Cursor Cybersecurity London Hackathon
Building the infrastructure for AI-native cybersecurity.
A full-day hackathon for developers, security engineers, founders, and AI builders exploring how autonomous systems can strengthen cybersecurity, digital resilience, and critical infrastructure.
Hosted at Halkin Offices – 1–2 Paris Garden, London, teams will build AI-powered cybersecurity tools using Cursor and leading infrastructure partners—experimenting with AI-assisted incident response, digital forensics, cryptography, threat detection, infrastructure security, and autonomous security operations.
Live demos. Fast shipping. Real-world security challenges.
📅 Schedule
9:00 AM — Doors open & networking9:15 AM — Welcome, hackathon briefing & judging overview9:25 AM — Hacking begins9:45 AM — 🥐 Breakfast1:30 PM — 🍕 Lunch3:45 PM — Code freeze, submissions & initial judging4:35 PM — Live demos of Top 5 (3 mins each)4:55 PM — Final judging & awards5:00 PM — Close
📍 Venue: Halkin Offices, 1–2 Paris Garden, London📅 Date: Saturday, 1st August
🚀 What You'll Build
Build AI-powered systems that improve cybersecurity workflows, digital resilience, and security operations. Some areas to explore:
Critical infrastructure protectionAI-powered digital forensicsCryptography & secure communicationsIncident reporting & automated triageThreat intelligence and analysisAutonomous security agentsVulnerability discovery & remediationSOC automation and response workflowsAI-assisted penetration testingSecurity tooling for developers
Work solo or in teams of up to 3.
💡 Why Participate?
Build cutting-edge AI-powered cybersecurity tools in a single dayWork alongside London's security researchers, founders, and AI buildersGet hands-on with industry-leading developer infrastructure and AI toolingPresent your project live to an expert judging panelMeet people from leading cybersecurity communities and venture investorsCompete for prizes, sponsor awards, and swag
🧠 The Context
Cybersecurity is entering an AI-native era.
Security teams are leaning more and more on autonomous systems to detect threats, investigate incidents, analyse infrastructure, and automate repetitive work. At the same time, AI is opening up new attack surfaces and new defensive options.
This hackathon digs into the future of AI-powered cybersecurity:
How can autonomous agents improve security operations?Where should humans stay in the loop?What does trustworthy, secure AI infrastructure actually look like?How do we build safer systems for the next generation of software?
Whether you're into critical infrastructure, digital forensics, cryptography, or incident response, this is your shot at prototyping the future of cybersecurity.
🤝 Partners & Sponsors
Co-hosts
Nodirjon (Nodir) UmurkulovAbdelaziz Zizou BrahmiFrancisco Terpolilli
Technology Partners
SupabaseModalOvermindIBMSAP
Community Partners
Oli Kingshot - Founder, Night OfficeNodirjon (Nodir) Umurkulov - Ambassador, TryHackMeAbdelaziz Zizou Brahmi - Board Member, Security Builder Club
Judges
Umberto Belluzzo - Investor, Earlybird VenturesDavid Gelberg - AI Innovation Fellow, 10 Downing StreetJai Taylor - Principal, Blue Wire CapitalPaul Price - Founder, CodeWallNaol Basaye, EF Spring 2026Tyler Edwards - Founder & CEO, OvermindHani Momeninia - AI Security, SAPRares-Teodor Ciucur - Cyber Security Consultant, IBM
🏆 Tracks
Projects can compete across areas including:
Incident ResponseOffensive SecurityAI SecurityBonus Sponsor Challenges
More tracks and sponsor prize buckets to be announced.
🏆 Demo Format
Every team submits a live demo at code freeze.
The Top 5 highest-scoring teams will present their project live.
From those finalists, judges will award 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.
Projects will be judged on:
Technical executionSecurity impactProduct thinkingAI autonomyUX clarityReal-world applicabilitySafety and responsible AI design