Nightshift

48 HOURS · LISBON + ONLINE · 12–14 DEC 2026

Nightshift is a 48-hour hackathon for designers, developers and makers. Bring an idea, or find a team here. Free to join, food on us.

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1,284 hackers registered · live

sticker-pit.exedrag · throw · tap

AI agentsHardwareFREE PIZZA ✦GamesClimate48hNo sleep

33days

08hours

42minutes

23seconds

4 tracks

$25,000 in prizes

48h of coffee

01 — TRACKS

Pick a track. Or ignore them all.

AI agents

Agents that do real work: book, sort, fix, plan. Show us the hand-off to a human.

$5,000 · 3 mentors

Hardware

Sensors, boards and anything with a cable. Our lab has 3D printers and soldering kits.

$5,000 · lab access

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Games

Small, strange and fun. Browser, mobile or a cardboard arcade cabinet.

$5,000 · play-testing booth

CO₂

Climate

Tools that save energy, water or time for people who protect the planet.

$5,000 · NGO partners

02 — TEAM BUILDER

No team? We'll make one.

Pick what you're good at. We match you with people who fill the gaps.

YOUR TEAM · 4 SEATSTEAM 042

YOUYouDesign

DRDev RaoFrontend · looking for a team

SLSam LundBackend · looking for a team

YOYara OkaforAI / ML · looking for a team

Balance67%

03 — SCHEDULE

48 hours, roughly planned.

18:00Doors openBadges, stickers, coffeeARRIVE

19:00Kickoff talkThemes and rulesSTAGE

20:00Team mixerFind your peopleSOCIAL

21:00Hacking startsThe clock starts tickingBUILD

04 — PRIZES

$25,000 for the best builds.

$6k

Runner-up

Plus a year of cloud credits for the team.

$10k

Grand prize

Plus a demo slot at the winter tech meetup.

$4k

Third place

Plus mentoring from our judges for 3 months.

+ $5,000 in track prizes and a People's Choice award

05 — JUDGES

The people you'll demo to.

Ana Oliveira

Design lead

Kofi Mensah

Founder, hardware

Rina Sato

ML researcher

Luca Bianchi

Game designer

Nadia Aziz

Climate investor

Jonas Petit

Staff engineer

06 — FAQ

Good questions.

Anyone over 18: students, pros and first-timers. Around a third of last year's hackers had never been to a hackathon.

No. Entry, food, drinks and a spot to nap are all free.

Yes. Online teams get the same mentors, a live stream and their own demo slot.

You do. Your code and designs stay yours.

07 — REGISTER

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Tracks

Schedule

Prizes

BuildsomethingwildbySunday.

Pick a track. Or ignore them all.

Pick a track. Or ignore them all.

Pick a track. Or ignore them all.

AI agents

Hardware

Games

Climate

No team? We'll make one.

No team? We'll make one.

No team? We'll make one.

48 hours, roughly planned.

48 hours, roughly planned.

48 hours, roughly planned.

$25,000 for the best builds.

$25,000 for the best builds.

$25,000 for the best builds.

The people you'll demo to.

The people you'll demo to.

The people you'll demo to.

Good questions.

Good questions.

Good questions.

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