daytona
Charlie Luo, Software Engineer at Sentry
Hendrik Krack, Developer Advocate @ CodeRabbit
Sahil M Bansal - Enterprise Product Marketing Lead at Coderabbit
Ibrahim Kamal, Senior Software Engineer at Oracle
Josemaria Soriano, Product & Growth Lead at Reka AI
Aleksey Bykhun, Founder & CTO at Yolocode.ai
Shub Shrivastava, Senior Cloud Architect, AI Infra and Agentic AI at Google
Avikalp (Avi) Karrahe, AI Engineer
Alex Varga, Founder of varg.ai
Tunya Irkad, Principal at e2vc
Mert Kaan Atan, Co-Founder at Luron AI
Will Jiang, Tech Lead / Manager at Rednote / Instagram
Aylin Akkus, AI Researcher at ETH Zurich
Tasana Pejovic, Operations Engineer at Martian
⌨️ 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.