AI Agents Hackathon
- Date
- 2025-04-11
- Location
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Host
- Dust
About this event
AI agents are moving from demos to real workflows, and the gap between theory and practice is where the most interesting building is happening. AI Agents Hackathon is a focused in-person day in Paris for people who want to prototype, test, and pressure-check autonomous systems with others who care about what these tools can actually do. If you have been thinking about agent workflows, orchestration, tool use, evaluation, memory, or reliability, this is the kind of room you want to be in. You will spend less time talking abstractly about the future and more time building, debugging, and learning from people tackling similar problems from different angles. What Is This? This is an in-person hackathon built around one central idea: create working AI agent projects in a collaborative, hands-on setting. The format is designed for builders, technical creatives, and curious operators who want to explore autonomy in a practical way rather than just discuss it. Expect a day shaped by making. Whether you arrive with a concept you have been meaning to test or come ready to join a team and contribute wherever needed, the event is set up to help people move quickly from idea to prototype. The focus is broad enough to welcome different approaches and specific enough to keep the energy pointed in the right direction. Agent-based assistants, internal tools, research workflows, autonomous task runners, multi-step systems, and experimental interfaces all fit naturally here if they involve meaningful use of AI agents. Because it is in person, the value is not only in what you build but in how fast you can refine your thinking. Conversations that would take days online can happen across a table in minutes, and that speed matters when you are working on systems that need iteration. What to Expect The day begins Friday, April 11 at 8:30 AM GMT+2 in Paris, with time to arrive, get oriented, and connect with other attendees before the building gets fully underway. From there, the energy should move quickly into idea-sharing, team formation, and practical work. You can expect a flow that typically includes: Kickoff and context-setting to align everyone around the theme of AI agents and the working rhythm of the day Project pitching or problem framing for attendees who want to present an idea and find collaborators Team formation and solo starts depending on how you prefer to work Focused build time for prototyping, experimenting, integrating tools, and debugging Informal feedback loops with other participants as projects take shape A wrap-up moment to share what was built, what worked, and what still needs work This is not a passive audience event. The core activity is making progress on something concrete, whether that means shipping a rough but functional prototype, validating a technical direction, or discovering exactly where a promising idea breaks. You should also expect a mix of skill levels, backgrounds, and project styles. Some people may arrive with strong engineering depth, while others may be especially sharp on product thinking, workflow design, prompting, research, or operations. That range is useful in a hackathon centered on agents, because the best projects usually sit at the intersection of technical execution and good problem selection. Why Attend If you are serious about AI agents, a hackathon gives you something that reading, lurking, and solo tinkering often cannot: shared momentum. You get a deadline, a room full of people solving adjacent problems, and a reason to turn ideas into something testable. This event is especially valuable because agent systems are rarely impressive on slides alone. They need to be tried in real conditions. They need to fail, get revised, and be compared against simpler alternatives. Spending a day in that cycle can sharpen your judgment much faster than consuming another week of hot takes online. You might attend to: Explore an agent idea you have not yet made time to prototype Meet collaborators who think deeply about autonomy, tooling, and workflow design Learn how other builders are structuring agent loops, tool access, memory, and evaluation Get feedback on whether your project is genuinely useful or only theoretically interesting Leave with clearer next steps, a better network, and a more grounded view of what agents can do well today There is also a practical advantage to building in a city like Paris, where strong technical communities, founders, researchers, and independent builders often cross paths. In-person events create opportunities that are hard to schedule deliberately: the conversation that reframes your approach, the teammate you did not know you needed, or the insight that saves you a week of work. Practical Details Location: In person in Paris, France. This is a physical event designed for live collaboration, quick discussions, and hands-on building with other attendees in the room. Date and time: Friday, April 11 at 8:30 AM GMT+2. Arriving ready to settle in and start early will help you get the most out of the day, especially if you want time to meet potential teammates before building begins. Because the event is a hackathon, it is worth coming prepared to work. Bring the tools, devices, accounts, and ideas you need to prototype without friction. If you already have a project direction in mind, it helps to arrive with a short explanation of the problem, your approach, and what kind of collaborator would strengthen the build. If you do not yet have a formed idea, that is still a strong reason to attend. Many of the best hackathon projects emerge from the room itself: a sharp problem statement, a shared curiosity, and a few people willing to test something ambitious in a compressed timeframe. The main thing to bring is readiness to participate actively.
Who should attend
This is for people who want to work on AI agents in a real, hands-on environment and learn by building alongside others. - You are a **developer, engineer, or technical builder** who wants to prototype agent workflows, orchestration systems, tool-using assistants, or autonomy-driven products. - You are a **founder, product-minded operator, or startup team member** exploring how AI agents could create leverage inside a product, company process, or customer experience. - You have been **experimenting solo** with prompting, tools, memory, planning, or automation, and you want a sharper environment to test ideas with real feedback. - You are excited by the space between **research and application** and want to understand what works in practice, not just what sounds impressive in theory. - You enjoy **collaborative problem-solving** and would rather spend a day making progress with other motivated people than consuming another stream of commentary online. - You may already have a project idea, or you may simply know that you want to be in the room where agent ideas get turned into prototypes. If you are curious, technical, and ready to contribute, you will likely feel at home here.