The Always-On Agent Hackathon: Build Your Digital Coworker β #BOSTechWeek
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Λβ‘Λ:DTwo-day hackathon to build always-on AI coworkers with voice, text, or both. Hosted by Rasa. Official #BOSTechWeek event.
Ahead of the demos, please register your team here: https://forms.gle/uWstb1xhuaoUWd696
Vote here: https://forms.gle/dqsJL4Zcw7CNiKSK8
We're done with the 5-minute AI demo. Join Rasa and top AI builders for two days dedicated to building persistent, long-term digital coworkers that actually stick around.
ποΈ WHEN & WHERE β 2 DAYS, 2 VENUES
β Fri, May 29 Β· The Foundry Β· 10:00 AM β 9:00 PM β community kickoff, team formation, and building
β Sat, May 30 Β· BU Spark! at the Center for Computing & Data Science (CDS) rooms B62 + B63 and the lounge between them Β· 11:00 AM β 5:00 PM β hack day, demos, awards & networking
The building is open both days β feel free to arrive early and settle in. At CDS we're in the basement (rooms B62 + B63 and the lounge between them); just follow the signs down from the entrance.
THE CHALLENGE
Build agents that handle real workflows, retain memory across long sessions, and integrate into a team's daily operations without losing context or hallucinating under pressure.
WHAT YOU'LL BUILD
Form a team (max 5), pick a use case, ship a coworker that runs continuously.
β The Voice Colleague: an always-listening agent that handles support calls, joins meetings, or runs front-desk triage.
β The Text-Based Operator: a persistent background researcher, queue manager, or autonomous back-office admin.
THE STACK
Hosted by Rasa, with the partners powering production-grade agents:
β Arklex
β Neuphonic
β Speechmatics
β Rime
β Nebius
β And others
Skip the blank repo β we've shipped a best-of-breed starter (Rasa CALM + voice + agentic tools) so you can build your idea, not boilerplate:
β github.com/RasaHQ/rasa-bos-hackathon-2026
The event kicks off Friday with a keynote from Rasa on the future of persistent, production-ready AI.
π SATURDAY RUN OF SHOW
β 11:00 AM β doors open, keep building
β 3:00 PM β team presentations (live demos, no slides)
β ~4:30 PM β everyone votes in an anonymous community poll
β ~4:45 PM β winners announced
β 5:00 PM β wrap
π PRIZES
β Most Resilient Long-Term Agent
β Best Voice Coworker
β Most Creative Enterprise Use Case
Winning teams in each category get a working session with the founders of our partner companies β direct access for networking and hands-on idea validation β plus gifted Claude subscriptions for the team.
WHAT TO EXPECT
The room: enterprise developers, agent builders, voice AI practitioners, and platform engineers.
The takeaway: working open-source code, new collaborators, and a blueprint for AI that lasts.
Open application. All skill levels welcome, whether you ship AI to production daily or are building your first agent. Claim your spot and let's build something that lasts.
ABOUT #BOSTechWeek
A week of events hosted by VCs and startups bringing the Boston tech ecosystem together. Learn more at tech-week.com.
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