​🧙‍♂️ The AI Sorting Hat Hackathon — Where Ideas Find You

​✨ Prompt → Build → Ship → Enchant
No prep. No boilerplate. Just pure magic and some of the best swag you’ll actually want to wear.

​BuildShip, Replicate, ElevenLabs, Cloudflare, and Build Club invite you to an AI hack day at Replicate HQ where you’ll go from zero to something real in just two hours. Bring your laptop, your energy, and your curiosity. The rest is on us.

​🌟 The magic moment: The AI Sorting Hat

​No idea what you’re building? Perfect. Inspired by Hogwarts, our AI Sorting Hat reads your skills, your vibe, maybe even how much coffee you’ve had, then drops a weird and wonderful prompt in your lap. No stale project ideas. Expect something surprising that pushes you to get creative and make it real.

​✨ Swag you’ll actually want

​We’re not talking cheap promo stuff. We mean real, high-quality swag. Premium T-shirts you’ll actually wear, sturdy tote bags you’ll use again, and sleek thermal cups that keep your coffee hot all day. These are the best hack day prizes in town, go see it on X!

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📅 How the day flows

​9:30 am
Doors open. Come early, grab breakfast and coffee, meet people and maybe find your teammates before the Hat makes its choice.

​10:00 – 11:00 am
Tech onboarding and quick sponsor talks so you know exactly what tools you have. Then the AI Sorting Hat reveals your build challenge.

​11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Build time. You get two hours to bring your idea to life, test it, fix it, and make it work.

​1:00 – 1:30 pm
Show and tell over lunch. Show off what you built and see what everyone else made.

​1:30 – 2:00 pm
Prizes announced and time to stick around, snack, and swap ideas with other builders.

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🏆 What you can win

​Most Complete Build
One pair of Apple headphones for the winning team
A premium T-shirt for each member
$10,000 in credits to keep building your idea long after the hack day.

​Best Technical Execution
One mechanical keyboard for the team
A tote bag for each member
$5,000 in credits to push your project further.

​Most Fun Twist
A premium thermal cup for each member
$5,000 in credits help turn your playful idea into something real.

​Silliest Use of Cloudflare (Workers Compute, Workers AI LLMs, R2 storage, D1 SQL DB, AI Gateway, Agents SDK, MCP--any product)

​$100 AmEx Giftcard (1 per teammate)

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💡 Why come early

​Grab your breakfast, get settled, and meet other builders before the Hat gives you your idea. If you want to team up, this is the best time to do it.

​🎯 Why you should join

​The Sorting Hat handles the brainstorming so you can get straight to building
You’ll get hands-on help from the people behind these tools
You’ll leave with something wild and working in just two hours
You’ll score prizes and swag you’ll actually use
You’ll meet people who love building strange ideas as much as you do

​Bring your laptop, your best energy, and let the Hat decide your next big build.

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🔧 Meet the sponsors

​BuildShip helps you snap together AI workflows visually. Connect APIs, automate tasks, and build agent tools without extra headaches.

​Replicate gives you access to the best open-source models plus fine-tuning and easy deployment. No hunting for GPUs or fighting with complicated setups.

​ElevenLabs makes your projects talk with voices that sound natural, expressive, and ready for real-world use.

​Cloudflare lets you take your build live instantly with global edge deployment that works anywhere your users are.

​Build Club is where your projects live on after the hack day. Learn, show off what you made, and find your next idea to build.