SundAI Hack: An Unconventional AI Builder Day powered by Schoolab x FinTech Dev Night

Welcome to SundAI Hack – a day designed by builders, for builders. This isn’t your typical hackathon. We’ve dropped the “-athon” as we’re all about 100% cooperation, real-time collaboration, and hands-on learning. If you live to write code, hack on messy experiments, and share creative discoveries, you’re in the right place.

When & Where

Date: Sunday, August 17, 2025

Time: 10:00 – 18:00 local time

Location: Paris, Île-de-France – ⚠️ Note: The venue does not include catering. Please come prepared.
You’ll receive the exact location after registration.

🏆 Challenge Tracks

1️⃣ AIT Challenge

Prize: Ticket to Paris in-person edition of the International Hackathon on Aug 30

Perks: Cash prizes + High Performance Computing credits

Focus: Build bold AI solutions with serious scaling potential

2️⃣ Sustainability Challenge

Prize: Exclusive VC introductions on Sept 18

Perks: Position your AI startup for real-world climate & sustainability impact

Focus: startups that reduce waste, save energy… , or enable greener industries

3️⃣ FinTech Dev Night Challenge

Prize: Introductions to potential clients in October

Perks: Get your AI directly in front of decision-makers ready to buy

Focus: Solutions for finance, compliance, payments, or risk analysis

💡 Tip: You can join any challenge — or the 3.
This is your chance to ship something in 1 day that opens real doors.

What to Expect

No pressure. Instead, get ready for:

• Collaborative Co-Creation: Work solo or form a lean team of 1–5 members.
• Live Coding Demos: Show off your working code, not just pretty slides.
• Knowledge Sharing: Engage in group brainstorming and swap tips with peers, MIT & Harvard researchers, and fellow deep builders.
• Community Connection: Meet kindred spirits who fuel the AI revolution.

Day-Of Flow

• 10:00: Doors Open & Lightning Intro
• 10:30: Idea Pitches & Community Voting
• 14:00: Optional neighborhood lunch walk
• 17:00: Demo Prep
• 18:00: Live Demos

Bring your laptop, your passion, and your drive to learn. Top teams will earn bragging rights and curated intros across the AI Tinkerers network.

How to Register

Registration is open now. Simply click the registration button above, share a quick link to your code or profile, and tell us about your skills and the agent idea you’re excited to prototype. An approval email will follow (be sure to check your spam folder).

A Note for Builders

Sundai Hack is strictly for active AI builders – investors, recruiters, or marketers should sit this one out. We review LinkedIn, GitHub, or Twitter profiles to ensure that every participant is genuinely involved in building and shipping code.

Sponsors

Schoolab - Schoolab is an innovation studio that trains, advises, and supports companies in responsible innovation by fostering entrepreneurial and collaborative qualities within their teams. They connect clients with an international community of over 1,000 entrepreneurs, managers, academic experts, and students through digital platforms and Open Innovation centers. Since its founding in 2005, Schoolab has accelerated over 700 startups and supported more than 10,000 individuals through its programs, with locations in Paris, San Francisco, Ho Chi Minh City, and Caen. They aim to design a brighter future by promoting an entrepreneurial and collaborative mindset for a more harmonious and respectful society.

Fintech DevNight - Fintech DevNight is a vibrant community for FinTech innovators, fostering deep dives into the cutting edge of financial technology. Hosted by Flowistic GmbH and AI Tinkerers - Paris, these events explore critical topics such as machine learning applications, MLOps, and AI ethics within the financial sector. Join fellow professionals in Paris to connect, share insights, and advance the future of finance. Fintech DevNight provides a crucial platform for knowledge exchange and collaboration, empowering participants to navigate the complexities and opportunities of AI in finance. We are grateful for their commitment to building a strong FinTech ecosystem.

Join us to meet your next AI hire, user, or investment.

Stay Connected

Don’t miss your chance to build alongside some of the most innovative minds in AI. Register now and join us for a day that’s all about the code, creativity, and genuine collaboration.

📊 AI Tinkerers Paris Stats

• Attendees: This exclusive community of 4,082 subscribers comprises elite technical professionals, with 42% specializing in AI/ML research, 31% in full-stack software engineering, and 27% in technical leadership. Members possess deep expertise in PyTorch, LLMs, and agentic architectures. Notably, the group features prominent open-source maintainers from Hugging Face and graduates from top-tier institutions like École Polytechnique.
• Companies Represented: Featuring tech giants like Google, Meta, and Microsoft, alongside open-source and AI leaders such as Hugging Face, Mistral AI, LangWatch, and Black Forest Labs, and innovative startups like ElevenLabs, Docker, Datadog, Algolia, and Zoom, and more
• Demos: Across 130 submissions, 83 demos have been presented at AI Tinkerers - Paris. The most exciting themes have focused on agentic production workflows, knowledge-graph-driven reasoning (GraphRAG/context graphs), and system architectures for scalable, reliable deployments. Technically, structured outputs and tool/function calling, cost/latency reductions, eval/benchmarking, and multimodal/local execution have been repeatedly explored.
• Testimonials:

  “Overall, it was high-quality content and it made me want to come back for the next ones!”

  — Product manager, AI community

  “Great organization, partners and food! Lovely folks and good industry insights”

  — ML engineer, happtiq

  “It was all really good...”

  — AI engineer, finance

  “Having so many volunteers involved from the community was exceptional...”

  — AI consultant, NLP

  “Engaging, open to further discuss experiences.”

  — Full-stack web developer

  “Great event, thank you very much!”

  — AI engineer, finance

  “Having 7 demos in 6 hours or of such a small group semt exceptional...”

  — AI consultant, NLP