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48 hours. 50 hackers. Real problems from real companies.
Bring a laptop and a caffeine tolerance, leave with something that works.
*ton (ro.) ≈ tuna · we still don't serve seafood
Sponsors bring concrete problems from their companies — real, boring stuff that deserves to be solved. You and your team pick a topic, take your room by the sea, and build until Sunday night.
If your topic came from a sponsor, your team can keep building with that sponsor as your first client. Meaning you walk out with a product, a client, and a validated problem.
Not a course. Not a summit. A place where things get built.
Sponsors bring problems they actually need solved. You ship a working answer in 48h.
Rooms by the sea, meals on the terrace, BBQ on the beach Saturday night.
Top teams keep going with the sponsor.
Backend, frontend, full-stack, AI/ML. If you ship code and know what an LLM API is, this is for you.
Built something before, or about to start? This is the perfect weekend to test an idea in the open.
If you contribute on GitHub, run side-projects, or just want to learn by building — you're welcome.
// selection By application. No CV needed — the section that matters is «what you've worked on / what you've built».
Solo? We'll help you find a team on arrival. max=5 / team.
Kickoff · Topics · Teams
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Want to start hacking at 22:00 with a coffee on the terrace? Go for it.
Build day · Mentoring
Demo Day · Judging · Prizes
Live demo + pitch in Problem / Solution / Demo format. No slides without a demo.
Any language, any stack. You can start from existing (open-source) code as long as you call it out.
Pick from the sponsors' list or freestyle (Open Innovation track).
We're still locking down the final logistics with partners (logistics, prizes, credits). What's on this list is what we're sure you walk out with.
Sponsors put concrete problems on the table. Pick one. Build a real solution, not a demo for the sake of it.
Founders, CTOs, and AI specialists who bring production experience, not Medium articles.
Don't like any sponsor topic? Build whatever you want, judged on the same rubric.
Pitch in front of founders, sponsors, hiring managers. The room you want to be in for what comes next.
Event tee, badge, stickers, sponsor merch. Honest swag, not landfill.
Pick a sponsor's topic and ship — and you keep working together after the hackathon.
Hack A Ton is open to any company — tech, retail, logistics, healthcare, anything. If you have a problem AI agents can chew on, our hackers will spend a weekend building a real solution with you watching.
Communities, meetups, media — partners who don't bring a problem, but bring the people. Want your community in? Drop us a line.
Announced weekly on LinkedIn / IG. Expect familiar faces from the Romanian tech ecosystem — founders, CTOs, senior engineers, investors.
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Coming to write the code? Get a Builder ticket. Coming to watch the code get written, eat barbecue, and meet the teams? Get a Visitor ticket. Both go on sale via iabilet.ro.
Three days on-site at ThePlace, Mamaia. Pick a sponsor topic, form a team, ship something working by Sunday noon.
Max 5 per team. Apply solo and we run matchmaking Friday evening. Once 50 builder seats are gone, that's it.
Walk the floor, meet the teams, eat with us. You won't leave with code — you'll leave with a notebook full of ideas and a shortlist of people you want to work with.
No application, no waitlist. Pick the days, get the ticket, show up.
Tickets are sold on iabilet.ro — pick Builder if you're shipping code, Visitor if you're coming to watch. No application, no waitlist. Buy the ticket, you're in.
Final pricing is being locked in with our partners and will go live on iabilet.ro a few weeks before the event. Builder and Visitor tickets are priced separately — Builder includes the room, meals, and the full hacking weekend.
ThePlace, Mamaia — on the Black Sea coast, about 2.5h from Bucharest. The whole event runs in one venue: rooms, terraces for hacking, beach for the BBQ.
You don't need to be an expert. Mentors help with AI-specific parts. You do need to ship code in a modern stack (Python, JS/TS, or another relevant language) and have built something before (a project, internship, public repo).
Yes, totally fine. Friday evening we run matchmaking — you connect with other hackers based on skills and interests. Most teams form on the spot.
Yes, max 5 people per team. Each member needs their own Builder ticket.
No. Hack A Ton is on-site. It's part of the experience — networking, in-person mentoring, dinner on the beach. If you can't make it to Mamaia, see you next edition.
If you pick a sponsor's topic and your team ships something working, the sponsor can become your first client. That means a post-event pilot contract on terms you negotiate. (Not mandatory — you can also just take the code and go.)
We're working with partners on a final prize pool (cash, API credits, cloud) — we'll publish the locked-in list before tickets go on sale. If something doesn't appear here, treat it as not yet confirmed.
Laptop, charger, your wide-band attention span, swimwear (optional but recommended). Beds and meals are covered by the Builder ticket.
50 builder seats, hard cap. When they're gone, they're gone — no waitlist. You can still grab a Visitor ticket and come for Demo Day, the BBQ, and the networking.
More questions? office@ambasada.pro
50 builder seats, hard cap.
Once they're gone, they're gone.
One checkout. Three days by the sea.
Not the worst trade.
