Biggest AI / vibe coding hackathon in the region

All levels of experience welcomed!

Prize pool: over $6000, in addition to swags, goodies, over $20,000 in credits, food and more.

Sponsored by Windsurf, Tavily, LangChain, Google, Vercel and more.

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The “Eh I” Summer Vibe Hackathon is your chance to channel that Canadian spark into agentic tools, wild experiments, and maybe even the next startup. Whether you’re from Ottawa, Toronto, Montréal, or beyond, join us on July 5 for a full day of food, hacking, and fun. 

This event is perfect if you:

- Are curious about what AI tools can actually do

- Want to create something cool without writing code

- Work in product, ops, design, strategy, marketing, or startups

- Want to meet other creative thinkers and AI hackers from Ottawa, Toronto & Montreal

- Are ready to roll up your sleeves

Agenda (Tentative)

- 9:30 Arrive

- 10:00 Talks Begin

- 11:00 Hacker Lightning Talks

- 11:55 Vibe Coding Begins

- 12:00 Lunch Served

- 5:00 Dinner

- 6:30 Demos & Presentations

- 9:20 Judging

- 9:30 Celebrate winners & adjourn!

Workshops

- 12PM My top tips for building with Lovable - Mindaugus, Growth + Strategy at Lovable

- 12:30PM How to build a business out of your vibe-coded project - Kazi Hossain, Founder of Thred AI, raised from top angels in Silicon Valley

- 1:30PM AI and Agents on Google Cloud Platform by Brett Tackaberry from Google Cloud

- 2PM Connect your AI agents to custom data with Tavily by Tavily Team

- 2:30PM How to use Windsurf the right way by Thoufeek, Brand Ambassador for Windsurf, AI Tinkerers organizer

- 3PM Getting started with Cursor by Shrey, Cursor Ambassador from Halifax

- 3:30PM I reverse-engineered how anyone can launch a mobile app and make money /w Arthur, Full Stack Builder from Ottawa

- 4:00PM How to grow your business 10x with with AI and UGC Meta ads- Dillion Verma, Founder of Refract, Magic UI (16K Github stars)

Judges

- Hai Nghiem - founded AIT Ottawa / howit.works

- Brett Tackaberry - Principal Architect for the Public Sector at Google Cloud

- Pierre-Olivier Charlebois - CTO @ Remitian

- Chris Bartholomew - CTO @ Vectorize

- William Ratté - CTO @ DashQ

- Thoufeek Baber - Windsurf

- Dean & Mike - Engineers from Tavily

- Ugo Osuji - Founder @ PromptCircle / Engineer @ Writer

- Parisa Zare - Market Insights @ Invest Ottawa

- Rami Alhamad - Founder @ Alma

Ship something cool in a day (with the help of AI), and win! Food will be provided.

• Should function
  Make sure the project actually works. Slides, mockups only won't cut it.
• Should look good
  Make sure the UI is easy to navigate for the user.