One night of building, playing, and finding the people who make strange things.
→REQUEST TO JOIN#BUILDATHON Converge Miami '26.
A night for artists, designers, musicians, engineers, technologists and curious creators to build where software, hardware, art, music and culture meet.
→REQUEST TO JOIN[ CREATIVE TECH BUILDATHON ] -- PRESENTED BY DEVIN · HACK WEEK × MANA TECH
◷Hours of building
6
✦Disciplines
5+
$Cash prizes
$$$
◎Tickets to
III Pts
What to expect?
4
Ways to spend the night
We kick off together, introduce the buildathon, get everyone oriented and help people find teams and ideas. Then the room opens up for hours of building.
- Build with Devin
- Fireside conversations
- Open build time
- Demos + prizes
Build with Devin
Cognition engineers walk through using Devin as a collaborator — from turning an idea into a prototype to having agents take on pieces of the work.
Fireside conversations
Short talks with builders and creative technologists on what becomes possible as AI changes who can make software — and what “building” even means.
Open build time
Most of the night is yours. Solo or with a team, bounce between software and hardware, ask for help, test weird ideas, make something real.
Demos + prizes
We close with rapid-fire demos from the room and award cash prizes + III Points tickets to some of our favorite projects.
Build like your inner child. Follow the strange idea. Make the thing you wish existed. Don't worry about whether it becomes a startup.
What can
you build?
-- 001.[ ALMOST ANYTHING ]
Use AI, code, hardware, APIs, sensors, creative software, or whatever else helps bring the idea to life. You don't need to arrive with a fully formed idea or team.
→BRING AN IDEA-- 01.Artists
-- 02.Designers
-- 03.Musicians
-- 04.Engineers
-- 05.Curious creators
Meet the Judges
Yrmis Barroeta
Entrepreneur & Creative Executive
Trained as an economist and fashion designer, Yrmis has built ventures across fashion, food and tech, from Hem Boutique to Mission Heirloom, and taught Business and Entrepreneurship at Parsons for five years. Today she helps leaders navigate AI and technostress.
Ja’dan Johnson
Director | Miami Hack Week
Co-founder and director of Miami Hack Week. Organized Jamaica’s first hackathon at 16, mobilized 13,000 COVID volunteers and led developer marketing at Devpost.
Anna Gandrabura
Founder & AI Educator | Techville
Anna has over 15 years of experience in EdTech. She is a social media influencer and an active Women in Tech community builder who hosts monthly AI events in Miami Beach.
Conrado Morais
COO | Mana Tech
Conrado leads Mana Tech’s work bringing international companies into the U.S. and building Miami as a global innovation hub. He previously ran operations at Kovi, a Series B mobility company, and at AB InBev, and holds MBAs from MIT and FGV.
-- SIX HOURS TO MAKE SOMETHING YOU WOULDN'T MAKE ANYWHERE ELSE.
Rough schedule
4:00 PM
Doors
Doors + kickoffMeet everyone, hear the challenge, find collaborators, start forming ideas.
4:30 PM
Build
Building beginsTeams get moving. Cognition engineers and other builders are around all night to help.
ALL NIGHT
Talks
Devin sessions + firesidesShort programming breaks for inspiration, technical help, or a look at how others build.
8:30 PM
Push
Final pushGet the thing working. Or working enough to show us what you were trying to do.
9:00 PM
Demos
DemosShow the room what you made.
9:45 PM
Prizes
Prizes + wrapCash prizes and III Points tickets for favorite projects.
The goal isn't polish. It's to leave having made something you probably wouldn't have made anywhere else.
Partner & Sponsor
Devin
Presenting Partner
Devin, the AI software engineer from Cognition. Cognition engineers run build sessions all night.
Hack Week
Sponsor
Hack Week Miami brings builders, artists and technologists together for a week of making things across the city.
Mana Tech
Sponsor + Host
Mana Tech hosts Converge at Mana Common in downtown Miami.
Terminal AI
Bloom
GFiber
Techville
21 SE 1st Ave
Miami, FL 33131
Mana Common,
Downtown Miami
→GET DIRECTIONS
Approval required. Your registration is subject to host approval.
Come with an idea,
or just show up.
→REQUEST TO JOIN
FAQ.
[ STILL CURIOUS? ]
QUICK ANSWERS BEFORE YOU REQUEST TO JOIN.
-- 01.Who is Converge for?+
Artists, designers, musicians, engineers, technologists and curious creators. If you like making things, you belong in the room.
-- 02.Do I need to know how to code?+
No. Teams mix skills, and Devin plus the Cognition engineers on site can help you turn an idea into a working prototype.
-- 03.Do I need a team or an idea?+
Neither. Come solo. We help people find collaborators and ideas at kickoff, and plenty of teams form in the room.
-- 04.How does registration work?+
Request to join and the hosts review every request. Registration requires approval, so apply early.
-- 05.What should I bring?+
A laptop, a charger and any hardware, instruments, sensors or materials you want to play with.
-- 06.What can I build?+
Almost anything: installations, instruments, games, interfaces, performances, robots, AI characters, weird internet tools. It doesn't have to be a startup.
-- 07.How are prizes awarded?+
Every team gets a rapid-fire demo at 9:00 PM. We give cash prizes and III Points tickets to some of our favorite projects. We care more about ambition and strangeness than polish.
-- 08.Who's behind Converge?+
Converge is a Creative Tech Buildathon presented by Devin, sponsored by Hack Week and Mana Tech with support from Terminal AI, Bloom, GFiber and Techville, hosted at Mana Common in downtown Miami.