Friday, September 18
Online- 12:00 PM ET
Online hackathon begins
Mel access, invite code, starter kit and hackathon credits arrive.
- 12:00–1:00 PM ET
Live onboarding and setup session
For anyone who needs help getting started.
Awards wrap up in—
Miami
AI Hackathon.
Build with Mel
+ ElevenLabs.
Choose a problem. Build an agentic solution. Test it and present a working demonstration.
- Sep 18
- Online · 12:00 PM ET · hackathon begins
- Sep 19
- Miami Dade College · 12:30–8:30 PM ET
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Friday and Saturday. One idea. Ship it with an agent.
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mel — hackathon
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Friday and Saturday. One idea. Ship it with an agent.
Type a command, or press Tab to see what there is.
Start with `help`.
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Free to enter$12,910 in winner awards3 tracksOnline Friday, in person SaturdayLunch, coffee and snacks providedAll experience levels welcomeMiami Dade College
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Event schedule
Starts online Friday. Finishes in person Saturday.
Saturday, September 19
Miami Dade College- 12:30 PM ET
The hackathon continues in person at Miami Dade College
Check in at Miami Dade College, 300 NE 2nd Ave, Miami Required
- Continue building your project
- Get live mentor feedback
- Ask technical and submission questions
- Test and improve your demonstration
- Prepare your final submission
- 6:00 PM ET
Final submission deadlineDeadline
- 6:00–8:30 PM ET
Live demonstrations, judging and awards
- In person
- Saturday, September 19 · 12:30–8:30 PM ET at Miami Dade College, 300 NE 2nd Ave, Miami
- Food
- Lunch, coffee, beverages and snacks provided
- Teams
- Build solo or in teams of up to five
- Experience
- All experience levels are welcome
- First time?
- First-time hackers receive live onboarding and mentor support
- Recording
- Mel sessions are recorded for training purposes, during the hackathon only
Check in at Miami Dade College at 12:30 PM on Saturday. It’s required.
All participants must check in at Miami Dade College, 300 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, at 12:30 PM, remain through the end and complete the final build session on-site for their project to be accepted.
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Build something real
Arrive with an idea, join a team or choose a challenge at the event.
Developers, founders, students, designers and business professionals are welcome.
No coding experience is required.
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Choose your track
Pick one. Build anything inside it.
Agenticcommerce
Build shopping agents, customer experiences, product-intelligence tools, payment workflows, loyalty systems, inventory automation or retail operations.
Project ideas
- shopping agents
- customer experiences
- product intelligence
- payment workflows
- loyalty systems
- inventory automation
Agenticfinance
Build agents for financial analysis, reconciliation, risk, compliance, payments, treasury, trading or finance operations.
Project ideas
- financial analysis
- reconciliation
- risk & compliance
- payments
- treasury
- trading operations
Agenticmarketing
Build agents for audience research, campaign creation, personalization, content, customer intelligence, growth or performance optimization.
Project ideas
- audience research
- campaign creation
- personalization
- content generation
- customer intelligence
- growth optimization
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Build with Mel
Say what you want. Mel builds it.
Mel is an agentic development environment that helps anyone build, investigate, repair and verify software using natural language. It brings AI models, tools and workflows into one environment so builders can move from an idea to a working product faster.
Participants receive complimentary Mel build credits and access to multiple AI models and developer tools during the hackathon.
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Example: describe what you want in natural language, and Mel plans it, builds it, investigates problems, repairs them and verifies the result.
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Build with ElevenLabs
Example: a voice agent answering a customer in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.
Give your product a voice.
Use ElevenLabs to add conversational AI, speech, transcription, voice, music, sound or multilingual experiences to your product.
Every participant who attends and builds receives one month of ElevenLabs Creator, including 131,000 credits — a $22 value.
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Winner awards
Up to $12,910 in winner awards
Up to $2,485
Overall Grand Prize
- $1,000 cash from Mel
- Three months of ElevenLabs Pro for each team member
- 600,000 ElevenLabs credits per month
- Three months of Mel Pro for each team member
Up to $4,485
Best Use of ElevenLabs
- Three months of ElevenLabs Scale for each team member
- 1.8 million ElevenLabs credits per month
- $897 value per team member
$5,940
SSOJet Enterprise-Ready Awards
Five selected winners will each receive:
- One production-ready SSOJet Business license
- Enterprise SSO and MCP authentication support
- $1,188 first-year value per license
Mel Pro
Track Winners
- Winning teams across Agentic Commerce, Agentic Finance and Agentic Marketing receive three months of Mel Pro for each team member.
Every participant receives
- Complimentary Mel build credits
- One month of ElevenLabs Creator
- 131,000 ElevenLabs credits
Prize values assume maximum team size where applicable. Subject to event rules and sponsor terms.
More cash prizes, technology credits and partner awards will be announced.
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Judging criteria
Projects will be evaluated based on:
- Importance of the problem
- Agentic workflow and tool use
- Quality of execution
- Verification and responsible human oversight
- Creativity and originality
- Real-world usefulness
- Quality of the live demonstration
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What to bring
- Laptop and charger
- An idea, skill or problem you want to explore
- Any APIs, datasets or tools you want to use
- A willingness to build and collaborate
Technical resources and submission instructions will be shared with registered participants.
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Partner with us
We welcome organizations and individuals interested in supporting Miami's agentic AI builder ecosystem.
- Sponsorship and technology partnerships — email us about this
- Cash prizes, APIs and builder credits — email us about this
- Speakers, judges and mentors — email us about this
- Community and media partnerships — email us about this
- Event volunteers — email us about this
- Hosting a future Agentic Day hackathon — email us about this
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Partners
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Venue
Miami Dade College
300 NE 2nd Ave, Miami
Saturday, September 19 · 12:30–8:30 PM ET
Check in at Miami Dade College at 12:30 PM. It’s required.
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FAQ
What does it cost?
Nothing. It is free to enter and open to all experience levels.
When and where is it?
It starts online on Friday, September 18 at 12:00 PM ET, with a live onboarding and setup session from 12:00 to 1:00 PM. On Saturday, September 19 it continues in person at Miami Dade College, 300 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, from 12:30 to 8:30 PM ET. Final submissions close at 6:00 PM ET.
Do I have to be there in person?
Yes, for your project to count. All participants must check in at Miami Dade College, 300 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, at 12:30 PM, remain through the end and complete the final build session on-site for their project to be accepted.
How big can a team be?
Build solo or in teams of up to 5. You can arrive with an idea, join a team or choose a challenge at the event.
Do I need to know how to code?
No coding experience is required. Mel helps you build with natural language, and first-time hackers receive live onboarding and mentor support.
Is food provided?
Yes. Lunch, coffee, beverages and snacks are provided on Saturday.
What should I bring?
A laptop and charger, an idea, skill or problem you want to explore, any APIs, datasets or tools you want to use, and a willingness to build and collaborate.
What are the tracks?
Agentic Commerce, Agentic Finance and Agentic Marketing. Pick the one that matches the problem you want to solve.
Who owns what I build?
You do. You keep ownership of your project and any code you write.