Tuesday, August 18, 2026 — event runs 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET at Series HQ, Chelsea, NYC
6:00 PM ET — building officially begins
8:30 PM ET — code freeze and hard Devpost submission deadline. Late submissions are not judged.
8:45 PM ET — finalist demos and judging
9:45 PM ET — winners announced
Eligibility
Open to founders, engineers, designers, and operators — students and professionals both welcome
In-person only. You must be physically present at Series HQ to compete and to demo. Approved registration on Luma is required for entry.
Teams of 2–4 people.
Every team member must be a registered, approved attendee
Project and Submission Requirements
All work must be built during the sprint. No pre-built projects, and no code written before 6:00 PM on August 18. Open-source libraries, public APIs, design systems, and starter templates are fair game. Reusing a project you've already built or shipped is not.
AI assistants and no-code tools are allowed and encouraged. The product concept, creative direction, and pitch must be your team's original work.
Submissions close at 8:30 PM ET on Devpost. Nothing pushed after 8:30 is evaluated. Commit early and often.
Original work only. Do not submit anything that infringes on someone else's IP. Anything you use from a third party must be properly licensed.
Judges' decisions are final. Organizers may disqualify submissions that violate these rules or the event code of conduct.
Code of conduct: be decent to each other. Harassment of any kind means you're out, no refund of your evening.