UK AI Agent Hack
x OpenClaw
The Largest AI Conference & Hackathon in Europe
The creator of OpenClaw. The co-founder of Hugging Face. A founder who was homeless at 15 and built a £500M+ empire. An Imperial alum who IPO'd at 21. All on one stage. One day. Free.
This is the opening day of Europe's largest student-led AI hackathon — and it doubles as the most stacked AI conference a UK university has ever hosted.
Sponsors & Partners
Supported by CogX.global
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Additional bounties to be revealed
More sponsor-specific bounties and prizes will be announced at the Opening Conference on 1st March.
Timeline
Opening Conference
Opening ceremony featuring talks and presentations from industry leaders and sponsors. Team formation and hacking begins.
In-Person Workshops
Hands-on workshops hosted at Imperial College London covering AI agent frameworks, OpenClaw tools, and sponsor tech sessions.
Build & Submit
Continued building and polishing. Final project submissions via DoraHacks due by end of day on 6 Mar. Teams prepare demos and pitch decks.
Demo Day
Live project demos in front of judges, industry leaders, and VCs. Teams pitch their AI agent solutions.
Award Reveal
Winners announced approximately one week after Demo Day. Prizes awarded and top projects fast-tracked for post-hack incubation.
Opening Conference Schedule
Sunday, 1st March -- BLKT LT1, Imperial College London
Morning Sessions
AI Powered monetization with 0 fee.
How on-chain data infrastructure is evolving to power the next wave of AI.
Building the future on Canton Network.
Compound AI systems and what a single product can really do.
Privacy-first AI and federated learning — collaboration without compromise.
The chairman of one of the world’s largest digital entertainment firms on AI, gaming, and the ownership economy.
Headline Sessions
The two most important figures in open-source AI today share a stage. Peter built the fastest-growing GitHub project in history. Thomas co-founded the platform 10 million AI builders depend on.
- Peter Steinberger — Founder, OpenClaw · Incoming, OpenAI
- Thomas Wolf — Co-Founder & CSO, Hugging Face
- David Gelberg — Exited Founder & Investor
- Shafi Maahe — President, Imperial AI (Moderator)
No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author · 17M+ followers · Investor in 70+ startups. From homeless at 15 to a £500M+ empire. The audience is invited to pitch their own dreams.
- Minghan Xiao — President, Imperial Fintech (Moderator)
Afternoon Sessions
- Charlie Muirhead — CEO, CogX · Imperial alum · Serial exited founder
- Michael — Co-Founder, The Compression Company (raised £3M+)
- Pol Peiffer — Head of Agent Development, Sierra
- Hanan — Core Team, Virtuals
The science and business of making AI models radically smaller, faster, and cheaper to run.
- Petter Made — Partner, EWOR · Co-Founder, SumUp
- Jasmine Thomas — Partner, Ada Ventures
- Thomas Crow — Head of AI, Fabric Ventures
- Mohamed Ezeldin — Head of Labs, Animoca Brands
- Alexander Ng — Head of AI, Valyu
- Nico Henry — President, Imperial College Union
- Luke Gniwecki — Head of AI Compute, CUDOS
- Ideja Bajra — Founder, Edvance AI
- Umbar Shakir — Ex AI Lead, Gartner · Chief AI Officer, Havas
- Matias — Head of AI Labs, Supercell
- Tiana Costello — Head of Data, AfterQuery
Evening
Teams form. Code ships. Mentors circulate. Pizza arrives. The week-long inter-university hackathon is officially underway.
What to Expect
Build with OpenClaw
Hands-on access to OpenClaw tools and infrastructure for building next-gen AI agents.
Mentor Sessions
Office hours with engineers and researchers from our sponsor companies throughout the week.
Prizes & Incubation
$13,000 in prizes. Top projects get fast-tracked for post-hack incubation and investor introductions.
Ready to build the future of AI agents?
Apply now to secure your spot. Limited capacity -- applications close when slots are filled.
Community Rules
Play Nice, Build Hard
By participating, you agree to these rules.
- 1Do not spam. Do not also make the moderators define spam, play nice. This includes recruitment posts.
- 2No age-restricted or obscene content. This includes text, images, or links featuring nudity, sex, hard violence, or other graphically disturbing content.
- 3Treat everyone with respect. Absolutely no harassment, witch hunting, sexism, racism, or hate speech will be tolerated.
- 4If you see something against the rules or something that makes you feel unsafe, let staff know. We want this server to be a welcoming space!
- 5No crypto, betting or trading talk. Ever.
- 6Need help? The help channels are here for you. Do not post support questions in general channels.
- 7A lot of questions are answered in the OpenClaw docs: docs.openclaw.ai/start/faq
- 8No advertising or self-promotion (server invites, project promotion, etc) outside of designated channels without permission from a staff member. This includes DMing fellow members.
- 9No lobster, butter, or cooking jokes. A Clawd has feelings too!