- Date
- Tuesday, 29 September 2026
- Time
- 9:30 am – 7:30 pm
Agents are changing what is possible. We will explore how they can achieve more by working together safely in human-supervised multi-agent teams.
The Collaborative Agent Hackathon is a one-day event for building open-source, collaborative AI agents with Flower.
You will form a team on the day, build a working prototype and demo it at the end of the event. Projects can range from simple agent collaborations to more complex systems that delegate tasks, share context and coordinate their work.
You do not need an existing team or a fully developed idea. Bring your laptop, your interests and a willingness to collaborate.
The event is generously supported by Nebius, which is providing all compute resources for the hackathon, sending expert technical mentors and judges, and contributing to the prize pool.
Everyone is welcome, including builders from startups and companies, as well as students, researchers and postdocs from all universities.
Safe collaboration is central to the solution.
Build an open-source agent or multi-agent system with Flower that puts safe, human-supervised collaboration at the heart of the solution.
Your project could bring agents together to automate a real-world task, form self-improving loops through feedback and iteration, or work across distributed machines and datasets.
Flower simplifies building multi-agent systems, with support for distributed coordination, collaborative learning and inference, and privacy-aware deployment. It is built with an open-source community of more than 7,000 users worldwide.
Automate tasks · Self-improving loops · Across machines and datasets
Register individually. Collaborate as a team.
Register individually
Registration takes place on Luma.
Meet collaborators
Organisers will help you find teammates with complementary interests and experience.
Form a team
Teams of two to four people will be formed during the morning, unless formed earlier. Bringing an idea is optional.
One day. One prototype.
A fast arc from first conversations to live demonstrations, with mentors available throughout the build.
Opening, check-in and breakfast
Meet other participants and share your interests and experience.
Welcome
Introduction to the event, the challenge and the day’s practical arrangements.
Collaborative agents with Flower
A technical introduction covering collaborative agent architectures, safe coordination, self-improvement loops and the available Flower resources.
Team formation
Meet potential collaborators and form teams of two to four, unless your team was formed earlier.
Build session
Define the project, design the agent interactions and begin implementation.
Lunch
Build session
Develop and test the system, refine the collaboration or self-improvement loop and prepare the demonstration. Mentors will be available throughout.
Demo preparation
Project demonstrations
Teams present their projects, followed by brief questions.
Dinner, awards and closing remarks
Enjoy dinner as we celebrate the winning projects and bring the hackathon to a close.
Recognising outstanding projects and contributions.
Prize pool
US$5K+
More than US$5,000 in prizes.
Judging panel
- 01
Anastasia Raskolova
Nebius
- 02
Disha Patil
ARM
- 03
Daniel Nata Nugraha
Flower Labs
- 04
Naveen Purushotham
AMD
- 05
Daria Balashova
Nebius
- 06
Dimitris Stripelis
Flower Labs
- 07
Mehul Vani
Nvidia
- 08
Sai Nagabhairava
Meta
Awards will be presented after the final demos to recognise outstanding projects. Special thanks to our sponsor Nebius for contributing to the prize pool, providing all compute resources for the hackathon and bringing expert technical mentors and judges. Further details on prizes will be shared before the event.
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Bring an idea. Build it together.
Register through Luma to reserve your place at the Collaborative Agent Hackathon at Stanford.
Register now