Host a Crackathon™ for your staff
An AI hackathon for your team, built around a real problem in your business. For team celebrations, away days and project wraps, from a two-hour ideas session to a 48-hour build sprint, in person or online.
An AI hackathon in a cracker, for your team
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 and shaped around your team. Teams crack a problem you set, picture the answer with AI, build just enough to test it, and share what they made. Two hours or 48, in person or online, any time of year.
Four reasons to host a Crackathon™
Crack a real business problem
Bring a challenge your team has not solved and leave with concepts, visuals and prototypes to build on.
Skills your whole team can use
Everyone tries AI tools hands-on, with coaches at the table, whether or not they have used AI before.
A celebration your team will remember
Sociable, useful and as short as an afternoon if you want it to be: a team celebration, an away day or the party at the end of a client project, remembered for what people learned.
Meet the people behind the ideas
See who in your team does the best thinking. If you would like to meet new talent, we can open places to students and graduates from our university community.
And it fits any moment
Team days, client parties, project wraps
Run one wherever your people already come together: a team celebration, an away day, the party at the end of a project with your clients, or our Christmas edition every December. Your team leaves with ideas they have tested and something real to start from.
In their words
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
Your team, from one department to the whole company, 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 team to crack.
- Your team, and a room or an online space.
- A budget for the run, and any prizes.
What you take back to work
- Concepts, visuals and prototypes to build on afterwards.
- A team that has tried AI together, and knows what to try next.
- Photographs and a round-up to share, and a view of who did the best thinking.
Talk to us
Turn a celebration into practice
Tell us about your team and your problem, and we will shape a Crackathon™ around them. A real person reads every message and replies by email.
We will reply from hello@agentbuild.club within 48 hours.
Questions
Questions businesses ask
What does it cost to host a Crackathon™?
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 the prompts inside your crackers, to 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.
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.