Cursor Hands Off London Hackathon

What if you could build a company… and not have to run it?

At this hackathon, you’ll create a self-running business powered entirely by AI agents.

The idea is simple: use basic neuroscience principles and unlock the good ending of the AI era, where agents do more of the work, and humans get more time to think, create, connect, and enjoy life.

You’ll spend the first phase setting up your systems: defining workflows, deploying agents, and giving them just enough structure to operate independently.

Then you let go.

While your company runs, you don’t.

You hang out. Eat. Talk. Play. Exist.

At the end, we come back to see what actually worked: which agents performed, which companies made money, and who built the most autonomous system.

The goal isn’t to do more, it’s to make less do more.

Please note capacity is limited, pending registration is not a guarantee of acceptance.Work solo or in teams of up to 3.

📅 Schedule

  • 17:50: Doors open

  • 18:15: Welcome, briefing & judging overview

  • 18:20: Hacking begins

  • 19:00: Food

  • 21:30: Code freeze, submissions & initial scoring

  • 22:00: Live demos of Top 5 (2–3 mins each)

  • 22:15: Final judging & awards

  • 23:05: Close

🤝 Partners & Sponsors

Co-hosts

  • Cursor

  • Carla Griffiths

  • Gamal Mubarak

  • Francisco Terpolilli

Venue Partner

  • Halkin Offices

Sponsors

  • Seapoint - Gamal Mubarak

  • Manus AI - Nicole Jiang

  • Modal - Botir Khaltaev

  • Supabase - Francisco Terpolilli

Judges

  • Sven Sabas - Co-Founder / Co-CEO, Dragonfly

  • David Gelberg w/ Philipp Bogdan - AI Innovation Fellow, 10 Downing Street

  • Josh Warwick - Founder, Wassist

  • Alec Barber - Member of Technical Staff, ⁠OpenAI

  • Panos Stravopodis - Founder & CTO, Elyos AI

  • Will Bennett - Principal, ⁠Seedcamp

  • Jai Taylor - Principal, Blue Wire Capital

🏆 Demo Format

Every team submits a live demo at code freeze.

Top 5 scored will do a LIVE DEMO.

Then of the top 5, 3 shall place 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.

Projects will be judged on:

  • Technical execution

  • Product thinking

  • Agent autonomy

  • UX clarity

  • Real-world applicability

  • Safety & oversight design

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