Cursor Hands Off London Hackathon

Cursor Hands Off London Hackathon
What if you could build a company… and not have to run it?
At this hackathon, you’ll create a self-running business powered entirely by AI agents.
The idea is simple: use basic neuroscience principles and unlock the good ending of the AI era, where agents do more of the work, and humans get more time to think, create, connect, and enjoy life.
You’ll spend the first phase setting up your systems: defining workflows, deploying agents, and giving them just enough structure to operate independently.
Then you let go.
While your company runs, you don’t.
You hang out. Eat. Talk. Play. Exist.
At the end, we come back to see what actually worked: which agents performed, which companies made money, and who built the most autonomous system.
The goal isn’t to do more, it’s to make less do more.

📅 Schedule
17:20: Doors open
17:20: Welcome, briefing & judging overview
17:30: Hacking begins
18:15: Food
21:30: Code freeze, submissions & initial scoring
22:00: Live demos of Top 5 (2–3 mins each)
22:15: Final judging & awards
23:05: Close

🤝 Partners & Sponsors
Co-hosts
Cursor
Carla Griffiths
Gamal Mubarak
Francisco Terpolilli
Venue Partner
Halkin Offices
Sponsors
Seapoint
Manus AI
Judges
Sven Sabas - Co-Founder / Co-CEO, Dragonfly
David Gelberg - AI Innovation Fellow, 10 Downing Street
Josh Warwick - Founder, Wassist
Alec Barber - Member of Technical Staff, ⁠OpenAI
Panos Stravopodis - Founder & CTO, Elyos AI
Jaques Schmidt - Investment Team, ⁠Seedcamp
Jai Taylor - Principal, Blue Wire Capital

🏆 Demo Format
Every team submits a live demo at code freeze.
Top 5 scored will do a LIVE DEMO.
Then of the top 5, 3 shall place 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
Projects will be judged on:
Technical execution
Product thinking
Agent autonomy
UX clarity
Real-world applicability
Safety & oversight design