Runway Hackathon — Sept 30, 2026

date;

Sept 30, 2026

time;

9am — 5pm PST

venue;

The Masonic, San Francisco

format;

Solo or teams of up to three

Apply now;

A one day hackathon to build the best agent, app or creative workflow with Runway's API — with the engineers who built it in the room. No pitch decks. No approval chains. Just a working demo by 5pm.

// every participant gets 50K credits to build with

what to build; suggestions, not constraints

>A physics sim you can film01;>A self-directing video agent02;>A trailer for a game that doesn't exist03;>A character that remembers every scene04;>An ad pipeline that runs itself05;>A tool anyone can direct06;

program; await kickoff;

09:00

Kickoff — API showcase and walkthrough

09:45

Build — engineers on the floor

16:00

Submissions close

17:00

Demos, judging, winners

// yes there will be coffee

// the wifi password is on the back wall

Build the *toolyou wishexisted;