ElevenLabs Global Hackathon (Community Edition) [AI Tinkerers - Bucharest]

ElevenLabs Global Hackathon (Community Edition)

Dec
11
Thursday
Thursday, December 11th, 2025 6PM to 10:30PM (EEST)
Address Info
Available on RSVP acceptance

Event Ended

This event has already taken place.

Attendees 90+ registered
Attendees include founders, CTOs (MorphL/Algolia exit), and engineers (Facebook, Genesys), whose expertise spans Full-Stack, Python, and AI/ML, plus LLM fine-tuning and a WorldSkills medal.

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ElevenLabs Global 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 on December 11th. 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.
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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 Thursday. 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

Judges

Global Judging Panel

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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.

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