Builders & Brews: Hack Edition ☕️💻

Drop in anytime. Cowork, build and connect.

Builders & Brews, our flagship builder community event series, is getting a hands-on build-day twist and going global.

Nebius and Tavily are taking a special tour to 20 cities worldwide, bringing workshops, technical support, and focused build time to the global AI community. We’re excited to bring the experience to Paris!

The tour is happening alongside the Nebius Global AI Hackathon, hosted in partnership with NVIDIA. Builders worldwide are invited to create with open-source AI and compete for more than $50,000 in cash prizes, plus NVIDIA hardware and additional awards. Learn more about the hackathon and register here.

Eligible participants attending Builders & Brews Paris in person can also compete for the $500 Paris City Winner Award. Attendance or registration alone is not sufficient: participants must submit an eligible project to the global hackathon on Devpost by October 30, 2026.

Bring an idea, a project in progress, or simply your curiosity. You’ll get hands-on support, meet the Nebius team, access additional platform credits, and connect with potential teammates.

Come in the morning, join us during the afternoon or stay for the whole day. Arrival is flexible throughout the opening hours.

Work on your own project, form a team or join an optional hackathon practice session. You can also get support preparing your technical pitch or demo and receive feedback on your project.

The global hackathon is online, so attending the Paris event is not required to participate or qualify for the general awards. Physical attendance in Paris is only required for the $500 Paris City Winner Award.

Not competing? You’re just as welcome. There’s no requirement to submit a project or present your work. Come for the coffee, meet other people working in AI, explore the technology, and spend the day learning or building at your own pace.

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Event Schedule

In the morning

  • Find your team: explore ideas and meet potential teammates with AI Tinkerers, including a demonstration of the team-building tools available on the AIT platform.

  • Prepare your technical pitch or demo with AI Tinkerers and À La French, using Speakli to explain your project, approach and progress.

  • Explore Physical AI project ideas and upcoming opportunities with Mehdi Medjaoui from apidays.

  • Get early-stage and go-to-market support from AI Tinkerers.

Throughout the day

  • Cowork and build independently or with a team.

  • Get go-to-market support from AI Tinkerers in the morning and Swanbase in the afternoon.

  • Join workshops and technical mentoring during the announced speakers’ and guests’ available hours.

  • Share your work in progress and receive feedback.

Workshop times and mentor availability will be shared as they are confirmed.

Speaker & Mentors:

  • Mikhail Rozhkov, Senior Product Manager, Serverless AI, Nebius

  • Dylan Bristot, Founding PMM, Nebius Token Factory

  • Ashwin Kumar Uppala, Developer Community Lead, Gradium

  • Ziv Ilan, Super AI Startups, NVIDIA

  • Samy Melaine, CPTO at Eden AI

  • Abdoulaye Doucouré, AI Tinkerers

  • Vincent Maurin, Co-founder and Partner — Swanbase

  • Théo Sitjar, Co-founder and Director — Swanbase

  • Christian Chabrerie, Development Project Manager — EPITA

  • Mehdi Medjaoui, Founder of apidays and CEO — olympe.legal

More to come!

What you’ll receive

🪙 Nebius Token Factory credits ($100)🪙 Nebius AI Cloud ($100)🪙 Tavily credits🪙 Eden AI tokens

🛠️ Workshops and technical mentorship🤝 Project ideation and team formation⚡ Focused building time🎤 Optional project sharing☕ Complimentary refreshments, merch and platform credits

Optional evening workshop — in French

Continue the evening with Ecom Grow Days Paris at Swanbase, from 7PM to 9PM.

Organized separately by Swanbase and Panja, this French-language workshop will cover e-commerce growth, content creation for Meta and TikTok, user-generated content and TikTok Shop.

This optional evening session has its own registration and is not part of the Builders & Brews registration. Separate registration and host approval are required.

Ecom Grow Days registration link here

Part of a 20-city global tour

📍 Tokyo · Da Nang · Seoul · Kuala Lumpur · Singapore · Taipei · Stockholm · Tel Aviv · London · Paris · Warsaw · Amsterdam · Berlin · Copenhagen · Mexico City · New York City · Toronto · Boston · San Francisco · Los Angeles

View all events here: https://luma.com/builderandbrews

Who should come

AI builders, ML engineers, founders, developers, and anyone curious about agents and open-source AI. All experience levels are welcome. You don’t need a team, a finished idea, or previous hackathon experience.

Bring your laptop. Meet your next teammate. Move your project forward. 🚀