SPONSORSHIP 2026
Gen AI Summit
Hackathon
Co-organized by Panathēnea
01 — THE EVENT
Gen AI Summit Hackathon
Build agents that deliver real work end-to-end, proactively.
A weekend hackathon for 100–120 engineers, founders, designers and researchers, with the finalists pitching on the GenAI Summit stage at SNFCC.
100–120 participants
Engineers, founders, designers, researchers and other builders. Solo applicants welcome, teams form at kickoff.
14–15 November · Athens
Doors open Saturday 12:00; building starts at 20:00. Submissions close Sunday 18:00. Venue to be announced.
Monday 16 November · Summit stage
Finalists pitch for five minutes each and winners are announced in front of the Gen AI Summit audience.
02 — THE STAGE
finalists pitch on the summit stage
The best hackathon teams present their projects to the Gen AI Summit audience on Monday, 16 November, with partner recognition on stage.
5,000+
Attendees
1,200+
Companies
200+
Speakers
Summit figures advertised by the event organiser. They describe the overall Summit, not hackathon attendance.
03 — WHY PARTNER
Four reasons to be in the room
Meet builders
Work alongside participants at your mentor table on both days. No booth, no badge scanning — real conversations while they build.
Put your technology to work
Support teams with tools, credits and expertise as they build working agents on your stack over the weekend.
Connect with talent
Title and Challenge Partners receive participant CVs shared on an opt-in basis after the event.
See the results
Every partner receives a post-event report. Technology Partners also get actual platform usage numbers.
04 — PACKAGES
Sponsorship at a glance
Choose a contribution that fits your team. Explore each package below.
Supporter
€2,000
- Brand visibility
- Meet the teams
- Participant pack
- Event results
Challenge Partner
€5,000 · Max three
- Sponsored challenge
- Stage & judging
- Brand visibility
- People & results
Title Sponsor
€15,000 · Exclusive
- Naming & branding
- On stage & on the panel
- Your team in the room
- Beyond the weekend
Technology Partner
Compute & tools
- Your contribution
- Your presence
- Your brand
- Measured usage
04 — PACKAGES
Supporter
Investment
€2,000
Open to any number of partners.
Help fund the weekend, put your brand in the room and meet the builders.
Brand visibility
Logo on event materials, on screen and online.
Meet the teams
Mentor table on both days of the hackathon.
Participant pack
Listing in the pack every participant receives.
Event results
Post-event participation and media report.
04 — PACKAGES
Challenge Partner
Investment
€5,000
Maximum three. One challenge each.
Bring a real problem for 100–120 builders to tackle. Help teams build working prototypes and meet the people behind them.
Sponsored challenge
Set a real problem for teams to build against. You brief it, judge it and award it on the Summit stage.
Stage & judging
5-minute technology introduction on Saturday evening. One judge on the main prize panel.
Brand visibility
Logo on all event materials and on the stage backdrop.
People & results
Mentor table both days. Opt-in participant CVs. Post-event report.
04 — PACKAGES
What a sponsored challenge looks like
Four example briefs. Yours is shaped with us into a weekend-sized problem and a fair rubric.
01
Inbox to resolution
An agent that triages incoming support tickets, drafts replies and closes the simple ones itself.
02
Invoice reconciliation
An agent that matches invoices to purchase orders through your API and flags the exceptions.
03
Codebase caretaker
An agent that picks up open issues, ships fixes with tests and opens the pull request for review.
04
Your brief
Bring a real problem from your roadmap. We help you shape it into a challenge teams can finish in a weekend.
04 — PACKAGES
Title Sponsor
Investment
€15,000
Exclusive. One only.
Your name on the event, the stage and the winners.
Naming & branding
“Gen AI Summit Hackathon, presented by [your brand]” across all materials, the venue and Monday’s winners’ segment on the Summit stage.
On stage & on the panel
10-minute opening keynote to the full room on Saturday evening. Two judges on the main prize panel.
Your team in the room
Your own sponsored challenge, defined and judged by your team. Mentor table on both days.
Beyond the weekend
All opt-in CVs. Participation, usage and media report. First right of refusal for 2027.
05 — TECHNOLOGY PARTNER
Technology Partner
Partnering
Compute & tools
For AI labs, model providers and dev-tool companies.
Equip the builders with API credits or tool licences. Your team gets visibility, time with participants and a report on platform usage.
Your contribution
API credits or licences for 100–120 participants. We agree the allocation and access before the weekend.
Your presence
5-minute technology introduction on Saturday evening. Mentor table on both days.
Your brand
Logo on event materials.
Measured usage
Post-event report including actual usage numbers on your platform.
06 — PRIZES
Proposed €8,500 cash prize pool
Sponsorship funds the main prizes below. Challenge Partners and the Title Sponsor set their own additional challenge prizes.
1st place
€5,000
2nd place
€2,500
3rd place
€1,000
Where sponsorship goes
Cash sponsorship supports the prize pool, venue, and food and drinks for 100–120 builders. Technology Partners contribute tools and credits.
Winners on the Summit stage
Finalists pitch and winners are announced at Gen AI Summit on Monday, 16 November.
Let’s agree your contribution
Choose a time below to agree your contribution and plan your team’s involvement.