Company hackathons, fully handled
Become AI enabled
in 1 day by doing,
not listening
FNDR designs and runs friendly one-day hackathons end to end. Run it in-house with your own teams, or have us invite vetted builders to compete a full day to crack a problem for you. Either way, 100% of the IP stays yours.
Everything handled
You bring the team. We bring everything else.
No project plan to write, no tooling to wrangle, no catering to chase. We run the whole machine so your people can do the one thing that matters: build something real.
Format & theme
A challenge shaped around a goal that actually matters to your business.
Venue, kit & catering
The room, the screens, the good coffee. It hums from minute one.
Tooling & accounts
API keys, AI credits and starter repos ready before anyone sits down.
Mentors on the floor
FNDR engineers float the room to unblock teams the moment they get stuck.
Judging & prizes
A fair rubric, real judges, a proper finale and prizes worth winning.
The aftercare
Demo reel, handover docs and a roadmap so the best builds live on.
Your intellectual property
What gets built is yours. Down to the last commit, signed in writing before day one.
Two ways to run it
Your team, or ours.
Both are a single full day, fully handled. Rally your own people into teams, or have us bring in a room of vetted builders to compete for a solution to a problem you set.
Team hackathon
Your own people, split into teams, one full day to build. Brief at breakfast, demos by dinner. Perfect for offsites, kickoffs and lighting a fire under a new idea.
- Full-day facilitation and timeline
- Mentors on tap to unblock every team
- Lunch, snacks and good coffee
- Live demos, judging and prizes
Builders invite
You set the problem, we bring the builders. A room of vetted makers competes for a full day to crack it, and you walk away with working prototypes you own outright.
- We source and vet the builders
- A real challenge, scoped around your goal
- Multiple solutions to one problem in a day
- Full IP assignment from every builder
How it runs
From call to demo day in four moves.
Scope
A 30-minute call. We learn your goals, your team and what a win looks like.
Design
We craft the theme, rubric, schedule and prizes. You approve, we build the kit.
Run
We show up and run the room. Your people build, we handle every moving part.
Ship
Demos, winners, reel and roadmap. The best ideas leave with a path forward.
"Born out of Megathon — Europe's biggest AI hackathon. 500 vetted builders, 150 startups launched live, over €100,000 in prizes. Organized end to end by FNDR Studio in Amsterdam."
Straight answers
Questions, handled.
Who owns the IP we create?
Your company owns 100% of everything built, every line of code, every design, every idea. IP assignment is signed in writing before day one, and every FNDR mentor is under NDA.
In-house or builders-invite, which do we need?
An in-house team hackathon runs your own people in teams for one full day, perfect for offsites and internal innovation. A builders-invite hackathon is an invitational: we bring a room of vetted builders who compete a full day to solve a problem you set, so you leave with working prototypes. Both run in a single day. Not sure? We will recommend one on the call.
What do we actually have to do?
Bring your team and your ideas. That is it. FNDR handles format, venue, tooling, mentors, judging, prizes and aftercare. Zero logistics land on your plate.
Where can you run it?
We are based in Amsterdam and run hackathons at your office, an external venue, or worldwide. We scope the location with you on the first call.
What does it cost?
Pricing is fixed and all-in, no surprises, and scales with format and team size. Book a free scoping call and we will send dates, a recommendation and a quote within one business day.
How fast can we book?
Submit the form below for a free scoping call. We reply within one business day with available dates, a recommended format and a quote.
Let's build something
Book your hackathon.
Tell us a little about your team. We will come back within one business day with dates, a format recommendation and a quote.
You're in the queue.
Thanks, we've got it. Expect an email from the FNDR crew within one business day.