Upcoming
Challenge

Side Quest Hotline Vapi Hackathon

Starts: Starts Nov 10

Description

The go-to hackathon for building and running voice agents.

​Join us inside Vapi's San Francisco office for an exclusive night of building with top Vapi users, founders and AI builders, in the lead-up to VapiCon! ⚡


​🎟️ Limited spots. This is a curated hackathon capped at 80 builders. You must apply and be approved to attend.


​Got a voice AI idea that's been sitting in your backlog? This is your sign to finally build it, and find people to build with!

​You'll have 3 hours to turn your idea into a working voice agent, test it live and demo it for a shot at some seriously good prizes.

​Whether it's your first voice agent or your most ambitious side quest yet, come build something cool with people who love shipping as much as you do.


​🏆 BIG prizes up for grabs

​We're bringing some serious prizes for the best builds of the night.

  • ​🥇 1st Place: Apple AirPods

  • ​🥈 2nd Place: Seeed Studio hackable hardware

  • ​🥉 3rd Place: Belkin wired headphones

  • ​🎮 Deepgram: Nintendo Switch 2 prizes!

  • ​🔎 Exa: $2,000 in API credits for the winning project

  • ​🖐️ Manus: 6-month Manus membership + exclusive swag for a winning team

  • ​☎️ Vapi: Bonus credits for the top 3 teams


​💸 $150 in FREE builder credits for everyone!

​Every approved attendee gets:

  • ​⚡ $100 in TypeSafe / Jev credits for fast AI-powered decisions and automation

  • ​🔎 $50 in Exa API credits to give your agents access to live web information

​And there's more!

  • ​🧠 Technical guidance and a room full of experienced builders

  • ​🍕 Free food + drinks to keep you fuelled

  • ​🎤 Live demos, feedback and a chance to show off what you've shipped

  • ​🤝 Meet founders, engineers and the teams building the future of voice AI


​🛠️ Meet the tech partners

​Everything you need to bring your voice AI side quest to life.

  • ​🔎 Exa: AI-powered web search to give your agents access to real-time information.

  • ​🎙️ Deepgram: Speech AI that lets your agents listen, understand and respond.

  • ​🖐️ Manus: Your AI agent for building apps, researching ideas and automating workflows.

  • ​⚡ TypeSafe: The team behind Jev, a fast AI model built for structured decisions, routing and automation.

​All alongside Vapi, the platform powering your voice agents.


​📍 The details

​📅 Monday, November 9, 2026

​🕔 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM PST

​📍 Vapi HQ, San Francisco

​💻 Bring: Your laptop, an idea and the energy to build.

​Three hours. One side quest. Let's see what you can ship. 🚀

Timeline

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    Final date to submit your project

Prizes

  • ​🥇 1st: Apple AirPods

  • ​🥈 2nd: Seeed Studio

  • ​🥉 3rd: Belkin wired headphones

  • ​🎮 Deepgram: Nintendo Switch!

  • ​🔎 Exa: $2,000 in API credits

  • ​🖐️ Manus: 6 months membership

  • ​☎️ Vapi: Bonus credits