Hello Dubai AI builders 👋🏼
We're back for our third Builder Lab, and it's our biggest yet! A one-day hackathon sponsored by ElevenLabs (voice), Cognition's Devin (the AI software engineer) and context.dev (live web data for agents). Every builder gets hands-on to build with them on the day.
The challenge
Build a voice-first AI agent that knows something real about the world. It has to pull live web data, be built with AI coding agents, and talk back to you:
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context.dev → live web data in
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Devin → builds the app
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ElevenLabs → gives it a voice
Beyond that, build whatever you want.
Not sure where to start? Paste in any URL and turn it into a voice assistant you can talk to, a restaurant, a university, a clinic. That's one idea, not the idea. A morning briefing agent you can interrupt, a brand-aware audio generator, an accessibility layer for any site, all fair game. Surprise us.
You'll form teams of five people on the day so come solo or bring your crew.
One more thing: we're judging the codebase, not just the demo. As a community, we need to start moving from vibe coding toward agentic engineering, so we'll be looking at codebase health and how well you steer the tools, not just whether the demo works.
Who we are
Dubai AI Hub is a builder-first AI community for engineers, founders, and indie hackers shipping real things with AI. Our Builder Labs gather builders across Dubai for a day of hands-on building with frontier tools.
What to expect
What you get, free, on the day...
Every builder gets credits and access from all three sponsors:
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ElevenLabs Creator plan (one month)
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Devin Max plan (one month)
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50,000 context.dev credits per team
Schedule
8:30am · Doors open / account setup / help desk9:00am · Intros and kickoff9:15am · Team formation (teams of 5) and account setup10:00am · Build starts3:00pm · Build stops, submit demo video and repo link3:00pm to 3:45pm · Judges assess demos and codebases, shortlist finalists3:45pm to 4:45pm · Live demos from shortlisted teams4:45pm to 5:30pm · Winning teams and best project announced, closing remarks, and social
Prizes
Winning teamsEach member gets 3 months of ElevenLabs Pro tier ($297 value).
Best Project built with ElevenLabsEach member gets 6 months of ElevenLabs Scale tier ($1,980 value).
Best Devin UseEach member gets 6 months of Devin Max ($1,200 value)
Best Use of Live Web Data from context.devEach member gets 200,000 context.dev credits.
Ready to build?
Who is this for: AI engineers, developers, and technical builders. Students welcome. Bring your laptop and build.
📅 Saturday, 8th August 2026 · 8:30am - 5:30pm📍 Dubai (venue TBA)🎟 Free · spots limited by venue capacity, so apply early.
Approved builders get setup instructions a few days before, so you arrive ready to ship.
Let the AI do the talking ;)
Sponsored by: ElevenLabs · Cognition (Devin) · context.dev
