Overview
During the 40th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Singapore AI Research Week, Build Learning is hosting a 2-day in-person innovation hackathon. Participants will apply design thinking to ideate and prototype meaningful AI solutions in the areas of Charity, Sustainability and Wellness.
Your challenge: develop real-world use cases for SEA-LION, a LLM developed locally by AI Singapore. You’ll hear from and collaborate with founders working directly in Charity, Sustainability, and Wellness to co-create impactful ideas.
Hear firsthand from AI Singapore how SEA-LION was developed and learn from real AI applications from organisations like Google and Amazon Web Services.
Why Join?
Win cool prizes: Secure exclusive merch, prizes of up to SGD $500 and potential internship pathways
Learn and network: Engage with local entrepreneurs and speakers from OpenAI, Google, AI Singapore, Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare, Stanford University and more
Gain AI Literacy: Learn to prototype with AI tools productively
Develop future-proof mindsets: Strengthen empathy, creativity, collaboration and innovation through design thinking
We welcome all Pre-U (JC / Poly) and University students with a passion for technology, innovation and creating impact.
No technical expertise is required.
Sign up in Groups of 3-5. Individual sign-ups will be matched in groups.

Schedule
End Date: 25 Jan 2026, Sunday
Exclusive student hackathon during the 40th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and SG AI Research Week
Location: 32 Carpenter Street, 059911




