AI Club x Iterate NYC Hackathon


Date
Feb 14, 2026
Location
Columbia Business School

300 builders. 12 hours. $10,000+ in prizes. One room.

The CBS AI Club and Iterate brought together builders from across New York City for a day-long hackathon at Columbia Business School’s Geffen Hall Board Room. 60+ teams submitted final projects spanning healthcare AI, financial tools, creative applications, developer productivity, and education platforms.

What Happened

  • 12-hour build sprint in Geffen Hall at Columbia Business School
  • $10,000+ in total prizes — cash awards, AI service credits, and partner merchandise
  • 250 Shake Shack burgers and 200 ChaHalo milk teas
  • Access to cutting-edge tools and APIs from our partners
  • Judging by a panel of investors, founders, and technologists

Sponsors & Partners

Anthropic | ElevenLabs | Lovable | Blaxel (YC X25) | Finny (YC S24) | Perle | BizCrush | White Circle

Who Showed Up

Developers, designers, data scientists, MBAs with product chops, grad students, startup founders, working professionals — strangers from all across NYC, all building together.