AI-Powered Hackathon Execution

Your AI War Room for Hackathons

Free to start · No credit card required

Always-On Assistant

Meet Cortex — the 5th
member of your team

Your AI Copilot lives directly in your War Room. It tracks context, remembers key decisions, and acts autonomously so your team can focus on shipping.

  • Context AwareUnderstands your project architecture and goals.
  • Lightning Fast ExecutionInstantly outlines tasks and suggests solutions.
  • Decision TrackingAutomatically logs and organizes your brainstorms.

Everything your team needs to win

Six integrated tools — powered by AI — to take your hackathon team from first idea to final submission.

AI War Room

Real-time strategic chat where your team and AI copilot collaborate on direction, pivots, and key decisions.

Idea Capture

Never lose a spark. Capture, tag, and vote on ideas during brainstorming — AI helps refine the best ones.

Decision Tracking

Log every fork in the road. See the context, options considered, and rationale for each decision made.

Task Execution

Break the plan into actionable tasks with owners, priorities, and statuses. Ship on time, every time.

AI Copilot

Get AI-generated suggestions for ideas, decisions, and task breakdowns. Your always-on 5th team member.

Workspace Collaboration

Invite teammates, assign roles, share context. One focused workspace per hackathon event.

How it works

Three steps to transform your hackathon workflow.

Step 01

Create Workspace

Set up a focused workspace for your hackathon event. Invite your teammates and define your goals.

Step 02

Plan with AI

Use the AI War Room to brainstorm ideas, make key decisions, and break your plan into executable tasks.

Step 03

Execute & Win

Track progress in real-time, collaborate with your team, and ship a polished submission before the deadline.

EXECUTE IDEAS.
AT LIGHTSPEED.

EXECUTE IDEAS.
AT LIGHTSPEED.

Context Memory

MEMMAX

Real-time Sync

LATENCY12ms

Auto-Tasking

EXEC99.9%

Summaries

AI100%

Seamless Integrations

Plugs directly into Git hooks and PR pipelines.

Always Online

Continues running tests even while you sleep.

Intelligent Routing

Delegates tasks to the most capable AI models.

Light-speed Exec

Generates boilerplate in milliseconds.

Meet Your 5th
Member

Loved by Builders

Join thousands of hackathon winners

Hack Cortex helped us ship our MVP in just 36 hours. The AI suggestions were incredibly accurate.

SC

Sarah Chen

Frontend Developer

Like having a senior developer on call 24/7. Game changer for hackathons.

MJ

Marcus Johnson

Full Stack Engineer

Our team's productivity doubled. The context awareness is mind-blowing.

ER

Emily Rodriguez

Product Manager

Finally, an AI that understands hackathon pressure. Saved us countless hours of debugging.

DK

David Kim

Backend Developer

Even as a designer, Hack Cortex helped me understand and modify code confidently.

LW

Lisa Wang

UX Designer

Won my first hackathon thanks to Hack Cortex. The task breakdown feature is pure gold.

AT

Alex Thompson

Student Developer

We integrated Hack Cortex into our workflow. Best decision we ever made.

PP

Priya Patel

Tech Lead

The real-time collaboration features are unmatched. Perfect for distributed teams.

JW

James Wilson

DevOps Engineer

From idea to working prototype in hours, not days. Absolutely incredible.

NK

Nina Kowalski

Mobile Developer

Hack Cortex is the 5th team member every hackathon team needs. Period.

RM

Ryan Martinez

Startup Founder

Simple, event-based pricing

Start free. Upgrade per hackathon when you need the full AI arsenal.

Free Explorer

Perfect for adoption and product discovery.

$0
  • One workspace
  • Basic War Room
  • Limited idea capture
  • Limited decision tracking
  • Manual organization tools
  • Limited orchestrator usage

Hack Pass Lite

Low-friction entry for budget-sensitive teams.

$19/ event
  • 1 Paid workspace (1 event cycle)
  • Team invites
  • Core orchestration features
  • Basic roadmap support
  • Idea ledger & ownership board
  • Limited rubric support
  • Limited premium usage
Recommended

Hack Pass Sprint

The main recommended plan for standard hackathon runs.

$49/ event
  • Everything in Lite
  • Stronger orchestration coverage
  • Feasibility analysis
  • Roadmap lock support
  • Rubric mirror & gap review
  • Submission desk
  • Moderate premium credit bundle

Hack Pass Pro

Premium team plan for serious competitors.

$99/ event
  • Everything in Sprint
  • Larger premium credit bundle
  • Advanced late-stage support
  • Demo path builder
  • Final pitch & submission workflows
  • Expanded premium actions
  • Higher usage caps overall

Ready to build faster?

Join teams already using Hack Cortex to go from idea to submission with AI-powered execution.

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