Minneapolis AI Hackathon
Minneapolis · August 20, 2026
One day. Build something that runs.
A hands-on build day in Minneapolis for people who would rather ship something than sit through a panel. Free to attend, open to any level.
You arrive with an idea or pick one up on the day, form a small team or work alone, and spend the day building with AI tooling. At the end everyone demos for five minutes. There is no prize ceremony, no pitch competition, and nobody takes a cut of what you make — it stays entirely yours.
EVERJUST runs this because we build AI products ourselves, and the fastest way to learn what is actually working is to watch thirty people try it in one room.
How it runs.
Morning · Form up
Coffee, a short framing talk, then teams form around ideas. Come with one or join someone else's — both work.
Midday · Build
Heads-down building. EVERJUST engineers float between teams for unsticking, architecture opinions and API wrangling.
Evening · Demo
Five minutes per team, working software only. Slides are not a demo. Then food and the usual arguing about frameworks.
Before you come.
Who it is for
- Engineers, designers and product people at any level
- First-time hackathon attendees — genuinely, plenty each time
- Anyone curious whether AI tooling is as useful as claimed
- Founders wanting to prototype something in a day
What to bring
- A laptop and charger — this is hands-on throughout
- API keys for anything you already use, if you have them
- An idea, or an open mind about joining someone else's
- Nothing else. Food, coffee and wifi are covered.