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CapCut x Design Buddies Design Hackathon powered by Design Studio

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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! ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​👋 Visit our website, hop into our community, and subscribe to our newsletter! ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​🙌🏻 Partner with us (events, content, sponsorship, and more), email Grace Ling grace@designbuddies.community ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​🌟 Watch our  past events and connect with us on Instagram ,  Twitter, and LinkedIn for more fun! 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.

Quality Score

Quality Score

72/100
High confidence
Organiser16/20
Event Maturity14/20
Sponsors18/25
Participants12/20
Operations12/15

Why this score

Strong organiser track record
Returning event
Well-sponsored

Missing data

Prize details
Code of conduct