MakersLounge Toronto Tech Week #11: Innovation Hackathon 🏆

MakersLounge Toronto #11: Innovation Hackathon 🏆 Toronto's biggest innovation hackathon is here. We're bringing together 100 of the best AI builders in the city to compete across multiple challenge tracks — with industry leaders judging live. This is a week-long build competition that kicks off the week before May 26th and culminates in a live demo night during Toronto Tech Week. 📅 HOW IT WORKS PART 1 — Kickoff Night (May 19th, 8PM-9PM) MAKERSLOUNGE X AUCCTUS HACKATHON KICKOFF Tuesday, 19 May · 8:00 – 9:00pm Time zone: America/Toronto Google Meet joining info Video call link: https://meet.google.com/fzp-wzvs-oyg Or dial: ‪(CA) +1 289-948-7712‬ PIN: ‪388 964 701‬# More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/fzp-wzvs-oyg?pin=1372223852774 Challenge tracks are revealed, teams form, and the clock starts. Solo builders are welcome — you'll get matched with a team. Join our discord channel here: https://discord.gg/mzv4Jae7PART 2 — Deadline for hackathon submission video (Sunday May 24th 11:59pm) PART 3 — Demo Night (May 26th) Come back and present what you built. Judges evaluate live. Winners announced on the night. 🗓 Demo Night — May 26th, 5:30PM–8:30PM 5:30–6:00pm — Arrival6:00–6:30pm — Food, meet with teams6:30–7:30pm — Live demos7:30–8:00pm — Judges Deliberation8:00–8:30pm — Winners Announced + Connect ⚔️ How It Works RSVP to lock in your spot. Attend the Kickoff Night to meet your team and get the challenge. Build for a week. Come back on the 26th and demo it live. Challenge tracks, judges, and prizes will be announced in the weeks leading up to the event — follow along and stay tuned. 🏆 Hackathon Tracks1. Validating a Business Idea Innovation teams collect thousands of ideas every year, far more than they can evaluate. Build an AI agent or tool that streamlines the innovation pipeline from raw idea to commercialized product. 2. Continuous Market Monitoring The business landscape is changing fast, and separating signal from noise has become critical. Build an agentic AI tool or platform that continuously monitors the market for signals relevant to a company's innovation function. 3. Synthetic CustomersReal customer studies are slow, expensive, and often fail to surface what customers actually want. Build an AI tool or platform that simulates synthetic customer feedback on new product ideas.👥 Who Should Apply Builders: Founders, engineers, designers, and makers with hands-on AI experience who can ship something real in a week. Judges: Industry leaders and innovators evaluating for real-world impact. More details coming soon. ✅ How to Join RSVP on Luma — spots are limited to 100 buildersAttend Kickoff Night (May 19th) to form your team and get the challengeSubmit your project by Sunday May 24th 11:59pmBuild for a week, finalists demo May 26thSign up for our app: https://www.makerslounge.ca/ Use #MakersLounge + #TorontoTechWeek and post on socials to help us grow. Space is strictly limited to 100 builders. If you don't get in this time, keep applying — we appreciate every submission and look forward to seeing you soon. Let's build something that matters. See you at MakersLounge. We're so grateful for our sponsors of this event- Google Cloud- Aucctus- Disruptive Edge- Pingram- Scelta Community Partner: The AI Collective The AI Collective is a global non-profit building the human layer for the AI age. We unite 150,000+ leaders, builders, and stakeholders across 100+ forums worldwide. Participating solely as a community partner — does not handle payments, ticketing, or receive any portion of event fees. All attendees and organizers at events affiliated with The AI Collective agree to our privacy policy and are subject to our code of conduct. Toronto Tech Week is a citywide celebration of the people building what's next. From May 25–29, 2026, founders, investors, and builders come together for hundreds of community-led events across Toronto, connecting tens of thousands of people around Canadian tech. Torontotechweek.com.