London's AI builder weekend
AI London 2027
A 3-day AI hackathon and conference at the Encode Hub. Developers, technical founders, researchers and top students build with frontier AI tools, ship working products and meet the teams behind them.
What is AI London?
AI London is our flagship AI hackathon: a packed weekend where ambitious builders meet partners, ship working AI products, compete for prizes, and turn early ideas into credible startups.
AI-first tracks
Agents, voice AI, creative AI, devtools, and partner-led challenges designed around real adoption.
High-signal builders
Students, founders, researchers, and professional developers building live inside the Hub.
Demos and prizes
Partners get builders shipping on their product, real product feedback, and founder-quality demos.
AI London 2026
Talks, demos and judging
Partner talks to a full room, hands-on Q&A, and judges going team to team across the Hub.
Home of the event
Encode Hub, Shoreditch
Our 24/7 London founder and builder space sits minutes from Old Street, Shoreditch High Street, and Liverpool Street — built for hackathons, workshops, demos, and high-density technical community moments.
Universities involved
Participants from the UK's top universities including Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, UCL, Imperial, Bristol, York, Leeds, Exeter, Surrey, Southampton, and Edinburgh.
Attendee profiles
Top students
Talented students from UK universities eager to learn and apply cutting-edge technologies to real-world problems.
Tech innovators
Professional practitioners and researchers looking for their next step in innovation and career advancement.
Industry leaders
Industry and corporate players building their network and scouting for talent and breakthrough technologies.
Successful Hub startups
Builders here go on to build real companies
The Hub is not just a venue. It is where founders meet collaborators, test ideas, and keep building after the weekend.
Low lift from you, if you want it
Show up heavily, lightly, or somewhere in between
We can make the partner experience as hands-on or hands-off as you need — without turning your team into a logistics department with a logo.
Workshop
Run it in-person, join virtually, or record it if flying in is awkward.
Technical support
Send someone on the ground — or our team can answer technical questions for you.
Judging
Judge in-person, judge virtually, or let us handle judging against your criteria.
Swag
Bring it yourself, or ship it to us and we'll distribute it properly.
Content
Make your own content, or let our team capture the perfect photos and video.
Sponsorship tiers
Select package tier:
| Package Details | Recommended🏅 Gold 🏅 |
|---|---|
| Logo | Large |
| Prizes & perks for builders | Your own track: prize pool (credits, Pro plans, hardware or cash), credits for every builder, branded merch |
| Tickets (for team/friends access) | 10 |
Speaking | 30 mins |
| Opening ceremony | 30 seconds |
| Booth + banner space | |
| Partner fee (excl. prizes) | £10k GBP |
Prize ideas that AI builders value: API and compute credits, free or discounted Pro plans, early access to new models or features, hardware, branded merch, intros to your startup programme, and cash. We will help you shape a prize package that drives sign-ups.
Most recent edition
AI London 2026
A 3-day AI hackathon and conference at the Encode Hub, 20–22 March 2026. Tracks in AI agents, creative AI, onchain AI and vibe coding, plus partner challenges, conference workshops, and 132 projects shipped by Sunday afternoon.
422
Registered builders
132
Projects submitted
16
Partners and sponsors
3
Days at the Encode Hub
Location
Encode Hub, Shoreditch
Dates
20–22 March 2026
Prominent partners
OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, AWS, ElevenLabs, Vercel, Canva, Base, Civic, Flare, Luffa, Architect and more
Tracks
AI Agents, Creative AI, Onchain AI, Vibe Coding, plus partner challenges from Civic and Luffa
Who came
Mostly professional developers and technical founders, with 20–30% top university students
Past hackathon events
A proven IRL hackathon format
AI London sits inside a wider calendar of high-energy builder events at the Hub.
Encode London 2026
Our October flagship, with Google DeepMind, MongoDB and Arc as Gold partners.
Vibe Coding Hack
300 builders using AI tools to go from prompt to deployed product in one weekend.
Hyperliquid London 2026
A community hackathon run with Hyperliquid — 229 registrations across a single London weekend.
Sponsor AI London 2027?
Join London's AI builder weekend. Late February / early March 2027.
Discuss a partnership