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New York City
Hackathon

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Sponsorship Package
August 15, 2026 · Manhattan, NYC
The New York City Hackathon Overview · 2026
01The event

An application-only,
one-day AI build sprint
in Manhattan.

The New York City Hackathon is a one-day, in-person build sprint. Teams of one to four have eight hours to build a working project, and every team demos to the judging panel at the end.

Admission is by application; everyone in the room already builds for a living. Tracks are announced at kickoff, so every project is started and finished on the day.

Run of day
09:00
Check-in & breakfast. Doors open, teams settle in.
09:45
Kickoff. Tracks and judging criteria announced.
10:00
Build begins. Eight hours on the clock.
13:00
Lunch, served in-room. Building continues.
18:00
Submissions close. Projects pushed to Devpost.
18:15
Demos & judging. Every team presents to the panel.
19:30
Awards & close. Prizes presented by sponsors.
Tracks

Sponsors define the tracks. Each is a real problem for teams to build against, announced at kickoff so every project is scoped and shipped on the day.

Judging

A panel of sponsors and organizers scores every demo on what was built in the eight hours. Named prizes are handed out by the sponsors who back them.

Date
August 15, 2026
Duration
8 hours
Location
Manhattan, NYC
Field
~100 builders
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The New York City Hackathon Audience · 2026
02Who's in the room

Sponsors spend the day with roughly 100 early-career engineers from New York's strongest schools and companies. Most already work with LLMs and agent tooling day to day. The lists below show where attendees currently study and intern.

Where they study
MIT/Harvard/Stanford/UPenn/Columbia/Cornell Tech/Princeton/NYU
Where they intern
Google/Meta/OpenAI/Ramp/Jane Street/Datadog/Two Sigma/Scale/Shopify
What they build
Full-stack apps/ML & LLM tooling/Developer tools/Agents/Infrastructure/Fintech
Why sponsors join
  • A full day in the room with ~100 vetted applicants who build with AI, before they decide where they work next.
  • Your brand on the event site, on Devpost, and on signage in the room.
  • A judging seat and a named prize you present (Silver and up).
  • Your own track — a problem you define, attempted by 8–15 teams in a single day (Gold).
  • Direct conversations with participants over the course of the day.
At a glance
FormatIn-person, one day
Team size1–4
Attendance~100
AdmissionBy application
JudgingSponsor panel
DemosEvery team
Cost to attendFree
What we handle
  • Venue in Manhattan, seating, and power for every team.
  • Breakfast, lunch, and coffee through the day.
  • Applications, screening, check-in, and Devpost setup.
  • Demo schedule, judging operations, and prize fulfillment.
What you bring
  • Your logo, in vector format.
  • A judge for the panel (Silver and up).
  • A prize and, for Gold, your track prompt.
  • A representative on the day, if you'd like one.
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The New York City Hackathon Partnership
03Sponsorship

Sponsorship Tiers

Bronze
$1,000
  • Logo on the event site
  • Logo on Devpost
  • Logo placement in-room
Silver
$2,500
  • Everything in Bronze
  • A judging seat on the panel
  • A named prize you hand out
Gold
$4,000
  • Everything in Silver
  • Your own track, a problem you define
  • 8–15 independent attempts in a day
Confirmed · founding partner Shopify
Judging panel  ·  forming
OpenAI/Google/Meta/Ramp
Prospective partners  ·  in outreach
Datadog/Stripe/Coinbase/Intuit/Kalshi/Poshmark/TikTok/Shine Capital

Prospective unless marked confirmed. Shopify is our only confirmed partner to date.

Included at every tier
  • Logo on the event site and on Devpost.
  • Logo on signage in the room.
  • Recognition at kickoff and at the awards.
Next steps
  • Reply with the tier you want.
  • We send a short agreement and an invoice.
  • Your logo goes up on the site and Devpost.
  • Gold: we book time to scope your track.
To confirm a tier or scope a Gold track, reply to this package and we'll take it from there. Named tracks are limited.
[NAME]
[ROLE / ORGANIZER]
[EMAIL]
[PHONE]
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