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Hackathons

Monthly virtual hackathons and in-person events. Form teams of three, build with Cursor, and submit your project.

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Featured in-person hackathon

Cursor Boston × PyData Data Science Hack

Evening data-science hack at Moderna HQ — talk from Eric Ma, then build

Hands-on evening hackathon at Moderna HQ co-hosted by Cursor Boston and PyData Boston. A short talk from Eric Ma, then a focused build session on data-science workflows with Cursor. Pizza and Cursor credits. Wednesday May 13 in Cambridge — register on Luma; host approval and Envoy NDA sign-in required.

When: Wednesday, May 13, 2026 • 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM ET

Where: Moderna HQ

Registration is approval-required on Luma. You may be asked to verify token ownership with your wallet during checkout.

Perks & prizes

Cursor credits (details TBA)
Talk from Eric Ma
Pizza + community
Hands-on data-science building

Schedule

6:30 PM — Doors open. Arrive, clear Moderna security, pizza, networking
7:00 PM — Welcome. Kick-off from the Cursor Boston and PyData Boston hosts
7:15 PM — Talk — Eric Ma. Practical data-science talk
~8:05 PM — Hack session. Build and explore data-science workflows in Cursor
~9:10 PM — Optional demos. Show what you built to the room
9:30 PM — End. Wrap and head out

How spots are prioritized

Open source: merged PRs to cursor-boston on GitHub
Completed profile on cursorboston.com
Member of the Cursor Boston Discord
Earlier sign-ups rank higher

Virtual Hackathon – April 2026

Runs from the 1st through the last day of the month. You must be on a team of exactly 3 to participate. One team member registers the project GitHub repo to start; at the end of the month you submit and lock. Commits after the 1st of the next month (Boston time) disqualify.

Current period ends April 30, 2026.

In-person hackathons

We run in-person hackathons at select events. Same team rules apply: teams of 3, form in advance or at the event.

Cursor Boston × PyData Data Science Hack

Evening data-science hack at Moderna HQ — talk from Eric Ma, then build

2026-05-13 • 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM ET

Moderna HQ

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Featured

Cursor Boston × Hult International — Boston Tech Week Speakers & Workshop

Full day at Hult — LSE guest lecture from Antonio Mele, lunch, 2-hour hackathon sprint, live pitches

Full-day Speakers & Workshop at Hult International to launch Boston Tech Week. Guest lecture from Antonio Mele (London School of Economics), lunch, a 2-hour hackathon sprint, AI-powered scoring, top-10 live presentations, and judges' analysis. $1,200 cash + prizes; $50 Cursor Credits + Red Bull merch for selected participants. Tuesday May 26 in Cambridge — register on Luma; approval required.

2026-05-26 • 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

Hult International (exact address after approval)

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Sponsor or host

Interested in supporting our community? Get in touch to sponsor prizes for the monthly virtual hackathon or to sponsor and host an in-person hackathon.

Email hello@cursorboston.com to sponsor prizes for the monthly hackathon or to discuss sponsoring and hosting an in-person hackathon.

Rules at a glance

Teams must have exactly 3 members.
To join the pool you need a public profile with GitHub and Discord connected (and Discord visible).
You can only be on one team per hackathon.
You can leave a team; if the team had already registered a repo, the team is disqualified and you cannot join another team until next month.
Virtual: repo must be public and created during the hackathon month.
Virtual: submit by end of month; no commits after the 1st of the next month (Boston time).