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title: '{Tech: Europe} Agentic AI Hack'
description: >-
  A one-day agentic AI hackathon in London. Teams form after the 10am opening
  and demo whatever runs by 8pm. Pydantic is a technology partner, with credits
  for participants.
date: '2026-09-19'
dateDisplay: 'Sat, Sep 19 · 9:30am-9:30pm BST · London'
duration: 12 hours
status: upcoming
format: in-person
location: 'London, UK'
tags:
  - Pydantic AI
speakers:
  - Samuel Colvin
  - Laís Carvalho
canonical: 'https://pydantic.dev/events/agentic-ai-hack-london'
---
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# {Tech: Europe} Agentic AI Hack

A one-day agentic AI hackathon in London. Teams form after the 10am opening and demo whatever runs by 8pm. Pydantic is a technology partner, with credits for participants.

## What you'll learn

- How far an agent idea gets between breakfast and the demo slot
- Where agent frameworks help and where they get in the way of a deadline
- What other teams reached for when the clock made the decision

## About

Seventy people, one Saturday, and whatever you can get working before the demos start at 8pm. {Tech: Europe} runs the day with Conduct and Google DeepMind, teams form after the 10am opening, and the awards go out at 8:45pm before the room empties at 9:30.

Talking about agents is easy. Getting one to do something useful by sundown is the interesting part, which is why the day is built around a single deadline rather than a series of talks.

Pydantic is a technology partner alongside Modal, so teams have credits to spend on the day. Bring [Pydantic AI](https://ai.pydantic.dev) if you want an agent framework that stays out of your way, and [Logfire](https://pydantic.dev/logfire) when you need to see what your agent actually did instead of guessing from a transcript.

Samuel Colvin and Laís Carvalho are there from Pydantic for the day, so come and find them if your agent is misbehaving or you want to argue about how it should be built.

Founders, pre-founders, engineers, researchers, students, PMs, designers and GTM people are all welcome. Spots are limited to 70 and tickets need approval, so apply early.

## The day

- **09:30** Doors open
- **10:00** Opening and team matchmaking
- **12:30** Lunch
- **19:00** Submission deadline, pizza
- **20:00** Live demos
- **20:45** Awards

The venue is shared with registered participants on Luma.

## Register

Register with the host: https://luma.com/ldn-hack?utm_source=pydantic&utm_medium=partnership&utm_campaign=agentic-ai-hack-london