The 1-Hour AI Challenge (Sheffield) — In-Person

When: 5:30pm while 7:30pm on 4th November 2025

Where: Penine 5, 41 Silver Street Head, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2DY - Car park on site and on the road outside. more details can be found here

Capacity: 16

Cost: Free

Register: Click here to register

What this is

Test your problem-solving against real, bite-size challenges. Discover which AI tools actually help with day-to-day work. Build alongside others and show what you made.

Format (fast + friendly)

• 10 min: Intro, pick a challenge
• 60 min: Build sprint
• 20 min: Demos + takeaways
• 10 min: Wrap-up & next steps

The 6 challenges

• Screenshot Finder – Search your screenshots by text and visuals
• Audio-to-Slides – Record yourself; get slides generated automatically
• Team Mood Tracker – Analyse chat for happiness/stress signals
• Project Time Machine – See how a project evolved over time
• Document Q&A – Turn files into a knowledge map + Q&A
• Email Sorter – Group inbox messages into actionable buckets

At Andrew Ng’s recent buildathon, people shipped projects like these in hours with AI help. Come see what you’re capable of.

Challenge details: https://github.com/AIFundTeam/buildathon/blob/main/projects_aug_2025.md

About us: Click here to see our main events page

Bring

• Laptop + charger (headphones recommended)
• Optional: a small, sanitised dataset (we’ll provide samples too)
• Water bottle

Housekeeping

• Wi-Fi & power: Provided
• Accessibility: Let us know any requirements—happy to help
• Photos/recording: We may take a few; tell us if you’d prefer not
• Code of Conduct: Be kind, be respectful, no harassment

Invite your AI-curious friends—you don’t want them saying, “I wish I’d known about this.”