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Buildathon as a Service

Everyone Builds Something Real. In One Day.

A high-energy AI buildathon for your organization - structured sprints, real-time mentoring, and verified credentials for every participant.

Not a hackathon where people flounder. A guided experience where everyone ships.

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Schools & Universities

STEM, innovation labs, career readiness

Corporate L&D

Upskill through building, not lectures

Conferences

Differentiated, high-energy activation

Accelerators

Cohort kickoffs, rapid prototyping

What Participants Get

A full-service experience from prep to follow-up.

Pre-Event (2-3 weeks)

  • Curriculum design tailored to audience skill level
  • AI tool stack selection and setup
  • Challenge/prompt design - real problems, not toy exercises
  • Participant onboarding materials
  • Logistics coordination

Day-Of ⚡ The Main Event

  • PH team on-site facilitating
  • Structured build sprints with guided checkpoints
  • Real-time mentoring and troubleshooting
  • AI tools: coding agents, image/video gen, voice AI, automation
  • Live judging and showcase
  • Digital badges issued (OpenBadges 3.0 via Badge Kit)

Post-Event (1-2 weeks)

  • Participant project gallery (hosted)
  • Impact report - projects built, skills demonstrated, engagement data
  • Badge verification portal for LinkedIn/portfolios
  • Follow-up learning recommendations

Investment

Flexible formats for any audience size and timeline. All packages start from $5,000.

Half-Day Sprint

4 hours
Up to 50
Starting from $5,000
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Full-Day Buildathon

8 hours
Up to 100
Starting from $5,000

Multi-Day Intensive

2-3 days
Up to 150
Starting from $5,000

Virtual Buildathon

6 hours
Up to 200
Starting from $5,000

Add-Ons

Enhance your buildathon experience.

Custom Badge Design

Branded credentials with AI-generated art

Video Documentation

Professional recap for marketing

Continued Mentorship

Monthly office hours post-event

Recurring Series

Quarterly buildathons with preferred pricing

See What Your Team Builds in a Day

When leadership watches their people build real AI tools in hours - not weeks, not months - something clicks.

“If our interns did this in an afternoon, what could we do with a real engagement?”

1
Buildathon opens the door
2
Training deepens the skills
3
Advisory sustains the momentum
4
Content Engine scales the output

Proof Point: Palmer Trinity

75+
Students participated
1
Afternoon
Badge Kit
Digital credentials launched

75+ high school students built real AI projects in a single afternoon. Every participant earned a verified digital badge - our Badge Kit platform's inaugural deployment. Real projects. Real skills. Real credentials.

Our Promise

“Every participant builds something real with AI - and leaves with a verified credential to prove it.”

Background

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