ZERO-TO-DEMO: AI VENTURE SPRINT
⚡️ Zero-to-Demo: AI Venture Sprint Copenhagen
36 HOURS. FROM ZERO TO REAL TRACTION.
Limited to 20 teams.
📅 Schedule
Day 1 — Saturday, April 11
09:00 — Doors Open & Welcome
10:00 — Kickoff Sprint: Ship a POC, score first Points
12:00 — Building in Breakouts
13:00 — Walking Lunch
13:30 — Building in Breakouts
20:00 — Dinner
22:00 — Checkpoint Scoring & Day 1 Wrap
Day 2 — Sunday, April 12
09:00 — Doors open
15:00 — Pre-Selection Announcement
16:00 — Live Demos & Judging
18:00 — Winner Announcement
18:10 — After-Event
22:00 — Wrap
⚡ Why Participate?
Talent Density: This is the highest-signal room to build in. You will build alongside experienced founders, operators, and proven builders.
AI-Native Speed: You will be tasked to apply the provided tools across product and GTM, compressing weeks of execution into just 36 hours.
👥 Who It’s For
We select experienced operators and outlier talent from all backgrounds. If you can build, sell, or scale, you belong here. Limited to 20 teams.
🧪 How It Works
Sign up as a team or join the team matching at kickoff solo
Mentors roaming and giving Feedback during the weekend
Demos are scored on quality, execution speed, potential impact & validation signals
We run scoring check-points during the build phase. Up to 10 teams will advance through the Pre-Selection and pitch at the live finals
⚙️ The Mission
There is no set challenge. Your mission: Create a commercially viable product with the tools provided and secure actual validation in 36 hours. You may apply as a pre-formed team and bring unexecuted ideas. To ensure fairness, projects with an existing codebase or prior funding are strictly ineligible. We expect new concepts.
🤝 Partners & Sponsors
Tool Partners:
Microsoft - $1000 in Azure credits
Lovable - providing 200 free credits to all participants
Cursor - $50 in Cursor credits
Anthropic - $25 in Claude API credits
Atech - HW kits + platform available to all participants
Startup & VC Partners:
Antler
byFounders
node.vc
People Ventures
Propane
Qualia
🏆 PRIZES INCLUDE:
Working space, mentoring, tool credits as well as the chance to get up to $500k in funding from the co-host of this edition, Antler.
The best 3 teams get a direct 1:1 with the GP of Antler Denmark and one outstanding team will work with Antler for 14 days to get ready for their investment committee. If successful, the standard Antler investment terms include an upfront 200k investment + 300k in pre-committed follow-on funding.
📍 Location: BLOXHUB
🗓️ Dates: Apr 11–12, 2026
Apply as a team or solo. We review applications on a rolling basis.
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