One-Day Studio: An AI Creative Hackathon
One day. One team. One demo worth watching.
Video is the frontier where AI is moving fastest and breaking the most. Generation models improve monthly, but the workflows, tools, and products around them are still being invented. That invention is what this day is for.
Build tools, agents, or experiences that change how video gets made:
Video generation workflows and pipelines
AI-native editing, character and style consistency
Voice, music, and sound design
Interactive and personalized video
Agents for storyboarding, production, and post
Or something none of us have thought of yet
Why this one:
Ship in a day. Doors open at 9, demos at 5. No all-nighter, no burnout theater
Real judges. Creative technologists, AI researchers, and investors who've seen what good looks like
Real stakes. Prizes, plus API and GPU credits from our partners
Real audience. Demo night is open to invited founders, VCs, and creatives. Your demo gets seen by people who can do something about it
Tracks & Prizes:
Best Tool: the thing creators would pay for tomorrow
Best Story: the most compelling piece made with AI in one day
Most Ambitious Build: the demo that shouldn't have been possible in eight hours
Schedule:
9:00 AM: Doors, breakfast, team formation for solo arrivals
10:00 AM: Kickoff, rules, partner tool briefings (10 minutes total, we promise)
10:30 AM: Build
1:00 PM: Lunch, keep building
5:00 PM: Hands off keyboards
5:30 PM: Demos (2 minutes each, hard stop)
6:45 PM: Judging & awards
7:00 PM: Wrap party
Who should apply:
Engineers, designers, filmmakers, creative technologists, and founders. You don't need to be an ML expert: the best teams mix builders and storytellers. Teams of up to 4, or come solo and we'll match you.
80 spots. Applications reviewed on a rolling basis.
About the host:
OpenStages is a Bay Area team that plans and hosts curated events for founders and builders: hackathons, salons, and closed-door sessions across AI and tech.