A 40-hour in-person hackathon in Belgrade for teams of 2 to 4 Balkan builders under 26 to spin a startup out of frontier tech, hosted by Garaža, the Tenderly-backed Serbian founder community whose alumni have landed at Y Combinator, a16z Speedrun and Sequoia. Open-concept, no fixed challenge, with mentors pushing teams off tarpit ideas and towards global markets. Prize pool is $10,000 in non-equity grants plus a fully funded week in San Francisco through European Startup Embassy for the team with the strongest startup potential. Applications close Nov 1, teams get Google Cloud, AWS, ElevenLabs and Lovable credits plus food and drinks for the duration.

  • hackathon
  • builders
  • frontier
  • balkans
  • youth
  • ai
  • startup