Hey there!

We're excited to officially announce Build Weekend 2025!

In partnership with 100 School, we're bringing back the hackathon element from last year's Create With Conference and making it bigger and better based on your feedback! More options to build, move live training sessions and more participants and more prizes!

That means you can join us from anywhere and admission is absolutely free!

🔥 Say Less, I'm In! 🔥

Here's what you need to know:

🗓️ When is it?

Build Weekend 2025 runs from Friday the 16th of May to Sunday the 18th of May. The event will launch with a massive Virtual Kickoff Party followed by inspiration sessions to show you what's possible in just 36 hours!

Friday 16th of May Virtual Sessions

14:00 UTC: Kickoff Build Weekend

15:00 UTC: Getting Started with AI Agents

16:00 UTC: How to Build AI-Powered Apps

17:00 UTC: Creating AI Solutions for your Business

18:00 UTC: How to Build AI Web Apps

19:00 UTC: Scoping your Weekend Project

Final demo and submissions are due at 22:59 UTC on Sunday the 18th of May. Winners will be announced live at the Create With Conference on the 22nd of May in London, UK.

💰 What are the prizes?

Build Weekend has three top prize categories to compete in and you can choose where to submit your project:

🏆 Best Minimum Viable Product - Awarded to the best overall startup idea with the most validation and traction through the weekend.

🏆 Best Business Solution - Awarded to the best automation, AI Agent or internal solution that solves a real business problem.

🏆 Best Design or Interaction - Awarded to the best design or interaction on a website, web app or game.

You can build your idea with any combination of tools however, in addition to our overall prizes there will be tool specific prizes and be awarded separately to the main prizes:

🎁 Bubble

🎁 Glide

🎁 Zapier​

🎁 WeWeb​

🤝 What teams can I join?

You don't have to build alone! During the weekend you'll get access to our exclusive Slack space where you can build alongside other founders, developers, designers, project managers, vibe coders and anyone with an idea!

Join a team to co-build alongside other participants, swap resources and cheer each other on to the finish!

Join this team if you: use AI to generate code, games, landing pages or mobile and web apps use tools like Lovable or Bolt Vibe Coding Team

Join this team if you: use NoCode platforms to build landing pages, mobile and web apps use tools like Bubble, Glide or WeWeb NoCode x AI Team

Join this team if you: build AI automations to solve internal business or operations challenges use tools like Zapier or Make AI Agents Team

🎩 Who are the judges?

This is your chance to get your product ideas in front of the biggest names and companies in the AI & Visual Development space!

We're excited to announce our first lineup of judges (with more to be announced):

Andy Claremont Head of Community at Glide ​Follow Andy on X →​

Andrew Kordampalos AI Agents @ Zapier ​Follow Andrew on X →​

Théo Goldberg Building the Bubble Developer Ecosystem ​F​ollow Théo​ on X →​

Don't miss this opportunity to unlock your idea in just a weekend, win prizes, make new connections with other builders and be a part of an epic event with people all over the world! 🌍

What are you waiting for?!

👉 Become a Build Weekend Participant 👈

See you at kickoff! 🥳

Your Build Weekend 2025 Team