Build with AI, in a room full of people doing the same.
Weekly in-person hackathons in Vancouver for engineers, founders, and senior ICs who want to ship with AI — not read about it. Small cohorts, heavy compute, real instructors.
One Saturday. One build. Six to twelve builders in a room with instructors who ship production AI systems.
How it works.
Step 1: Join.
Pick a membership or a single hackathon ticket. Every path leads to the same room.
Step 2: Prereqs.
Complete the short online course for your track. Usually two to three hours. Unlocks your seat.
Step 3: Attend.
Full Saturday at the Vancouver space. 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM. Hands on keyboards, instructors at the bench.
Step 4: Ship.
Leave with a working build, a repo, and the pattern to do it again on Monday.
Next Session.
Upcoming hackathons in Vancouver. Seats cap at 12 — when it is full, it is full.
Events
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Saturday AI Build Session
Featured Saturday AI Build SessionVancouver Hackathon Space 151 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC, CanadaWeekly in-person applied-AI training session in Vancouver, British Columbia. Saturdays 10:00 to 17:00 Pacific Time. Small cohort, hands-on keyboards, instructor-led. Each session has a single concrete build target. You leave...
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Saturday AI Build Session
Featured Saturday AI Build SessionVancouver Hackathon Space 151 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC, CanadaWeekly in-person applied-AI training session in Vancouver, British Columbia. Saturdays 10:00 to 17:00 Pacific Time. Small cohort, hands-on keyboards, instructor-led. Each session has a single concrete build target. You leave...
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Saturday AI Build Session
Featured Saturday AI Build SessionVancouver Hackathon Space 151 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC, CanadaWeekly in-person applied-AI training session in Vancouver, British Columbia. Saturdays 10:00 to 17:00 Pacific Time. Small cohort, hands-on keyboards, instructor-led. Each session has a single concrete build target. You leave...
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Saturday AI Build Session
Featured Saturday AI Build SessionVancouver Hackathon Space 151 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC, CanadaWeekly in-person applied-AI training session in Vancouver, British Columbia. Saturdays 10:00 to 17:00 Pacific Time. Small cohort, hands-on keyboards, instructor-led. Each session has a single concrete build target. You leave...
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Saturday AI Build Session
Featured Saturday AI Build SessionVancouver Hackathon Space 151 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC, CanadaWeekly in-person applied-AI training session in Vancouver, British Columbia. Saturdays 10:00 to 17:00 Pacific Time. Small cohort, hands-on keyboards, instructor-led. Each session has a single concrete build target. You leave...
What you will build.
Every hackathon has a single concrete build target: a working AI system you ship by 4:00 PM. No group projects that never run. No slide decks. A live demo, or it did not happen.
Intro Track.
Your first production AI agent. Claude Code, one MCP server, a working tool loop. Prerequisites: Claude Code Essentials.
Agent Patterns.
Multi-step agents: planning, search, critique, iteration. You pick the domain, we provide the architecture. Prerequisites: Agent Patterns 101.
MCP Build Day.
Build and wire a custom MCP server against a real data source. Ship two integrations by end of day. Prerequisites: MCPs course.
What we provide every session: instructor-led full day, multi-GPU workstations, high-bandwidth internet, lunch, coffee, snacks, a starter repo, a target spec, and a cohort of six to twelve builders — not a lecture hall.
Old education is too slow for this.
The AI movement is moving in weeks, not semesters. Membership gets you every online course, a hackathon seat every month, and a community of operators who are building alongside you.
How to register.
- Buy a Builder monthly, Founder annual, or single Saturday ticket at /pricing/.
- Complete the LearnDash prereq course for your chosen track.
- Pick a Saturday from /events/ and confirm the seat.
We verify prereq completion at the door.
Hackathons are operated by PivotToAI, Vancouver BC, Canada. Support: support@pivottoai.ca. +1 (604) 363-1753.