A weekend to turn your AI idea into a working demo. Join 150+ builders at Norrsken House Barcelona for two days of hacking, workshops and collaboration, co-organized by HackBarna and AI Summit Barcelona.
Check availability or join the waitlist on Luma. Each team member applies individually.
This artificial intelligence hackathon in Barcelona brings developers, designers, entrepreneurs and curious creators together during AI Week. Build with no-code tools, vibe coding, AI-assisted development or a full-code stack. Bring an idea, find collaborators and show what you can create over a weekend.
The teams putting up the prizes, the tooling, and the mentors.
Explore the published challenges, then bring your own approach to a working AI project.
Create a conversational AI agent for TV that recommends films, series or live channels. It should ask follow-up questions and work with voice or a remote from the sofa.
Show a working TV-friendly demo. Public catalogues and mock data are welcome.
Challenge prize
A 43-inch Philips Ambilight TV for each team member
Create an AI product, agent or workflow with Nebius Token Factory. Connect models to tools and data, evaluate their performance, or improve quality, speed, cost or reliability.
Token Factory must make a meaningful contribution to the working product. Other sponsor integrations are optional.
Challenge prize
$1,000 for first · $500 for second · $100 for third
Bring your own AI idea and turn it into something people can try. Explore an app, website, game, developer tool or a new experience.
Publish an open-source project with a clear README and a compelling demo.
Challenge prize
Devin credits
Full briefs, developer resources and challenge updates are on HackBarna.
The overall podium rewards are listed below. Challenge-specific prizes are shown with each brief above.
19–20 September 2026. All times are local to Barcelona (CEST).
Programme published by HackBarna; timings may change. Check the latest schedule before travelling.
Two days of building together at Norrsken House, by the Barcelona waterfront. The hackathon takes place in person.
Doors close at 23:00 on Saturday and reopen at 09:00 on Sunday. Please arrange your own overnight accommodation.
Yego
Shared electric scooters across Barcelona: unlock one from the app, pay by the minute, and leave it in the service area when you arrive. Signing up includes a licence check, so it is worth doing before you land rather than on the pavement outside the venue. Ride with Yego.
Get help with your project from people working across AI, product, design and developer tools.
Head of Design · Titan OS
HR Director · Titan OS
VP of Ad-Tech and Data · Titan OS
CTO · Titan OS
Founding PMM · Nebius
Founding Tech PM · Nebius
Co-founder · SLNG
Developer Advocate · Vonage
Developer Advocate · Vonage
Developer Advocate · Vonage
All skill levels are welcome, including no-code and vibe-code builders. Mentors and workshops can help you get started.
Yes. Meet teammates on Saturday morning. Teams have up to three members, and everyone must apply individually on Luma.
Prepare ideas beforehand, then build a new AI-related project during the event.
Bring a laptop, charger and adapters. Food and drinks are provided.
Participation is in person. Overnight stays are not allowed: doors close Saturday at 23:00 and reopen Sunday at 09:00.
You keep your intellectual property. Organizers may request repository access to verify when your project was built.
Apply through Luma, which shows current availability and the waitlist when places are full.
The HackBarna Code of Conduct applies to every participant.
Luma has the latest availability and waitlist.