Daytona HackSprint - NYC, November 2025

​🚀 Be part of the first Daytona HackSprint in NYC!

​​We’re bringing together New York’s brightest AI builders for an intense one-day sprint to create projects at the frontier of AI.

​​🏆 $30,000+ Prize Pool – Cash & Credits

​​Main Prizes

​​🥇 1st Prize: $3,000 cash + $10,000 Daytona credits + Special CodeRabbit Swag + Each team member receives 6 months of the ElevenLabs Pro tier (regularly priced at $99/month)
🥈 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 credits 🎖️ Best Use of CodeRabbit: $1,000 cash
🎖️ 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 🎖️ Best Uses of ElevenLabs: Each team member receives 6 months of the Scale tier (regularly priced at $330/month).

​​Participation Rewards

​​✨ Every participant receives:

• ​​$100 Daytona credits

• ​​$50 Claude API credits from Anthropic

• ​3 months of the ElevenLabs Creator tier for free (regularly priced at $22/month)

​🏆 More Prizes TBA

​​🛠️ 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

​​​ 📍Venue

​Brex Office, 116 W 23 St, New York, NY 10011, USA

​​​ 🚀 Partners

• ​​​Anthropic

• ​Galileo

• ​ElevenLabs

• ​​CodeRabbit

• ​​​Tigris Data

• ​Brex

​​ 🥇 Judges

• ​​​Vedran Jukic, Co-founder & CTO at Daytona

• ​Avi Kumar, Solution Engineering at Galileo

• ​Al Chen, Galieo

• ​Anitej Biradar, Forward Deployed Engineer at ElevenLabs

• ​Sarah Han, Forward Deployed Engineer at ElevenLabs

• ​​Raouf Chebri, Developer Relations at Tigris Data

• ​Joshua Inoa, Engineering Manager at Brex

• ​Paul Jaffré, Senior Developer Experience Engineer at Sentry

• ​Taruni Paleru, Founding PM at Hathora

​​⌨️ 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.