One agent explores. Two agents leave a trail. A room of agents builds a road. 5 hackathons. 200+ projects. The event ends. The community's work continues. UK AI Agents Lab is now on X. Follow along to see our latest event and projects from the community.

In early 2025, @iamxxhe and I were pitching a sponsor for our first hackathon. Halfway through our deck, the sponsor interrupted: “Did you see that token? I think it’s gone up 10x since we started this call.” 🤯 We both went quiet. Seconds earlier, we’d been discussing how to support developers. Now we were scrambling to find the trading pair on our phones while trying to keep the pitch going. I found the wrong pair. My first brush with financial freedom, and I couldn’t even find the right button. Shafi and I met through @iclblockchain I was working on biosensors in the lab and trading perps on the side; he was deep into quant. Our first shared achievement? Losing all our pocket money. 😂 We believed in AI agents—and hoped they might improve our bank balances. We invested in a friend’s project, kept “buying the dip” while organising our first hackathon, and eventually lost everything we’d put in. But we kept building together. The money disappeared. The partnership stayed. And together, we built @imperialaisoc. One hackathon became two, then three, four and five. 67 soon. Over 18 months, those five events brought together: → 2,000+ builders → 200+ projects → More than $200,000 in combined announced prize pools → Millions of views online We’d gone from putting our money into tokens to bringing sponsor support to developers. This time, we could see things being built. This week, we brought founders, AI leaders and investors together at the House of Lords for @UKAIagents. Looking around the room, I kept thinking about how much had grown out of those early conversations. Members have taken on forward-deployed engineering projects, joined incubators, raised funding and met their co-founders. One community member shared an early idea with me. Two months later, he had raised $4 million and moved to San Francisco. Those achievements belong to them—their talent, work and decisions. We’re simply grateful to have provided a place where some of those connections began. And we want to help more of those stories continue beyond the event. Today, we’re officially launching @UKAIagents to take this community further. We’ll keep hosting high-quality events while helping our founders and fellows access small grants and early-stage funding, connect with the right investors, and find the compute resources they need to keep building. Sometimes the next step is a technical mentor. Sometimes it’s a first paying customer. Sometimes it’s one introduction to someone who understands what you’re trying to build. I’m so glad we’re in this wave together—with our incredible founders and the support of our partners and sponsors, we truly apperiate all the support from our amazing sponsors, partners like @LauraModiano , @davidgelberg and surrounded by top builders like @gary_yangge, our founding member and new @iclblockchain pres @may_tohoku and so many more, i can't wait to see what we build together. Check our cool event and projects here btw aiagentslab.uk/

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🇬🇧 UK AI Agent Lab: Gemini & Gemma Edition is coming to London! 🇬🇧 Cohosting with @GoogleDeepMind for an exclusive day of talks + a hands on mini hackathon to build with Gemini & Gemma models. 📍 London 🎟️ Registration open now (Details dropping soon): luma.com/7srz7k7v

Opening Ceremony for UK AI Agent Hackathon Ep5 x Conduct starts tomorrow!! We’re delighted to welcome Laura @LauraModiano from @OpenAI and Henry, Co-Founder of Conduct AI, for a special keynote session at UK AI Agent Hackathon EP5. Laura brings insight from OpenAI, one of the organisations at the centre of the global AI transformation, helping shape how frontier AI is adopted by builders, startups, enterprises, and society. Henry is building @ConductAI to bring agentic AI into real enterprise systems, helping teams understand, modernise, and transform complex legacy software. Together, they’ll share perspectives on where AI agents are heading, how frontier models are moving into production, and what builders should focus on when creating practical, high-impact AI applications. Time: 17:30 – 18:00 Venue: CAGB 200, Imperial College London Date: 28/06/2026 Don’t forget to sign up and view the full agenda here: aiagentslab.uk/hackathon/ep5

We’re delighted to welcome Harry Uglow, Paul Müller, and Albert Phelps for Panel 3: High Growth Startups — How to Build in the Age of AI? Harry Uglow brings experience as co-founder of Dex and @a16z Scout, with a strong perspective on early-stage company building and venture-backed startups. Paul Müller, @EWOR_official Partner and Co-Founder of Adjust, brings deep founder and operator experience from scaling a high-growth technology company. Albert Phelps from @tomoro_ai is building at the frontier of AI adoption, helping organisations understand how AI can transform real workflows and businesses. Together, they’ll share insights on what it takes to build ambitious startups in the age of AI — from finding the right market, scaling fast, raising capital, and turning new technology into real commercial impact. Time: 18:00 – 18:30 Venue: CAGB 200, Imperial College London Date: 28/06/2026 Don’t forget to sign up and view the full agenda here: aiagentslab.uk/hackathon/ep5

We’re delighted to welcome Hazel Hu, Bart Zuber, and Romain Billot for our Special Panel: GCC × Vega × Kaspa — Building the Future of AI. Hazel Hu @withhazelhu , Team Lead at GCC @GCCofCommons , brings a strong perspective on ecosystem building and how developer communities can accelerate AI innovation and building on @ethereum . Bart Zuber, Building AI at Vega-alts, is working at the intersection of AI, products, and real-world adoption, which raised $20 Million, building the New “Core” for Private Markets Client Service. Romain Billot @IzioDev , Core Contributor at Kaspa, brings deep insight from the decentralised technology ecosystem and the future of scalable infrastructure. Together, they’ll explore how AI, Web3, and developer ecosystems are converging — and what builders should pay attention to when creating the next generation of AI applications. Time: - Venue: CAGB 200, Imperial College London Date: 28/06/2026 Don’t forget to sign up and view the full agenda here: aiagentslab.uk/hackathon/ep5

🚀 UK AI Agent Hackathon EP5 × Conduct AI is back! Time to hack your way to the House of Lords! Excited to be co-hosting this amazing event with Imperial AI Group and the legends @iamxxhe & @mingthemerxiles . The UK AI Agent Hackathon EP5 × @ConductAI is coming this summer, joined by @Microsoft and @Fetch_ai @fetch_ai_IL as headline sponsors, alongside an incredible lineup of sponsors and partners including Vega-alt, @opentensor , @AskVenice , @CoralOS_ai , and many more to be announced soon. The hackathon kicks off with the Opening Ceremony on 28 June, followed by a full week of immersive workshops, co-working sessions, challenges, mentorship, and project showcases with leading AI companies and sponsor teams. We will be bringing together builders, founders, researchers, and AI enthusiasts to explore the future of autonomous agents, receive hands-on support from industry experts, and showcase their projects to top VCs and ecosystem partners. Winning teams will earn the opportunity to present at the @UKHouseofLords in September. Big speaker announcements and prize pool details are coming soon. Sign up and check more details here: aiagentslab.uk/hackathon/ep5 Build. Connect. Launch.