Berlin's hardest-to-get-into AI and startup weekend: 300 seats total, every one of them application-reviewed. Hosted at CODE in Neukölln, it mixes "early-career builders" (students admitted free after a vetting call) with working founders and investors, and the program is heavy on substance: fireside chats and hands-on workshops with people like Johannes Schaback (STARK, ex-SumUp CTO), the Langdock co-founders, and Diana zur Löwen (Rawr Ventures), plus a live pitching competition, startup company visits on Saturday morning, and dinner + afterparty. Investors pay €990, startups €490; worth it if you want a weekend of real conversations instead of badge-scanning.

  • ai
  • conference
  • pitch
  • application-only
  • students
  • investors
  • founders