Agents that
actually run.
A two-day hackathon on agentic AI for industry, in Munich. UVC portfolio companies set the challenges, UVC partners judge, and teams are scored on software that runs at the demo — not on the pitch alone.
- Format
- Two days, on site
- Where
- Munich
- When
- Oct – Nov 2026
- Builders
- ≈ 150 target
- Judged on
- Working software
- Tracks
- 3 of 4 open
Built around the fund,
not the sponsor.
Most hackathons put a company’s logo on the wall and call it a partnership. Here the venture fund is the structure itself: its portfolio supplies the problems, its partners sit on the jury, and it gets two days of concentrated exposure to builders it would otherwise meet one CV at a time.
A corporate hackathon
Real budget, real brand, a real problem. But the problem belongs to one company's roadmap, and there is no investor in the room when a team turns out to be exceptional.
No investor accessA student hackathon
Real builders and real energy. But the problems are invented for the weekend, and nothing that gets built has anyone waiting for it on Monday.
No production problemsThis one
The fund's portfolio sets the challenges, so every track is a live commercial problem with its owner in the room. The fund's partners judge, so teams are evaluated by people who back startups for a living.
Both, structurally
Four bays on the floor.
Each track is one partner’s problem, worked on by several teams at once. Three of the four are unassigned — which is the reason you are reading this page.
- Bay 01Set
UVC hypothesis track
A challenge built on an investment hypothesis UVC is actively testing. The only track that needs no outside partner.
No outside partner needed
- Bay 02Open
Portfolio startup track
A live production problem from a UVC portfolio company, with the person who owns it standing in the room for two days.
Partner — to be assigned
- Bay 03Open
Portfolio startup track
A second portfolio company, a second real problem. Reserved for UVC portfolio companies.
Partner — to be assigned
- Bay 04Open
Corporate track
An industrial operator's problem at the scale it actually occurs. Most likely a UVC LP or partner company.
Partner — to be assigned
Teams are judged on agents that actually run — a demo that executes, not a deck that describes one.
Every team demonstrates in front of the jury on Sunday evening. What does not run does not score.
Kick-off
Tracks are opened by the people who set them. Teams pick a bay and start.
Build
Two days on site. Challenge owners stay reachable. A compute partner supplies AI credits for building across the weekend.
Demos and jury
Every team demonstrates a running agent. The jury scores what runs.
What a partner gets.
Three ways to be in this. What each one costs is a conversation, not a number on a page — but here is exactly what each one returns.
Challenge partner
A UVC portfolio company, or a UVC LP for the corporate track
3 tracks open- A problem you choose, worked on by strong technical teams for two days
- A CTO or C-level seat on the jury
- Two days watching how those builders work under pressure
- Working prototypes, evaluated on whether they run
Jury seat
A UVC partner
Seats being offered- One UVC seat on the jury alongside the challenge partners
- A concentrated look at strong technical builders under a deadline
- Evaluation of working software, not of decks
Compute partner
An AI lab
In conversation- AI credits used for building across the whole weekend
- Credits as prizes for the winning teams
- Presence at a two-day event about agents that ship
Who is running it.
UnternehmerTUM’s flagship entrepreneurship program. Alumni have founded more than 260 startups — komoot, Konux, IDnow, Tado, StudySmarter, Proglove, Fernride, Constellr, OroraTech and ZenML among them — which have raised over $2.3B, plus more than ten venture funds.
Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners. Munich and Berlin, backing B2B startups across Europe from the earliest stages up to Series A, with initial investments up to €10M and funds supported by the European Investment Fund. Portfolio includes Isar Aerospace, Proxima Fusion, Flix, TWAICE, Tacto, Aleph Alpha, planqc, Capmo and Q.ANT.
The team organizing this has run the Munich hub of the Hack-Nation Global AI Hackathon three times, with roughly a hundred builders on site each time — venue, catering, sponsoring and the full on-site execution. That is the same set of things this event needs.
Hack-Nation is a separate initiative that we neither own nor run. We organized the Munich hub only, and the global program’s figures are not ours.
Where it stands.
Nothing here is dressed up as decided. Each open item is open because the people we are talking to are the ones who close it.
Format
Two days on site. Saturday kick-off, Sunday demos and jury.
Decided
Date
A weekend in October or November 2026.
Fixed once challenge partners confirm availability
Venue
Munich. Candidates identified, none agreed.
Confirmed against final headcount
Challenge tracks
Two reserved for UVC portfolio companies, one for a corporate partner or LP.
Closes as partners commit
Jury
A CTO or C-level seat per challenge partner, one UVC partner, one corporate seat.
Filled as tracks are taken
Compute partner
Credits for building across the weekend and as prizes.
Needs dates and a confirmed outline
Prizes
Cash and credits. Structure not yet set.
Set together with the challenge partners
Applications
This page is for partners, not participants.
Opens once date and venue are fixed
Questions.
The ones we get asked. Where the honest answer is still TBD, it says TBD.
- When is it?
- TBDTargeting a weekend in October or November 2026. The exact weekend is fixed together with the challenge partners.
- Which days of the week?
- Saturday and Sunday. Kick-off Saturday morning, final demos and jury Sunday evening.
- Where?
- TBDMunich. Venue candidates are identified; none is agreed yet, and the final choice depends on headcount.
- Who is it for?
- Around 150 builders on site, depending on the venue. Applications are not open yet.
- What will teams actually work on?
- Four challenge tracks: two live production problems from UVC portfolio companies, one from a corporate partner, and one built on a UVC investment hypothesis.
- Who can be a challenge partner?
- The two startup tracks are reserved for UVC portfolio companies. The corporate track is most likely a UVC LP or partner company, though there is some flexibility there.
- What does a challenge partner contribute?
- TBDTBD
- What do winning teams get?
- TBDTBD — a mix of cash prizes and AI credits. The structure is being set with the challenge partners.
- Who judges?
- A CTO or C-level representative from each challenge partner, one UVC partner, and one seat for the corporate partner.
- How are teams judged?
- On agents that actually run. Working software at the demo, not the pitch alone.
- Is there a compute partner?
- TBDWe are in conversation with a compute partner to supply AI credits for building across the weekend and as prizes. Not confirmed yet.
- Do participants apply on their own or as a team?
- TBDTBD
- When do applications open?
- TBDTBD — once the date and venue are fixed.
- Who is organizing it?
- Manage&More and UVC Partners, both part of UnternehmerTUM.
Take a bay, take a jury seat,
or ask what it would cost you.
Thirty minutes is enough to walk through the format, the tracks still open, and what a partner actually commits to.
This event is organized by Manage&More together with UVC Partners.