Book a Crackathon™
An AI hackathon for your people, shaped around your problem and your occasion, from a two-hour ideas session at a party to a 48-hour build sprint. In person or online, any time of year.
A hackathon in a cracker, for your people
AI is changing how ideas get made. Tools that turn a sentence into a sketch, a plan or a working prototype are now in everyone's hands, but most teams haven't had the chance to try them together.
Hackathons are the quickest way to learn: a real problem, a deadline, and people building side by side. A Crackathon™ is the celebration version, built around the cracker. Every team pulls one and finds a hat, a prompt and a story: the prompt is the challenge, and the story is the context behind it. Teams crack it, picture the answer with AI, build just enough to test it, and share what they made. Two hours or 48, in person or online, whenever you are celebrating.
Five reasons to run a Crackathon™
Crack a problem together
Bring a real challenge and leave with concepts, visuals and prototypes you can build on.
A gift for your people
Sociable, useful and over in an afternoon if you want it to be: a gift for students, staff, clients or community, at a welcome week, an away day, the end of a project or the end of the year.
Show what your tools can do
For visualisation, concept and build AI companies: show how fast an idea becomes a picture, a plan or a working prototype.
Meet the people behind the ideas
See who does the best thinking, whether that is students, makers or your next hire.
And it fits any moment
A reason to get together
A Crackathon fits wherever people are already coming together: a welcome week, the end of a term, a team celebration, the party at the end of a client project, and every December, our Christmas edition. Your people leave with ideas they've tested and something real to start from when they get back to work.
In their words
Participating in the Agent Build Club workshop was such a fantastic and interesting experience. I really enjoyed it!
PhD researcher, University of Surrey
Your people, your problem, your format
Your challenge
Bring a real problem or a theme and we turn it into the prompts inside your crackers. Or keep it light with challenges written for the occasion.
Your people
Students, staff, clients or a community you want to reach, at any level. Nobody needs to know AI already.
Your length
A two-hour Starter, an Afternoon of about four hours ending in pitches, or a 48-hour Weekend sprint to build a prototype.
Your place
In person in your own space or online, on a date that suits you, any time of year.
Everything it takes, done for you
You bring the people and the problem. We bring the format, the coaches and the tools, and shape it all around what you want your people to get from it. Ideas come first; the build is there to test them.
The format and the challenges
A run sheet, challenge cards and a judging rubric, built around your goals.
Coaches and AI makers
People who build with AI every day, at the tables with your teams.
Tools from our partners
Visualisation, concept and build tools, with credits where our partners offer them. Your teams choose what suits the task.
A page, a comms kit and a round-up
Everything you need to fill the room, then photographs, quotes and a write-up to share afterwards.
Three things from you
A problem or a theme for your people to crack.
Your people (students, staff, clients or community), and a room or an online space.
A budget for the run, and any prizes or tool credits.
What you take back to work
Concepts, visuals and prototypes to build on afterwards.
A sociable gift for your people that leaves them with a new skill.
Photographs, quotes and a round-up to share, and a view of who did the best thinking.
Talk to us
Turn a celebration into practice
When people come together to celebrate, they are relaxed, curious and in a generous mood. A Crackathon™ turns that into ideas you can use, with a cracker that keeps it light and open to all. Tell us about your people, your occasion and your problem, and we will shape one around them. A real person reads every message and replies by email.
Thanks very much for a very informative and very useful workshop! … I think that your workshop is ahead of its time and I have a feeling that it will be very successful in the future.
Knowledge Exchange Professional, UIIN workshop
We will reply from hello@agentbuild.club within 48 hours.
Questions
Questions hosts ask
What does a Crackathon™ cost?
It depends on the format, how long it runs and whether it is in person or online. A short online starter costs far less than a 48-hour sprint with coaches in the room. Tell us what you have in mind and we will send a simple proposal.
Who takes part?
Your people: students, staff, clients or a community you want to reach. If you would like to meet new people too, we can open places to the Agent Build Club community.
Do people need to know about AI already?
No. Coaches show everyone the tools on the day, and every Crackathon starts with ideas, not code. Builders who want to go further can.
Can we set the challenge?
Yes. Bring a real problem or a theme and we will turn it into prompts that suit the format and your people. If you would rather keep it light, we can write challenges for the occasion instead.
Who owns what gets made?
Participants own their work. You and we can show it with their consent, and anything more specific, such as confidentiality, is agreed before the day.
Can our AI tools be part of it?
Yes. Teams can use your tools with credits you provide, and we credit your support. We do not endorse products, and teams choose what suits the task.
When can it run?
Any time of year. Our Christmas edition runs every December, and we design Crackathons for welcome weeks, away days, team celebrations and project wraps whenever you need one. The earlier you talk to us, the more dates and formats we can offer.
Is it a Christmas thing?
Only if you want it to be. Crackers are for any celebration, and so are Crackathons. Our Christmas edition plays on the Christmas cracker for fun, and you don't need to celebrate Christmas to take part. Agent Build Club is open to all, with no religious affiliation.