about this event
Join us for a one-day civic tech build event bringing together technologists, designers, founders, students, and community members to build ideas that improve people's lives.
Attendees will choose from four broad humanity-focused challenges, form teams of 3–5, and spend the day turning ideas into something tangible.
No polished product required. Your final submission can be a working prototype, clickable mockup, or well-developed concept. Volunteers will be available throughout the day to help teams brainstorm, design, and build.
How it works 10:00 AM — Check-in & coffee 10:30 AM — Kickoff & challenge introduction 11:00 AM — Choose a topic & form teams 11:45 AM — Build begins 12:15 PM — Lunch 1:00 PM — Volunteer team check-ins 2:00 PM — Submissions close 2:30 PM — Demos & Judging 3:30 PM — Awards & group photo
🏆 Awards will include categories such as health, environment, education, and policy.
Come with an idea—or just come ready to build. We'll help you find a team.
Special thanks to Northeastern for providing the venue space, Founder Institute for promoting the event, MLH (Major League Hacking) for sponsoring the credits, and Unstuck Labs for food and beverages.
Please be advised: Unfortunately, space is very limited at these community events and we can not always accept everyone we would like to. If you are not accepted to this event, please keep applying! We appreciate your application tremendously and we are looking forward to seeing you at a future event very soon!
The AI Collective is a global non-profit building the human layer for the AI era. We unite 200,000+ leaders, builders, and stakeholders across 100+ forums worldwide to democratize the frontier, build trust, and coordinate how society navigates the rapid acceleration of technological progress.
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tracks
Health
Awards category focused on health-focused humanity challenges with final submissions being prototypes, mockups, or developed concepts.
Environment
Awards category focused on environment-focused humanity challenges with final submissions being prototypes, mockups, or developed concepts.
Education
Awards category focused on education-focused humanity challenges with final submissions being prototypes, mockups, or developed concepts.
Policy
Awards category focused on policy-focused humanity challenges with final submissions being prototypes, mockups, or developed concepts.
schedule
Hack for Humanity: Build Day
Build day schedule. 10:00 AM check-in & coffee, 10:30 AM kickoff & challenge introduction, 11:00 AM choose a topic & form teams, 11:45 AM build begins, 12:15 PM lunch, 1:00 PM volunteer team check-ins, 2:00 PM submissions close, 2:30 PM demos & judging, 3:30 PM awards & group photo.
◍ Arlington, VA