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Hackathons
Monthly virtual hackathons and in-person events. Form teams of three, build with Cursor, and submit your project.
Featured in-person hackathon
Cursor Boston × AIC × 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 (with AIC + Hult) 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.
When: Tuesday, May 26, 2026 • 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
Where: Hult International (exact address after approval)
Registration is approval-required on Luma. You may be asked to verify token ownership with your wallet during checkout.
Perks & prizes
- $50 Cursor credits (guaranteed for selected participants)
- Exclusive Red Bull merchandise
- $1,200 total cash + prizes
- LSE guest lecture from Antonio Mele
- Lunch provided
Schedule
- 10:00 AM — Coffee, snacks & networking. Doors open at Hult — coffee, snacks, and networking with builders, hosts, and partners (BeatM, Red Bull, NFX, MIT Sports Lab)
- 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM — Guest lecture — Antonio Mele (LSE). Guest lecture from Antonio Mele of the London School of Economics
- 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM — Lunch. Lunch and continued networking before the build sprint
- 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM — Hackathon sprint. Two-hour build sprint with Cursor as your AI co-pilot
- 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM — AI scoring. AI-powered scoring of submitted projects
- 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM — Top 10 presentations. Top 10 teams present their builds live
- 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM — Judges' analysis. Judges weigh in and analyze the top builds
- 4:00 PM — Winners announced & wrap-up. Winners announced, prizes awarded, and wrap-up
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
Register on Luma
Virtual Hackathon – June 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 June 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 × AIC × 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 (with AIC + Hult) 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)
Featured
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 cursorboston.com for Moderna door access; Envoy NDA sign-in required before arrival.
2026-05-13 • 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM ET
Moderna HQ
Cursor Boston — End of Cohort 1 Hack
Drop-in build day at Microsoft NERD to close out Summer Cohort 1
Drop-in hack day at Microsoft NERD in Kendall Square to close out Summer Cohort 1. Come for the full day or swing by for a few hours — bring a project, pick one up from the wall, or pair with a cohort member on their Week 6 build. Open to everyone, not just cohort 1.
2026-06-19 • 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM ET
Microsoft New England Research and Development Center
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).