Corporate hackathon · CREATORS Space
Your challenge. Our builders. One weekend.
Bring a real challenge. Motivated teams from the CREATORS community build competing solutions in parallel — in one to two days. You walk away with working prototypes. And a real sense of who these people are.
- Format
- 1 to 2 days in the CREATORS Space, Stuttgart
- For
- Recruiting or innovation, or both
- Result
- Multiple prototypes and real talent signal
Two reasons to run a hackathon
One format, two goals.
Whether you want to see talent before you hire it, or solve a question you don't have the internal bandwidth for — the format carries both. Many companies use it for both at once.
Hiring pipeline
See how people work under real time pressure on a real problem — alone, in a team, under stress. A better signal than a CV and an interview combined. By the end, you know who you want to hire before the first interview happens.
Creative solutions for a challenge
Instead of hiring a single consultancy, have several independent teams work on the same question in parallel. You get multiple approaches, faster and cheaper than a classic project — and pick the one that actually holds up.
Your hackathon, your variables
The frame is fixed. You set the details.
Every company brings different goals, a different budget and a different question. These three levers get settled before the first offer.
Number of participants
20 to 150+ builders
We scale the format, the space and the support to the group size that fits your goal.
Other sponsors
Alone or in partnership
You run the hackathon alone, or we bring in matching co-sponsors from the network.
Project ownership
Agreed before it starts
Your company, the teams, or shared use — settled contractually before the first prototype exists.
What's included
Everything except your challenge.
- Venue, tech and on-site support in the CREATORS Space
- Outreach and access to the builder community across the ecosystem
- Format and schedule, tailored to your participant count
- Judging process and criteria, worked out together with you
- Facilitation, Demo Day and presentation of results
- Follow-up: intros to the teams and talent that stood out
The value
You get several independent attempts at solving a real question — and a direct look at people you would otherwise never see in action.
Whether used as a recruiting signal or an innovation sprint: the result is something running, not a concept paper.
One weekend. Several solutions. Real talent.
Investment · Corporate hackathon
The price depends on your hackathon.
We deliberately don't run a price table. Participant count, duration, whether you sponsor alone or with partners, and how much support you need set the price — and we work that out together with you.
- Participant count and format set the venue and support effort
- Sole sponsorship or cost-sharing with co-sponsors
- Scope of judging process, prize-money guidance and follow-up
All offers are created individually, plus VAT.
Inquiry
Let's plan your hackathon.
A few details are enough. We'll get back to you with a tailored offer, scoped to participant count, sponsorship and your goal.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is a corporate hackathon with CREATORS?
- Your company brings a real challenge. We provide the CREATORS Space, the outreach and access to the builder community, and motivated teams build competing solutions in parallel over one to two days. It ends with a Demo Day of working prototypes.
- How many participants do we need?
- It's flexible: from small formats with around 20 builders to large events with 150 or more. We adapt the venue, support and schedule to the group size that fits your goal.
- Can we co-sponsor the hackathon with other companies?
- Yes. You can run the hackathon alone, or we bring in matching co-sponsors from the network and share cost and visibility.
- Who keeps the projects afterward?
- We settle that with you upfront: your company keeps the rights, the teams keep their projects, or both sides use the results together. All three models are possible.
- What does a corporate hackathon cost?
- There's no fixed price table. Participant count, duration, whether you sponsor alone or with partners, and the scope of support set the price. We put together a tailored offer once we know your key details.
- Can we use the hackathon for recruiting?
- That's exactly what the format is often booked for. You see people working under real time pressure on a real task — a far more reliable signal than an interview. Many companies follow up by inviting standout participants to talk.
Who we built it for
For whom
HR, recruiting, innovation
Whoever wants to see new talent before hiring it, or needs a question solved that keeps slipping internally.
Who decides
Head of Talent, Head of Innovation
Whoever owns recruiting or new ideas in-house and wants a tangible result, not another interview round.
Ready for the next step?
Bring your question into a room full of builders.
A few details are enough to get an offer scoped to your participant count and your goal.
CREATORS Space · Stuttgart / Baden-Württemberg
