Build something completely wild, absurd, hilarious, or delightfully unnecessary that embodies the true spirit of hackathon hacking! This track is for the projects that will definitely never get into Y Combinator, will never see a pitch deck, but will make the entire room burst out laughing or stand in awe of your chaotic genius.

Whether you’re training a fine-tuned model to roast your teammate’s GitHub commits in a dramatic Shakespearean accent, building a physical device that squirts water whenever your build fails, or creating an AI agent whose only goal is to aggressively negotiate for free pizza—if it’s fun, whimsical, and wildly creative, it belongs here.

Pure Hackathon Energy: Prioritize fun, humor, novel interactions, or sheer absurdity over commercial viability, TAM, or business metrics.

Chaotic Creativity: Embrace wild ideas, unexpected tech stacks, or bizarre hardware hacks that exist purely for the joy of building.

Local Flavor & Culture: Bonus points for nods to Manchester, hackathon lore, inside jokes, or local vibes!