10X

HeyGen Hackathon'26

Two Days of Hacking. One Mission.

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Hack Pods
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Demos
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From Joshua Xu, Co-founder and CEO @ HeyGen

The 10X Imperative

We built this hackathon around a simple belief. AI is rewriting what's possible for small teams. A handful of exceptional people with the right AI leverage can accomplish what used to require much larger organizations. The winners won't be the biggest teams. They'll be the ones with the highest talent density, the sharpest focus, and the most AI-augmented capability.

I strive to be a 10X CEO. I genuinely believe I can get there. I'm at least 50% less effective without AI, and I'm expanding what I can do every day, not by working more hours, but by building workflows that help me operate at a higher level.

That's the challenge I put to every HeyGen team member. Become 10X in your role. Whether you're an engineer, marketer, salesperson, recruiter, or designer, find an AI workflow that meaningfully improves your efficiency. Then expand your scope. There are real, open problems at HeyGen waiting to be solved, and we want people to go solve them.

This hackathon was our way of putting that belief into action. We wanted to see what our people could build when we gave them space, a real challenge, and the tools to operate like superhumans. The results speak for themselves.

Watch the Demos

From LiveAvatars on your phone to AI ad factories — these teams built the future in two days.

01 / 10
🦷

Studio Agent

The AI fine-tuning agent that makes you a 10X video maker

Hongbin Li

02 / 10
💬

HeyMessage

Send AI avatar greeting cards right inside iMessage

Tiffany Huang

03 / 10
🎥

LiveAvatar.stream

AI-powered debate platform — the prototype for Generative Video on Demand

Ken Chung

04 / 10
♾️

The Mobius Live

An endless avatar experiment that redefines what's possible with LiveAvatar

Jiajun Zhao, Pedram Haqiqi, Sam Prokopchuk

05 / 10
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HeyGen SkillFlow

A skills framework that turns every HeyGen capability into a composable, agent-native building block

27-person cross-functional team

06 / 10
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The Forge

One creative brief → 15 production-ready ad variants, automatically

John Patrick, Heather Cherniss, Brandon Satterfield, Imad Phelps

07 / 10
😍

HeyBuddy

A LiveAvatar that lives in your phone — sees, hears, and reacts in real-time

Eddy Kim, Jin Kim

08 / 10
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LiveAvatar Orchestra

10X the number of avatars in a single session

David Yi

09 / 10
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Hollup

AI news feed that talks back — tap to debate any story face-to-face

Mayank Bajaj, Ramin Zarifi, Kush Patel, Xabier Sardina

10 / 10

Live Video Agent

Video Agent, but LIVE — imagine a 10X speed agent happening right in front of you

Jerry Yan, Wayne Liang, Aria Yu

Built with ❤️ at HeyGen

10X Hackathon · Feb 2026