Build with Stripe Community: Simplify building your tech stack with AI

IN-PERSON

10:30 AM - 7:00 PM EDT

(Event time zone)

September 19, 2026

Build with Stripe Community: Simplify building your tech stack with AI

Name: Build%20with%20Stripe%20Community:%20Simplify%20building%20your%20tech%20stack%20with%20AI
Start: 2026-09-19T14:30:00.000Z
End: 2026-09-19T23:00:24.000Z
Location: 45 Willcocks St, Toronto, ON M5S 2H3

# Stripe Projects

# Build with Stripe Community

Join AI for Ecommerce for Build with Stripe Community: Simplify building your tech stack with AI—a short talk and hands-on hackathon.

We’re excited to have Cursor support this Stripe Community event by offering $75 in credits to hackathon attendees. This is in addition to the $250 Stripe credits eligible attendees can receive by getting on the Stripe Projects leaderboard.

We’ll explore how app development is changing, learn how Stripe Projects simplifies building your tech stack with AI agents, and then try it hands-on.

During this 90-minute session, you’ll use Stripe Projects to provision a real dev stack from the terminal—database, auth, hosting, credentials—in one session. Pick a project idea, initialize it, add a service, and build.

This event is for people who build with AI coding tools such as Cursor, Claude Code or Codex, and anyone curious about how to move from an idea to a working app.

We are hosting as part of Future Legends! Hackathon where the theme is sustainability, smart infrastructure, civic innovation, and the future of connected cities. We highly recommend that your project can match the theme. However, it is not a requirement.

After the 90-minute session, you can join the Future Legends! Hackathon with your Stripe Project. Please check the afternoon schedule here: https://www.startupecosystem.ca/hackathons

What you’ll need

A laptop—tablets won’t work for the hands-on portion.

An agentic coding environment, either IDE- or terminal-based.

A Stripe account. If you don’t already have one, you can create one during the event.

A charger for your laptop.

Come ready to build, compare notes, and share what you get running.

Location

This is an in-person event at The William Doo Auditorium inside University of Toronto at 45 Willcocks St, Toronto, ON M5S 2H3. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to check in and get set up.

We are hosting inside the Future Legends! Hackathon. Thus, watch signs for Future Legends! Hackathon and Stripe Community.

Speakers

Shao Hang He

CEO @ DevFortress and Athena AI

Ziyad Basheer

CEO @ Aide

Kaveh Kamali

PhD, Head of GenAI @ Nura Studios

Yaroslav Brovchenko

Global Ambassador @ Harmix

Kaicheng Zhang

Founder @ Melon AI

Agenda

10:29 AM

10:39 AM

EDT

Opening / Closing

Welcome and framing

Meet other participants, get an overview of the session, and get ready to build.

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10:39 AM

10:54 AM

EDT

Presentation

Stripe Projects overview and project ideas

See how Stripe Projects helps you set up and manage a development stack from the terminal.

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10:54 AM

11:09 AM

EDT

Presentation

Hackathon setup and instructions

We’ll walk through the setup, review project ideas, and use the participant guide to get ready to build.

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11:09 AM

11:39 AM

EDT

Breakout Session

Build with Stripe Projects

Choose a project idea and work with other attendees to use Stripe Projects to initialize your stack, add a service, and start building.

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11:39 AM

11:44 AM

EDT

Breakout Session

Leaderboard submission

If you completed a project, share it on the leaderboard using the event keyword.

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11:44 AM

11:59 AM

EDT

Opening / Closing

Share and discuss

Share what you built, the service you added, and your process with the group. We’ll close by covering next steps with Stripe Projects, including how to manage your stack as your business grows.

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12:00 PM

7:00 PM

EDT

Break

Prizes and Future Legends! Hackathon

We will have some prizes for the winners of the Stripe Project Hackathon such as cash prizes, Stripe Community Swags and Athena AI Swags.

We will have Shao Hang He, Ziyad Basheer and Anton Suprun as the judges for the prize.

Join Future Legends! Hackathon with your Stripe Project. More information about Future Legends! Hackathon: https://www.startupecosystem.ca/hackathons

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