Every pitch competition, demo day, hackathon, and founder event worth knowing about in 2026
World's largest student-run energy and climate event. Day 2 features the Innovators Forum where Seed-to-Series A startups present to industry leaders and investors.
VC discussion on identifying breakthrough startup concepts with NFX General Partner James Currier.
350+ leaders across biopharma, digital health, VC, and academia. Includes the SHIP startup competition for biomedical ventures.
36-hour hackathon with two tracks: Existing Venture and Zero-to-One startups. Prizes include fast-track to E14 EPOCH fellowship and $50K SAFE investment.
Features the Black New Venture Competition for $50K in non-dilutive funding for underrepresented startup founders.
250+ female investors, founders, and future leaders. Keynotes, live pitch competition, investor-led breakout sessions, and networking.
250+ entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers. Includes a 24-hour hackathon across Fintech, Education, and Agricultural Logistics tracks.
27th annual conference. Keynotes, fireside chats, and workshops on social enterprise, impact investing, and resilience for social impact leaders.
Early-stage startup teams pitch innovations before judges, competing for $15,000+ in prizes including the $10,000 grand prize.
Fireside chat with RRE Ventures investor Matt Vine on what's getting built and funded in consumer AI. Free matcha and pizza.
Max co-founded Formlabs from MIT Media Lab and grew it into a $2B+ leader in professional additive manufacturing.
Showcase celebrating innovators advancing the clean-energy transition.
Hands-on workshop with serial founder and HBS fellow Rob Snyder on early-stage sales conversations and finding product-market fit using the PULL framework.
48-hour founding hackathon for 50 builders. NYC Tech Trek day one, then team formation and building in Cambridge. 4 teams from last year already raised funding. Demo Day to judges and investors.
Finalists from the Business Track and Social Enterprise Track pitch live for $210,000 in cash prizes.
US regional semi-finals of the global student climate-tech startup competition. Winners advance to Grand Finals for $100K+.
20th annual SSAC. Includes Startup Competition and Trade Show where sports-tech startups pitch to judges and investors.
Andi Peng discusses the vision behind humans&, a human-centric AI lab reimagining model training and human-AI interaction to empower people and strengthen connections.
200+ students building with Google DeepMind generative AI tools including Veo3. 12 hours of prototyping and development. Cash prizes for top teams.
Celebrating 2 years of Sundai Club. All-day event featuring vibecoding workshops, tech talks, demos of hacks and startups, and collaborative building sessions.
Healthcare innovation hackathon with VC mentorship and startup founder speakers. Up to $8K in cash prizes. 50+ companies formed historically with $2.5B raised.
Industry-ready MIT-connected startups deliver lightning talks with Q&A and breakout rooms. AI, biotech, and manufacturing startups.
The premier annual event for the Massachusetts life sciences industry. Keynote by Biogen CEO; Flagship Pioneering founder receives the Termeer Leadership Award.
28th annual conference bringing together leaders, entrepreneurs, and investors focused on African innovation and business.
2.5-day intensive workshop for startups with existing products. 1-on-1 sessions, UX design studios, brand, dev/AI, and go-to-market workshops with Wix product experts. 15-20 startups selected.
Keynotes from Eventbrite co-founders. Panels on AI in venture, healthcare/biotech, and fintech. Includes a "Pitch Your Start-Up" breakout session.
Annual student-run entrepreneurship conference at HBS. Founders, VCs, and operators discuss startup building, fundraising, and scaling.
Developer meetup on deploying AI agents to production and building scalable APIs. Live demos, networking, and food. Speakers from Loveable and Block.
1,200+ attendees. Government officials, industry leaders, VCs, and academics at the intersection of technology and national security. Strong defense-tech startup focus.
10th annual flagship event exploring space entrepreneurship. 350+ attendees, workshops, panels on space innovation, and astronaut speakers. Part of MIT Space Week.
Where breakthrough AI startups meet global influence. Features a Startup Pitch and Demo track for selected high-potential startups.
7th edition global hackathon. Build and pitch AI solutions for health systems. Post-hackathon Venture Incubation Program for selected teams.
Major conference showcasing MIT's most influential AI work. Includes Startup Lightning Talks with 10 selected startups presenting.
Enterprise-focused AI forum. 3 startups selected for 5-minute live presentations to MIT faculty and senior industry executives.
Grand Finals of the global student climate-tech startup competition. $100,000+ in prizes for university student teams.
14th annual flagship AI conference. Researchers, entrepreneurs, and enterprise leaders explore AI moving from pilots to production.
City officials unveil new Climate Forward plan at Greentown Labs. Interactive art, refreshments, and live music.
Major 3-day AI/ML conference with 3,500+ attendees. Expert-led sessions on LLMs, generative AI, and machine learning. Includes the AI X Leadership Summit.
Semifinal round of the $100K Launch competition. Teams present full business plans to advance to the finals.
Culminating event of Harvard's largest innovation competition. Five finalists per track pitch for $25K and $75K prizes. 150+ semifinalists narrowed down.
Part of Boston Climate Week. Exploring why climate innovators choose Massachusetts to build their companies. Free networking with climatetech founders and investors.
Flagship finale of MIT's $100K Entrepreneurship Competition. Eight teams pitch for the $100,000 Grand Prize. Free admission, 2,000+ audience.
MIT Solve's flagship annual event. 300+ leaders from tech, business, philanthropy, and government. Connecting innovators with funding to scale real-world impact.
200+ C-suite investors, corporate leaders, and biotech entrepreneurs. AI-driven discovery, investment models, and M&A strategy. Access to 150+ emerging businesses.
Culminating event of The Engine's 8-week Blueprint accelerator. Teams deliver pitches with expert feedback, poster sessions, speed chats with industry leaders, and networking.
First-ever Boston Tech Week by a16z. Hundreds of events organized by startups, companies, and VCs. Hackathons, panels, community meetups. 80+ founding hosts.
6,000+ attendees, 250+ exhibitors, 50+ sessions across AI, healthcare, logistics, and defense. The major robotics event in Boston.
54-hour entrepreneurship competition. Pitch, form teams, build prototypes, and showcase to judges and mentors.
TechCrunch's flagship founder conference comes to Boston. 1,100+ founders with top VCs. Tactical sessions on building and scaling companies.
Finale of the 10-week Healthcare and Life Sciences Traction program. Partners include Eli Lilly, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, and MassMutual.
MIT and Harvard run some of the most competitive and well-funded startup programs in the world - from the MIT $100K and Harvard New Venture Competition to dozens of hackathons, demo days, and founder gatherings across Kendall Square, Harvard Square, and the broader Boston ecosystem. TNT keeps this calendar updated so our founders never miss a deadline.
Last updated: February 2026. Submit an event
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