Mobile AI Hackathon
BUILD INTELLIGENCE PEOPLE CAN HOLD.
The App Blueprint's Mobile AI Hackathon is a two-day, in-person Build Weekend for developers, designers, founders and first-time hackers building AI-native experiences for Apple platforms.
Put intelligence where it matters: inside the device, close to the camera, voice, sensors and person using it. This is a weekend for ideas that feel instant, private and genuinely useful — whether you're working with local models, voice, vision, or spatial computing.
Come with a team or arrive solo. Saturday morning is designed for meeting teammates, finding a problem and getting into motion. Every track ends with a working demo.
Choose a direction:
• Enterprise — solve a real business problem with AI, from internal tools to the unglamorous workflows companies would actually pay to fix.
• Community Impact — build technology that makes a meaningful difference for people and communities.
• visionOS — explore AI-native spatial experiences.
You can build for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS or visionOS. Beginners have a lane, mentors are on hand, and every kind of builder belongs: engineering, design and product all matter.
Across roughly 30 hours, you'll form a team, take an idea from concept to a working prototype, join workshops and mentoring, and present your creation live. Expect meals, coffee, fast Wi-Fi, power and a room full of people who want to help you ship.
A$7,000+ in Apple hardware prizes are up for grabs, supplied by CompNow, plus partner offers from ElevenLabs. Prize details and partner offers are subject to change before the weekend.
Bring your laptop and charger, photo ID for Saturday check-in, and a device to ship on if you have one. An idea and teammates are optional — we'll help you find both.
Attendance is application-based so we can create a strong, balanced mix of builders across engineering, product, design and AI. Applications will be reviewed closer to the event; only approved applicants will be charged.
150 places. Melbourne CBD. Build fast, demo live, and put intelligence in people's pockets.