Cursor Codechella

You do not need to be an expert, Alhwyn Geonzon says you do not need to know how to code either, and you can come alone or in a team of up to four. Registration is by approval rather than automatic, and space is limited: he is pitching it at 150 to 200 builders. It is a one-day hackathon for people who want to finally ship a project they have always wished existed, and Alhwyn is explicit that it is not a demo day. The stated aim is not polished UIs, slide decks, or pitch theatrics, but what you tried to build, what broke, and what actually shipped. Plan for a full Saturday. Workshops run through the late morning from GMI Cloud, Cursor, Convex, and Solana, the afternoon is a long build phase, and it closes with a hard submission deadline, demos capped at three minutes each, and judging. Demos are mandatory to be eligible for a prize. There are four prize tracks: Convex for the best project on their realtime backend, database, auth, or functions ($1,000 USD first, $500 second); Solana for the best onchain app, wallet, payment, or agent tooling ($500 USD); Best AI Agent Application on GMI Cloud ($500 USD); and RevenueCat's Shipaton for the best mobile app shipped on the day, which carries a Shippy trophy, a swag kit, and entry into the main Shipaton. Every participant gets sponsor credits: $20 Cursor, $10 GMI Cloud, $100 Render, $50 Exa, 100,000 ElevenLabs, 10,000 Firecrawl, and three months of Wispr Flow. Snacks, drinks, limited-edition swag, and mentors on site all day.

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Published Sunday, July 12, 2026 by Anu Jolliffe on LinkedIn