Events / Hackathons
MEGATHON
A 48-hour, 500-builder AI hackathon in Amsterdam, run end to end. Europe's biggest AI launchpad.
- Sector
- Events / Hackathons
- What we did
- End-to-end production
- Venture
- FNDR Hackathons
- Year
- 2026
MEGATHON
The brief
Show what focused, high-energy AI building sprints actually produce, at real scale. Put serious builders in one room for a weekend, with investors watching, and let the work speak. No side projects. Real products, launched live.
What we ran
- › End-to-end event production for 500 vetted builders over one weekend.
- › The AI tooling and infrastructure builders ran on through the sprint.
- › Live judging and a main-stage finals, streamed globally.
- › A format companies can now run in-house through FNDR Hackathons.
150
startups launched live
€100k+
prize pool
500
vetted builders
FNDR Hackathons
Want this energy inside your company?
We run hackathons for businesses, sprint or marathon, where your team builds real things and keeps the IP. MEGATHON is what the format looks like at full scale.
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