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    AI Hackathons

    AI hackathons that turn your problems into prototypes

    In a Day Seven AI hackathon your team builds and tests prototypes against a genuine internal challenge, guided hands-on by our experts and using the AI tools you already use.

    Why a hackathon

    Most teams learn AI in the abstract and never apply it to their own work. A hackathon creates a focused window to test ideas against a real problem. Your team finishes with prototypes to review and practical experience it can carry forward.

    Real problem

    Anchored to something your business actually cares about.

    Real build

    A prototype to test and review, not just slides.

    Real momentum

    Skills, patterns and confidence to keep building after.

    Our signature format

    The Day Seven Sprint

    Seven days from problem to reviewed prototype

    It's where our name comes from — by Day Seven, your team has tested a prototype and agreed what should happen next.

    Phase 1·Day 1

    Discover & plan

    We work with your team to pin down the real problem, map where AI fits, and plan the build — so Day 2 starts with a clear target, not a blank page.

    Phase 2·Days 2–6 · Five full days of building

    Build

    Five focused days of building and testing prototypes for your area of the business — using the AI tools you already use: Claude, ChatGPT/OpenAI, Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini, with our experts hands-on alongside them.

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    Phase 3·Day 7

    Embed & what next

    Wind down, demo what you've built, and map how to maintain, roll out and scale it — so the momentum doesn't stop when the sprint ends.

    Not got a full week? We also run shorter, focused sprints scaled to your scope.

    How our hackathons work

    Step 1

    Start with your real problem

    We work with your team to surface a genuine internal challenge worth solving — not a contrived case study. The hack is anchored to something that actually matters to the business.

    Step 2

    Find the AI angle

    We map where AI can realistically help, what 'good' looks like, and what's out of scope — so your team starts the hack with a clear, achievable target.

    Step 3

    Build a prototype

    Your team builds prototypes using the tools you already use — Claude, ChatGPT/OpenAI, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, plus automation. Our experts guide hands-on throughout.

    Step 4

    Review what to take forward

    A prototype for review against your real problem — plus the skills, patterns and structure for your team to keep developing it after the hackathon ends.

    Formats

    Flexible from a focused one-day sprint to a full week — scaled to what the business can give us.

    1-day sprint

    A focused single-day hack on one tightly scoped problem. Best for testing an approach and giving a team practical experience.

    2–3 day hack

    Deeper exploration with time to iterate. Teams can test more ambitious prototypes before sponsor review.

    Full-week programme

    Multiple parallel teams, multiple problems and a leadership review at the end. The seven-day Day Seven Sprint is our full format.

    What makes this different

    • We don't just run a workshop — we design and structure the hack around your team and your problem
    • Real internal challenges, not generic exercises — so each prototype can be reviewed against a genuine need
    • Hands-on expert facilitation throughout, not just a kickoff and a debrief
    • Built on the AI tools your team already uses, so the skills transfer the day after
    • Very few training providers actually do this — most stop at theory

    Who it's for

    Innovation and transformation leads looking for tangible AI output, not just awareness
    L&D teams who want applied learning, not another lecture
    Function leaders (ops, marketing, HR, finance) ready to put AI to work on real problems
    Any team that wants practical, applied AI adoption — fast

    Frequently asked questions

    Our signature seven-day hackathon format — and where our name comes from. Day 1 is discovery and planning, Days 2–6 are five full days of hands-on building with our experts alongside your team, and Day 7 is demo, embed and roll-out planning so the momentum doesn't stop when the sprint ends.

    Our signature format is the seven-day Day Seven Sprint. We also run shorter, focused sprints (one to three days) scaled to your scope when a full week isn't possible.

    No. Our hackathons are designed for business teams using everyday AI tools — Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini and automation platforms. If a team is more technical, we scale the build complexity to match.

    A prototype for review against a real internal problem, the skills and patterns your team used to build it, and a structure they can reuse for the next problem. Anything moving into live work still needs testing, ownership and sign-off.

    Whatever you already use. We design the hack around your stack — typically Claude, ChatGPT/OpenAI, Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini, plus automation tools like Make, Zapier or n8n.

    A workshop teaches; a hackathon applies that learning. In a Day Seven hackathon your team works on a genuine business problem and produces a prototype for review, guided by our experts.

    Start with a real internal problem, not a hypothetical one. Agree what "good" looks like and what is out of scope before anyone opens a laptop. Give the team the AI tools they already use rather than something new to learn. Put experienced facilitators in the room for the whole build, not just the kickoff and the demo. Finish with a working prototype and a plan for who maintains it. Day Seven designs and facilitates all five of those steps, and the format scales from a focused one-day sprint to a full week with parallel teams.

    Cost depends on format, team size and how many parallel groups you run. A one-day focused sprint on a single tightly scoped problem sits at the lower end. A full-week programme with multiple teams and a leadership showcase sits at the upper end. Tell us the scope and headcount on an initial call and you get a fixed quote, not a range.

    The seven-day Day Seven Sprint moves a team through framing, building, review and rollout planning. What a week will not do is make everyone an expert or guarantee a production-ready solution. It produces prototypes for sponsor review, a shared working approach and evidence for the next decision. For a whole organisation we use rolling cohorts or parallel tracks rather than one unrestricted group.

    Specialist AI trainers who build alongside your team throughout, not a compere who opens the event and returns for the demo. Delivery is online over Teams or Zoom, or in person.

    Design your AI hackathon

    Tell us about a problem your team is wrestling with. We'll come back with a hackathon format, structure and facilitation plan for building and reviewing a prototype.

    Or compare 16 UK AI training providers. For the wider programme, see the 30/60/90-day AI adoption roadmap, read how to run an internal AI hackathon, learn about hiring an AI hackathon facilitator, or see how business teams automate workflows with AI.