AI London 2027 · Partner with Encode Club

01 The event

What is AI London?

AI London is our flagship AI hackathon: a packed weekend where ambitious builders meet partners, ship working AI products, compete for prizes, and turn early ideas into credible startups.

01
AI-first tracks
Agents, voice AI, creative AI, devtools, and partner-led challenges designed around real adoption.
02
High-signal builders
Founding engineers, AI developers and technical founders building live inside the Hub.
03
Demos and prizes
Partners get builders shipping on their product, real product feedback, and founder-quality demos.

02 By the numbers

Last March, the Hub
shipped 132 projects.

AI London 2026, 20–22 March, Encode Hub.

422: builders registered for AI London 2026
132: projects shipped in one weekend
16: partners, from OpenAI and Anthropic to AWS and ElevenLabs
10,000s: reached through the Encode Luma calendar, newsletter and socials

Talks, demos and judging

Partner talks to a full room, hands-on Q&A, and judges going team to team across the Hub.

A packed conference session at AI London 2026 — 01 Full room

ElevenLabs on stage at AI London 2026 — 02 ElevenLabs on stage

Audience Q&A at AI London 2026 — 03 Audience Q&A

Judging on the hacking floor at AI London 2026 — 04 Floor judging

A speaker session at AI London 2026 — 05 Speaker session

Rooftop judging at AI London 2026 — 06 Rooftop judging

AI London 2026 · Encode Hub, Shoreditch

03 Who's in the room

Builders,
not browsers.

A builder-first crowd of AI engineers and technical founders, the people who choose what gets built with.

Core

Founding engineers and AI developers

The core of the room: engineers building AI products from zero, many already shipping their own startups.

Industry

Engineers in industry

Developers and researchers with day jobs at tech companies, here to build with new tools and meet the teams behind them.

Early career

Recent graduates

Strong technical grads at the start of their careers, looking for their next role or co-founder.

Selective

A select group of top students

A small share of standout students from leading UK universities.

Past builders include alumni and students of

Oxford
Cambridge
Imperial
UCL
LSE
Edinburgh
and more

04 The venue

Home of the event

Encode Hub, Shoreditch.

Our 24/7 London founder and builder space sits minutes from Old Street, Shoreditch High Street and Liverpool Street, built for hackathons, workshops, demos, and high-density technical community moments.

41 Pitfield Street, London N1 6DA

01Dedicated hacking space
02Workshop + demo rooms
03Partner visibility
04Photos, video, and social content

The Encode Hub hacking floor during AI London 2026 — Hub The hacking floor, AI London 2026

3D model

The whole building, floor by floor.

A quick look at how the Hub fits together: open hacking floors, a workshop room for talks and demos, meeting rooms for partner sessions, and a kitchen and coffee cart to keep everyone going.

3D The Encode Hub, floor by floor

05 Hub startups

Builders here go on to build real companies.

The Hub is not just a venue. It is where founders meet collaborators, test ideas, and keep building after the weekend.

06 Partner options

Show up heavily, lightly, or somewhere in between.

Low lift from you, if you want it. We can make the partner experience as hands-on or hands-off as you need, without turning your team into a logistics department with a logo.

01
Workshop
Run it in-person, join virtually, or record it if flying in is awkward.
02
Technical support
Send someone on the ground, or our team can answer technical questions for you.
03
Judging
Judge in-person, judge virtually, or let us handle judging against your criteria.
04
Swag
Bring it yourself, or ship it to us and we'll distribute it properly.
05
Content
Make your own content, or let our team capture the perfect photos and video.

07 Sponsorship tiers

Three ways in.

Pick a level, add what you need. All fees in GBP; prizes for builders are optional and sit on top of the fee.

Bronze

£2.5k

GBP partner fee

Get in front of the room

What’s included

Logo
Small, on the Luma page, socials and partner wall
Tickets
3 for your team or friends
Merch + credits Optional
Bring stickers or merch, and credits for builders to use over the weekend
Recap newsletter
A mention after the event
Social
Not included
Speaking
Not included
Mentors
Not included
Challenge
Not included
Prizes Optional
On top of the fee: credits, Pro plan discounts, hardware or merch
Content
Not included
Booth
Not included
Report
Not included

Talk to us about Bronze →

Silver

£5k

GBP partner fee

Get builders hands-on with your product

What’s included

Logo
Medium, on the Luma page, socials and partner wall
Tickets
5 for your team or friends
Merch + credits Optional
Bring stickers or merch, and credits for builders to use over the weekend
Recap newsletter
A mention after the event
Social
A dedicated post on our channels
Speaking
15 min talk or workshop
Mentors
Your team on the hacking floor
Challenge
Your own challenge, prize and judging criteria
Prizes Optional
On top of the fee: credits, Pro plan discounts, hardware or merch
Content
Photos of your team and product
Booth
Not included
Report
Not included

Talk to us about Silver →

Gold Recommended

£10k

GBP partner fee

Own a track and the results

What’s included

Logo
Large, on the Luma page, socials and partner wall
Tickets
10 for your team or friends
Merch + credits Optional
Bring stickers or merch, and credits for builders to use over the weekend
Recap newsletter
A mention after the event
Social
A dedicated post on our channels
Speaking
30 min talk or workshop
Mentors
Your team on the hacking floor
Challenge
Your own challenge, prize and judging criteria
Prizes Optional
On top of the fee: credits, Pro plan discounts, hardware or merch
Content
Photos of your team and product
Booth
A table for your team, plus one roll-up banner
Report
Post-event report: sign-ups, projects on your product, content

Talk to us about Gold →

Compare tiers side by side

	Bronze£2.5k	Silver£5k	Gold£10k
Visibility
Logo on Luma, socials and partner wall	Small	Medium	Large
Bring merch, and credits to build with Optional	✓	✓	✓
Recap newsletter mention	✓	✓	✓
Dedicated social post	Not included	✓	✓
At the event
Tickets for your team	3	5	10
Speaking or workshop	Not included	15 min talk or workshop	30 min talk or workshop
Mentors on the hacking floor	Not included	✓	✓
Booth table + one roll-up banner	Not included	Not included	✓
Your own challenge, prize and judging criteria	Not included	✓	✓
Prizes for builders (credits, discounts, hardware, merch) Optional	On top of fee	On top of fee	On top of fee
After the event
Photos of your team and product	Not included	✓	✓
Post-event report	Not included	Not included	✓
Partner fee	£2.5k	£5k	£10k

Add-ons

Optional extras you can add to any tier. Priced on request.

Naming rights

“AI London 2027, powered by you” on every asset, from Luma to the stage.

The coffee cart

Sponsored caffeine all weekend: the Encode Coffee Club cart runs on you, and every builder knows it.

Dinner or drinks

Host the Saturday dinner or the closing drinks, and meet the builders over food.

Newsletter feature

A dedicated feature in the Encode newsletter, before or after the weekend.

08 Track record

We’ve filled this room before.

Most recent edition · 20–22 March 2026

AI London 2026

A 3-day AI hackathon and conference at the Encode Hub. Tracks in AI agents, creative AI, onchain AI and vibe coding, plus partner challenges, conference workshops, and 132 projects shipped by Sunday afternoon.

encodeclub.com/ai-london-2026

Location: Encode Hub, Shoreditch
Prominent partners: OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, AWS, ElevenLabs, Vercel, Canva, Base, Civic, Flare, Architect and more
Tracks: AI Agents, Creative AI, Onchain AI, Vibe Coding, plus partner challenges from Civic
Who came: Mostly professional developers and technical founders, with 20–30% top university students