12-13 September 2026 · SP Madrid
Build Over NightsKiro x Quick Hackathon
"Build Through Chaos Over Night." A 24-hour sprint: two tracks, one working prototype per team.
- hours of high-intensity building
- 24hours of high-intensity building
- total attendee capacity
- 350total attendee capacity
- teams
- 36teams
- members per team maximum
- 4members per team maximum
Teams of 2-4 · Kiro + Quick workshop participants required
Mission & vision
Mission
Mixed teams of developers and analysts get one night, Kiro’s parallel agents and Quick’s workflows, and a working prototype at the end of it. The problem has to be real and the build has to run.
Vision
Work that outlives the judging: prototypes teams keep building, and people who have shipped something hard together in one night.
Solve real-world friction
Build applications that address tangible technical or societal pain points, not toy projects.
Master agentic development
Use Kiro’s parallel agents for boilerplate, architecture and quality assurance, alongside Quick’s fast workflows and connectors.
Build resilience together
Maintain technical coherence and creative output through the chaos of an overnight hacking session.
Core group & leads
The same people who ran the ten Build Nights run the overnight sprint: they set the sessions, review the demos and answer questions on the floor at 3am.
Core group
Ada Villareal
Community lead
Runs the AWS User Group chapter and the Build Nights schedule.
Both tracksLinkedInNoel Bautista
Operations & venue
Owns the room, the power, the wifi and the overnight roster.
Both tracksLinkedInRina Okafor
Mentors & judging
Recruits the mentors and briefs the judging panel.
Theo Marchetti
Design & comms
Writes the announcements and keeps the brand consistent.
Both tracksLinkedIn
Timeline
The key milestones for the overnight sprint. Every card carries its own status.
12 Sep 2026
Status: UpcomingBuild begins
Teams begin a high-intensity, 24-hour sprint at SP Madrid.
13 Sep 2026
Status: UpcomingHackathon concludes
Teams present functional prototypes built through the overnight sprint.
Venue
SP MadridStreet address and travel notes are published once the organizers confirm them.What to bring
- A laptop and its charger
- Any hardware your prototype needs
What we provide
Confirmed with the venue closer to the event. Assume you are bringing everything your prototype needs.
Sponsors & partners
The two products the event is built on, and the organizations backing the night around them.
Tiers for 12-13 September 2026 are still open.
Become a sponsor →Common questions
The four we are asked most, out of 24 answers.
Do I need coding experience?
No single discipline is required. Build a multidisciplinary team that covers Kiro and software development, Quick and project management, UI/UX design, and pitching.
How many people per team?
Teams have two to four members, including the team lead. The event has space for 36 teams, with a maximum of four members per team.
Is it free?
Yes. Registration, meals, wifi and mentoring are covered by the sponsors. You bring a laptop.
Do we have to use Kiro and Quick?
Yes. Teams are expected to use Kiro and Quick agentic workflows to build, test, and deploy a functional prototype during the sprint.
Last thing
24 hours. One functional prototype.
- 12-13 September 2026
- SP Madrid
Winners, once we have them
Announced from the stage when the clock stops, then published on this page with the judges' notes.
Get notified when registration opens
Registration opens for a fixed window and SP Madrid has a hard cap on teams. An early email is the difference between a place and a waitlist.