AI Valley Events
AI Valley Events

✈ Trip

AI Valley Events

2025 – 2026
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11 stops

Building the future of AI through community and hackathons

Events20+
Builders5000+
Hackathons10+
Cities3+

Stop 01

Coming Up

Spring 2026
3 stops
Mixer
Mar 17 · 6–9 PM

AI Valley GTC Cofounder Mixer

San Francisco, CA

An intimate mixer at GTC for AI cofounders, builders, and investors.

Hackathon
Mar 19 · 5:30–8:30 PM

MiniMax GTC MiniHack

San Francisco, CA

A focused 3-hour hack night during GTC week, powered by MiniMax.

Community
Mar 8 · 11 AM–2 PM

Forks & Frameworks

Toronto, ON

AI Valley comes to Toronto — builders gathering for conversation and collaboration.

Stop 02

Past Highlights

2025 – 2026
8 stops
Hackathon
Feb 21, 2026

Return of the Agents

501 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA

Flagship agentic AI hackathon — 500+ hand-selected builders, $5K prizes, and Afore Capital pre-seed consideration.

Hackathon
Feb 14, 2026

Build What You Love — WIT Hackathon

501 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA

The largest hybrid AI hackathon for women and nonbinary folks — 150+ participants, 40+ teams, 40+ projects shipped in under a day.

Hackathon
Nov 22, 2025

The Droids Strike Back

501 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA

Invite-only hackathon — 200+ hand-selected builders on AI and hardware. $5K in prizes.

Hackathon
Oct 11, 2025

A New Agent

680 2nd St, San Francisco, CA

Exclusive autonomous AI agents hackathon — $5K in prizes.

Hackathon
Sep 20, 2025

The Dumb Hackathon

1417 15th St, San Francisco, CA

Build deliberately useless projects — a celebration of creativity, humor, and just building for fun.

Hackathon
Aug 23, 2025

Agent Foundry

680 2nd St, San Francisco, CA

Invite-only for 200 developers and researchers focused on AI agents and Model Context Protocol.

Hackathon
Aug 2, 2025

Agents in the Loop

501 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA

Three tracks: Agentic Workflows, LLM-Powered Workflows, and Wildcard — $10K+ in prizes.

Hackathon
Apr 19, 2025

AI Valley Hackathon — Palo Alto

519 Webster St, Palo Alto, CA

Student-focused AI hackathon on AI Agents & Applied Intelligence — $3K+ prizes and $300K pre-seed potential.