Silicon Mountain

Exceptional people. Consequential work.

Where the next century gets built.

Where the next century gets built.

Selective 48-hour hackathons. Europe’s exceptional builders, industry and capital in one room. Four a year.

Selective 48-hour hackathons. Europe’s exceptional builders, industry and capital in one room. Four a year.

Admission by selection. Every application is read by a person.

Admission by selection. Every application is read by a person.

Next · San Francisco · Maritime

Next · San Francisco · Maritime

16–18 October 2026

16–18 October 2026

The lineage

Five centuries of building. The next one is ours.

Five centuries of building. The next one is ours.

Florence connected artists, engineers and patrons in the same room. Leonardo drew machines centuries early. Galileo measured what others argued. The Enlightenment turned ideas into industry; the Bauhaus turned craft into a discipline. The method never changed. The problems did.

Silicon Mountain is that room.

Founded in the European Alps:

Munich. Zurich. Turin · 2026

Cultivating the next century of innovation

Florence

1450

Solvay

Solvay

1926

The Bauhaus

The Bauhaus

1919

The Concorde

The Concorde

1962

The LHC

The LHC

2008

Now

2026

Florence

1450

Solvay

Solvay

1926

The Bauhaus

The Bauhaus

1919

The Concorde

The Concorde

1962

The LHC

The LHC

2008

Now

2026

One weekend a quarter

If you can build it, prove it.

Each hackathon takes one domain — Maritime, Space, Land or Air — one city and 48 hours. The next edition opens for applications; the one after is announced a season ahead.

2026 · Four editionsTap to view

Ten teams. Three challenges. 48 hours.

The Fincantieri Maritime Dual-Use Hackathon, with Fincantieri Marine Group and Mind the Bridge. Warpspeed won with onboard decision software for software-defined vessels, running offline on a Qualcomm edge board.

01Winner — Warpspeed.
02Runner-up — SDV.
03Room — 30 builders · 10 teams · 3 challenges.
DomainMaritime
CitySan Francisco
Dates16–18 October 2026
Length48 hours
ChallengesFincantieri
Inside San Francisco →
01 / In the build room
San Francisco · 16–18 October 2026
02 / Heads down
San Francisco · 16–18 October 2026
03 / Pitching to the jury
San Francisco · 16–18 October 2026
04 / From the stage to the work
San Francisco · 16–18 October 2026
05 / The winning team
San Francisco · 16–18 October 2026
06 / The room
San Francisco · 16–18 October 2026

One weekend a quarter

If you can build it, prove it.

Each hackathon takes one domain — Maritime, Space, Land or Air — one city and 48 hours. The next edition opens for applications; the one after is announced a season ahead.

01

ACCOMPLISHED

Rome

June 2026

02

Accomplished

San Francisco

October 2026

03

Next

Turin

November 2026

04

—

On the horizon

One season ahead

Ten teams. Three challenges. 48 hours.

The Fincantieri Maritime Dual-Use Hackathon, with Fincantieri Marine Group and Mind the Bridge. Warpspeed won with onboard decision software for software-defined vessels, running offline on a Qualcomm edge board.

01

Winner — Warpspeed.

02

Runner-up — SDV.

03

Room — 30 builders · 10 teams · 3 challenges.

Domain

Maritime

City

San Francisco

Dates

16–18 October 2026

Length

48 hours

Challenges

Fincantieri

Past event / San Francisco / 16–18 October 2026

01 / In the build room

San Francisco · 16–18 October 2026

02 / Heads down

San Francisco · 16–18 October 2026

03 / Pitching to the jury

San Francisco · 16–18 October 2026

04 / From the stage to the work

San Francisco · 16–18 October 2026

05 / The winning team

San Francisco · 16–18 October 2026

06 / The room

San Francisco · 16–18 October 2026

Co-organised with Fincantieri, Fincantieri Marine Group and Mind the Bridge · Technology sponsor Qualcomm · Partners Arsenals AI, Ray Systems and Maritime

How it works

For

Builders

Partners

7 steps. One weekend.

STA 000

01

Apply

Show us what you have built and what you want to build next.

Reader

1 person

STA 010

02

Review

Every application is read by a person. No scoring, no volume.

Scoring

None

STA 020

03

Place confirmed

You are in. Places are limited and never oversold.

Capacity

Fixed

STA 030

04

Team

Arrive alone or with people you build with. Teams are set before the weekend.

Unit size

2–4

STA 040

05

48 hours

An operator-defined challenge. Experts in the room. Build something that works.

Output

Prototype

STA 050

06

Demo

Present a working prototype to the partner, the jury and the room.

Format

Live

STA 060

07

Pathways

Venture for future founders. Scouting for exceptional careers. Both optional.

Pathways

2

How it works

For

Builders

Partners

7 steps. One weekend.

01

Apply

Show us what you have built and what you want to build next.

Reader

1 person

02

Review

Every application is read by a person. No scoring, no volume.

Scoring

None

03

Place confirmed

You are in. Places are limited and never oversold.

Capacity

Fixed

04

Team

Arrive alone or with people you build with. Teams are set before the weekend.

Unit size

2–4

05

48 hours

An operator-defined challenge. Experts in the room. Build something that works.

Output

Prototype

06

Demo

Present a working prototype to the partner, the jury and the room.

Format

Live

07

Pathways

Venture for future founders. Scouting for exceptional careers. Both optional.

Pathways

2

STA 070

Who we bring together

One room connecting essential contributors.

One room connecting essential contributors.

Breakthrough companies need more than brilliant technology. They need customers, knowledge, people and capital working together.

Breakthrough companies need more than brilliant technology. They need customers, knowledge, people and capital working together.

Flight controllers at a Mission Control console, 1960s

01

Primes & OEMs

02

Government & institutions

03

Universities & research hubs

04

Strategic-industry scaleups

05

Specialist SMEs

06

VCs & angel investors

07

Exceptional builders

Flight controllers at a Mission Control console, 1960s

01

Primes & OEMs

02

Government & institutions

03

Universities & research hubs

04

Strategic-industry scaleups

05

Specialist SMEs

06

VCs & angel investors

07

Exceptional builders

01

Primes & OEMs

Own the problem, evaluate the work, take a pilot forward.

02

Government & institutions

Procurement, certification and the public instruments that help technology reach use.

03

Universities & research hubs

Researchers, laboratories and emerging talent, with knowledge teams can build on.

04

Strategic-industry scaleups

Operators who have taken technology into the field; future partners or employers.

05

Specialist SMEs

Technical depth, manufacturing knowledge and supply-chain capability.

06

VCs & angel investors

Understand the team, the technology and the customer in one conversation.

07

Exceptional builders

Engineers, researchers, hackers and future founders who make difficult things work.

These are the roles we convene across Silicon Mountain. Confirmed organisations for each edition are listed with that event.

Two doors.

Two doors.

The room is open

Builders

Show us what you can build.

Places are earned, one application at a time.

Earn your place

Partners

Bring a bottleneck.

A meaningful problem, real expertise and people who can act.

Explore a partnership

Builders

Show us what you can build.

Places are earned, one application at a time.

Partners

Bring a bottleneck.

A meaningful problem, real expertise and people who can act.

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