AIC Hacks

Build an incredible project in a weekend

A weekend of building with AI. Join a team, pick a problem, and make something you can demo by the end, with mentors, workshops and food in the room the whole time.

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What AIC Hacks is

Once a year the club gives a weekend to building. Students from every major turn up, form small teams, and leave with an incredible experience of building, iterating, getting feedback and presenting what they made.

Last time: Hack to the Future

Hack to the Future challenges students to design AI solutions that bridge the boundaries between disciplines and time.

The hackathon on Devpost

Four students standing behind a table with two laptops, one showing their project's title slide.

Three students in hackathon T-shirts working on laptops at a table while a fourth person stands beside them.

Judges with clipboards and name badges listening to a team at a table of open laptops.

to confirm These are from the club's own hackathon; which year is not recorded.

When: Feb 28 – Mar 1, 2026
Where: UW Tower, Seattle
Participants: 86
Projects: 21
In prizes: $1,900+

Three tracks

The Past: Bridge Builder

Create an AI solution that bridges an unexpected gap between disciplines that traditionally never interact.
The Present: The Ignored Problems

Find a problem that's been ignored, overlooked, or deemed 'not worth it', then solve it with AI.
The Future: Collective Foresight

Design AI that predicts, prevents, or prepares systems that help humans anticipate social, environmental, or ethical consequences before they happen.