ElevenLabs x BlackBird Foundry Worldwide Hackathon - $200K+ in total prizes

One Night. Thirty Cities. Building the Future of Conversation.

We’re hosting our largest-ever Global Hackathon, dedicated to Conversational Agents — happening simultaneously across 30 cities. Apply now to join the world’s best builders, designers, tinkerers, and AI engineers for an evening of intense creation and collaboration powered by ElevenLabs and our global partners.

Local Sponsors & Hosts

Blackbird VC
Blackbird is one of Australia’s most respected venture firms, backing ambitious technical founders from zero to global scale. They’ve built a reputation for supporting engineering-driven teams early—leaning into deep tech, AI, infrastructure, and frontier research rather than hype. For AI Tinkerers, Blackbird represents the kind of investor that understands real builder energy: long-term conviction, technical literacy, and a track record of helping founders turn raw prototypes into category-defining companies.

Focus

The Hackathon’s theme is Conversational Agents — exploring how cutting-edge AI systems can communicate, collaborate, and co-create.

Expect an evening packed with innovation, community, and real-world problem-solving.

Signing up as a Team

To ensure your team members are all accepted, after registration:

• Navigate to the Hackathon Portal and click ‘Create A Team’ on the right-hand side bar
• Choose your team name & click ‘Create’
• Invite your team members using the email invite feature
• Your team members must accept the invite and fill out profile info before the team can be considered

Note, if your team members have signed up to an AI Tinkerers powered event before, make sure to use the same email.

Who Should Apply

​Your projects make it past localhost. You’ve shipped agents, tooling, or infra, or you can show relevant repos and experience.

What to Expect

Doors open at 6:00pm on Wednesday. IDs will be checked by security at the door.

Team formation takes place from 6:00pm to 6.15pm followed by the kickoff talk at 6:15pm sharp. Building subsequently commences at 6.30pm and ends at 9.30pm followed by finalist presentations.

We’ll wrap up by 10.30pm.

Prizes

The total prize pool currently sits at over $200K.

Global Winner

• Dinner with the ElevenLabs Founding Team in London
• Present your project at the ElevenLabs Summit
• 111 million ElevenLabs credits
• & more surprises to come

1st Place (All Locations)

• Apple AirPods, $6k in Stripe Credits, ElevenLabs Swag, & More

2nd & 3rd Place

• Local prizes announced at each venue

Special Awards

• Best Product Built with n8n
• Best Product Built with Bolt
• Best Product Built with BlackBox
• Best Product Built with CodeRabbit
• Best Product Built with Clerk

Judges

Global Judging Panel

Local Judges

To be announced.

Rules & Submission Criteria

Prizes will be awarded to the winning project in each track as well as overall prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Additional local prize tracks may be offered by some of the hackathon local partners.

The winning projects will be chosen by a panel of expert judges, invited from the startup community and hackathon partners.

Selection & Format

​Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Teams of up to 4 are welcome; there will be time for solo builders to form teams on site. Builders must attend in-person at the local venue and work as a team of 2-4.

Logistics

​Bring your laptop and charger. The location of the venue will be shared with accepted attendees.

Sponsors & Hosts

To be announced.