TNHackathons Presents: Hackalachia AI Hackathon Contest At Vanderbilt University Engineering Building (2/20/2026)

​Nashville AI Builders — Hackalachia @ Vanderbilt (AI Builders Competition)

​Welcome to Nashville AI Builders, a high-intensity builder competition where you ship a real AI product fast—then demo it to judges, mentors, and the Nashville startup ecosystem.

​This kickoff event is hosted at Vanderbilt University’s Engineering & Science Building and is designed for makers who want to build, iterate, and launch—not just talk about AI.

​What you’re building

​Bring an idea (or find one here), form a team, and build an AI product that works:

• ​AI agents + automations

• ​LLM apps + RAG + evals

• ​Voice / multimodal apps

• ​B2B workflow tools, consumer apps, devtools, anything shippable

​The competition format

• ​Build sprint: fast onboarding → build → iterate

• ​Mentor lanes: unblock architecture, model choice, UX, and “how to ship”

• ​Demo Night: lightning demos + judging + awards

• ​Ecosystem access: meet other builders, founders, and potential sponsors/recruiters

​Who should come

​Engineers, designers, PMs, founders, students, tinkerers—anyone who can help ship. New to AI? You’ll learn by building. Experienced? Bring the heat.

​Series note (link the 3 events)

​This is part of a 3-event Nashville AI Builders series. Join one—or do all three and level up your builds each time:

• ​February 20-22, 2026: Hackathon II: https://luma.com/4gmsqxdz

• ​April 17-19, 2026: Hackathon III: https://luma.com/gcx27wyf

​More details + future events: https://tnhackathons.com/

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