Where frontier AI becomes shipped products.
Since AI is a global AI ecosystem: 10,000+ builders in 120+ countries, shipping with leading companies, investors and researchers.
- AI builders
- 10,000+
- Countries
- 120+
- Partners
- 100+
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// the ecosystem
From first prototype to production — and on to a company.
Most hackathons end with a pitch. Since AI is built around what happens next: one ecosystem that takes builders from a real problem to a product in use, and the best teams on to capital.
Build
Real problems, real teamsHackathons
48-hour hackathons on real challenges from leading companies, with mentors, tools and data from day one. The flagship brings 1,000+ builders to Finland every November.
Since AI Hackathon 2026Global builder community
10,000+ builders in 120+ countries — on Discord, at events and on the Since AI platform, where builders find teams, challenges and each other.
For builders
Ship
From demo to productionProduction support8 weeks
The strongest teams get eight weeks with the challenge company: architecture review, production preparation and deployment to real users.
How production support worksPlaybooks and guides
Open, practical material on shipping AI — challenge design, evaluation, deployment and what we learn from every event.
Resources
Scale
Companies and capitalCapital
Teams ready to build a company meet investors such as Antler, Inventure, Wave Ventures and Redstone VC.
Capital partnersResearch to market
A route for university research to reach the market: industry validation, builders and founders around each idea.
Research to market
// flagship event · 6–8 November 2026
Since AI Hackathon 2026.
48 hours, 1,000+ builders and 15 real challenges from Valmet, Bayer, Elisa, Meyer Turku, DNA, Traficom and more — 1,392 applications from 92 countries so far. The best solutions don't end as demos: they get eight weeks of production support.
- Prize pool
- €50,000
- Builders from around the world
- 1,000+
- Real company challenges
- 15
- To take part
- Free
Keynote by Jason Mayes, Web AI Lead at Google · MLH 2027 Season Member Event
// ecosystem
Built with leading companies, investors and communities.
100+ partners and supporters across technology, industry, capital, research and the global builder community.
Technology & AI
Industry challenges
// featured speakers
Learn from the best in AI.
Jason Mayes
Web AI Lead
Google's Web AI lead for client side AI with 15+ years at the company. Creator of the world's first Web AI Summit and author of Google's Web AI course enabling 100K+ developers. Represents teams including LiteRT.js, DeepMind (Gemma web models), Chrome, and TensorFlow.js.
// Keynote
Client side Web AI Agents for the agentic internet of the future
See how to use the latest generative AI models from Google that run entirely client side (no cloud) to perform agentic behaviors on any website — bringing privacy, low latency, offline capability, and zero inference costs.
// Tech Talk
Vibing with Antigravity as a Senior Engineer for custom solutions
Learn how seasoned engineers can use Antigravity and Gemini 3 to reach 100x productivity. Jason demonstrates Web AI solutions using LiteRT.js to create RAG systems with minimal effort while maintaining control.
// judging panel
Meet the judges.
The judging panel selects the overall winner of Since AI Hackathon 2026 at the finals in Turku on Sunday 8 November. Company challenges are evaluated separately, by each challenge company.
Sarita Runeberg
Chief Executive Officer
Maria 01 (opens in a new tab)CEO of Maria 01, one of the Nordics' leading startup campuses, bringing expertise in entrepreneurship, startup ecosystems and scaling innovation.
Photo: Voima Ventures Niko Elers
Investment Director
Voima Ventures (opens in a new tab)Investment Director at Voima Ventures, focused on early-stage deep tech, science-driven innovation and venture investing.
Photo: University of Turku Tuomas Mäkilä
Associate Professor, Software Engineering
University of Turku (opens in a new tab)Head of the Software Engineering major at the University of Turku, researching software development processes and, most recently, AI agents and LLM-generated code.
Rasmus Harmaala
Deep Tech Investor & Founder
Inovexus (opens in a new tab)Deep tech investor and founder at Inovexus, bringing early-stage investing, founder potential and commercial viability expertise to the final jury.
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Real challenges. Running in production.
Built at the hackathon on problems set by the challenge companies — then taken to production use with Since AI's production support.
Kongsberg
MaritimeMaritime Sound Signal Detection
Audio ML for detecting and classifying maritime sound signals in real-time for autonomous vessel safety.
- Audio
- CNN
- Real-time ML
- Safety
Sandvik
ManufacturingIntelligent Spare Part Discovery
Agent-based system to detect and resolve spare-part inquiries with SKU search and product matching.
- Agents
- RAG
- NLP
- Search
// from the blog
Playbooks for builders.
How to win an AI hackathon, form a team and ship a demo that works — from the Since AI community.
AI · Hackathons
AI Hackathon Project Ideas: 30 Buildable Concepts in 72 Hours
Discover 30 buildable AI project ideas for your next hackathon — from RAG Q&A to vision apps — organized by difficulty with stack suggestions and demo frameworks.
· 12 min read
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Best AI Hackathons in Europe
Your curated guide to the best AI hackathons across Europe — from Junction in Finland to GenAI Zurich — with selection criteria and winning strategies.
· 9 min read
AI · Technology
Hackathon Tech Stack Guide
Battle-tested tech stack recommendations for hackathon demos — from the default Next.js + FastAPI setup to AI-specific choices for RAG, extraction, and classification.
· 10 min read
// join since ai
Build what comes next.
Apply for Since AI Hackathon 2026, bring a real challenge as a partner, or join 10,000+ builders in the community.