Hack-Nation HUB – Linz

Your pathway to pitch in Silicon Valley: Join Hack-Nation's Global AI Hackathon on July 18–19, 2026 at Young AI Leaders Linz to build, prototype, and pitch the next generation of AI ideas. This hackathon is for AI builders, researchers, students, engineers, designers, and early teams who want to seed and test new ideas in a high-energy environment. Teams will work on defined AI challenge tracks, receive mentor and jury feedback, and pitch locally at MIT. Top teams may be invited into an August–September coaching phase and considered for the MIT AI Conference on October 17 in Mountain View — a major AI gathering in the MIT and Silicon Valley ecosystem, featuring founders, investors, researchers, and AI leaders from organizations such as Replit, Microsoft, General Catalyst, Greylock, OpenAI, Adobe, Applied Intuition, Liquid AI, Spotify, Oura, Grammarly, MIT Media Lab, E14 Fund, and Ridge Ventures. Up to 10 hackathon teams may be invited to showcase their project with a booth at the MIT AI Conference, and 3 teams may be selected to pitch live in front of an investor panel. Timeline July 18, 17:00: Local kickoff, speakers, mix & mingle, icebreakerJuly 19, 15:00: Final submission deadlineBy July 25: Jury recommendations for conference considerationAugust–September: Coaching phase for selected teams to refine their prototype, demo, and pitchOctober 17: MIT AI Conference in Mountain View, https://www.mitaiconference.org/ No idea is needed. Just come and build with us! MITAS is the official MIT Club which hosts the annual event - MIT AI Conference