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
🥇 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.