About the challenge
Build intelligence people can hold. Mobile AI Build Weekend is a two-day, in-person build weekend for developers, designers, founders and first-time hackers creating AI-native experiences for Apple platforms.
The premise: the smartest app in the room should still work when the cloud leaves it. Put intelligence where it matters — inside the device, close to the camera, voice, sensors and the person using it. This is a weekend for ideas that feel instant, private and genuinely useful.
- 30 hours from hello to demo
- 20+ projects expected
When: August 29–30, 2026
Where: Stone & Chalk Melbourne, Melbourne CBD, Australia
Three tracks — every track ends with a working demo:
- Enterprise — Solve a real business problem with AI. Internal tools, productivity, the unglamorous workflows a company would actually pay to fix. Built for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS or visionOS.
- Community Impact — Build for social good and real human impact.
- visionOS — Spatial computing experiences for Apple Vision Pro.
Saturday, August 29
- 08:30 — Check-in & registration
- 09:30 — Opening ceremony (Main stage)
- 10:15 — Team formation & mixer
- 11:00 — Hacking begins
- 12:30 — Lunch
- 14:00 — Workshop
- 16:00 — Mini-event
- 17:00 — Workshop & check-ins
- 18:30 — Dinner
- 20:00 — Venue Close
Sunday, August 30 — Building continues through the day, wrapping up with demos on stage.
- 08:00 — Breakfast
- 12:00 — Lunch
- 13:30 — Judging
- 15:00 — Closing Ceremony
Schedule is subject to change before the weekend.
We take care of meals, coffee, fast Wi-Fi, power and a room full of people who want to help you ship.
Get started
Coming solo is normal — we make team formation easy. Saturday morning is built for meeting teammates, finding a problem and getting into motion. Every kind of builder belongs (engineering, design and product all matter), and beginners have a lane, with mentors and a dedicated prize keeping the door open.
What to bring:
- Your laptop & charger, plus any dongles, test devices or peripherals you build with
- Photo ID for check-in at the door on Saturday morning
- A device to ship on — iPhone, iPad or Vision Pro
- An idea (optional) — if you don't have one, the mixer will sort you out
- Teammates (optional) — up to 4 people; flying solo is fine, we'll match you up Saturday morning
Get your ticket — all ticket options are on our Luma page: luma.com/ixdnpvby. Spaces are limited to 100, so don't wait.
Still unsure? Email events@theappblueprint.io.
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