Every revolution begins with someone unwilling to accept the current model.
In prizes across the weekend. Full prize breakdown coming soon.
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Deadline · September 6For centuries, the center of the world was assumed. Then someone questioned it, and the model broke open.
Tech has its own accepted centers of gravity today. Junction 2026 is where 2,000 builders spend 48 hours proving those assumptions wrong.
This is not a hackathon about competing inside the current system. It is about asking who gets to define the system at all.
Why AI now? Because the model is breaking open again.
One weekend that changes what you think you're capable of.
Work on real challenges with real constraints, alongside people who push you further than you push yourself.
A global network of builders that stays with you long after the weekend ends.
Get in front of the people hiring, funding, and building the next generation of European tech.
Preliminary schedule — times may still shift as the event approaches.
Challenge tracks for Junction 2026 will be announced closer to the event. Each track is shaped with our Challenge Partners around real, unsolved problems.
Built and judged on the Junction Platform.
Each Challenge Partner chooses their own track winners against their own criteria.
The Main Event winner is decided first through face-to-face peer review to select the top 5 projects.
The top 5 pitch in front of a live audience, and a grand jury chooses the overall winner.
Get hands-on with hardware — build physical, connected, and embedded projects on-site.
A dedicated space for founders, investors, and builders to meet, pitch, and connect.
Where great demos turn into real deals — a new format connecting projects with opportunity.
Partners for Junction 2026 to be announced. Three ways to join:
Set a challenge, shape a track, and choose your own winners.
Bring your platform, APIs, and tools to 2,000 builders.
Put your brand in front of Europe's most ambitious tech talent.
The fastest answers live in our community. Ask anything and meet your future team — katso Discord.
Join the Discord →€100,000 in prizes. Be there when it happens.
Apply now →