CapCut x Design Buddies Design Hackathon powered by Design Studio
Hosted on Luma
Fetched about 1 month ago
Friday, May 22, 2026
to Friday, May 22, 2026
Artificial IntelligenceSocial ImpactFintech
Event Type
in person
165
Participants
14
Est. Projects
CapCut and Design Buddies are teaming up for a design hackathon built for designers, creators, and visual storytellers.
This event will focus on AI Design Studio, CapCut’s browser-based creative tool for image generation. You’ll get a prompt, build your concept, and submit your work individually for judging. Please ensure you have a CapCut account (free) to be able to receive free credits to participate in this event.
Whether you’re a graphic designer, product designer, UX designer, or template creator, this is a chance to experiment, create, and meet other creatives in the community.
Come for:
Great networking with the Capcut team (traveling in from China)Mingling with top designers in San FranciscoGrowing your design & AI skillsEnjoy food & drinksSwagsContent for your social media + professional photo opportunities More!
Prizes
First place: 14-inch MacBook Pro
Second and third place: AirPods Pro 3
All top 10 Winners: 3-Month CapCut Pro Membership + CapCut Branded Swag Box
About CapCut Design Studio
CapCut Design Studio is an AI-powered, browser-based, and desktop platform for creating graphic designs, marketing materials, and edited visuals, acting as an all-in-one suite beyond video editing. It features AI-driven templates, text-to-image generation, smart editing tools, and asset generation to create posters, product shots, and social media content
About Design Buddies
Design Buddies is the world's largest design community. Join events, improve your design skills, make friends, land jobs, and more!
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About Pebblebed, our venue host
Pebblebed is a technical early stage VC founded by Pam Vagata (cofounder of OpenAI, ran AI for Stripe, inventor of FBLearner Flow); Keith Adams (founded Facebook AI Research, was chief architect at Slack, 20th engineer at VMWare) and Tammie Siew (former Sequoia Southeast Asia investor, former Sequoia & Notable Capital backed founder)
Judge Accessibility
Organizer email available25/25
Student-run event15/15
Actively looking for judges25/25
Small event (120 participants)10/10
No corporate sponsors10/10
New or emerging organizer10/10
Public registration available5/5
Online format (judge from anywhere)10/10
Top signals
Organizer email available
Student-run event
Actively looking for judges
Organizers
Alex Johnson
alex@example.org
Jamie Rivera
jamie@example.org
Sam Chen
sam@example.org
Estimated Audience
Mostly Students
ExperienceStudent
OccupationStudents
Beginner Friendly
Women in Tech
Technical Focus
AI95%
Web80%
Mobile25%
Industries
Healthcare
Education
Climate
Technologies
Python
React
OpenAI
Why this estimate
• Hosted by a university
• Open to students
• MLH member event
Estimate inferred from event metadata, not actual attendee data.