From July 7 to 12, the agenda connects art, security, AI, compliance, and the Incubathon: 36 hours to ship useful features for real companies.
ETH Cinco de Mayo is coming to Mexico City with a week of activities that ends with its Incubathon, from Friday, July 10 to Sunday, July 12.
The main format pairs companies that already generate revenue with selected developers. The goal is not to pitch an abstract idea: over 36 hours, each team has to build a useful feature that can reach production the following week.
The reference deck describes the 2026 edition as a move toward active regional startups, a Pop-Up City, and an agenda built to create a continuous line between universities, technical talent, communities, institutions, and market opportunities.
ETH Cinco de Mayo is not entering this week from zero. In its reference material, the team says the 2024 edition gathered 450 hackers from 20 countries, 20 universities, more than 50 submissions, and 50,000 dollars in prizes. For 2025, the program reports official support from Ethereum Foundation, 40 speakers from 20 countries, 8 cowork days, 20 side events, and more than 1,000 attendees across the year's activities.
The 2026 edition builds on that base and shifts the center of gravity: less isolated event, more regional platform. The projection names more than 200 experienced developers, more than 100 startups, more than 10 participating countries, at least 20 international mentors and speakers, and more than 30 media partners and communities.
According to the event page, the Incubathon is designed to connect 100 small businesses and startups with 200 developers. Each team combines company representatives with technical talent. The final presentation has a concrete structure: one minute for the company, one minute for the idea, three minutes to show the shipped feature, and three minutes of questions.
That criterion matters. Instead of asking teams to sell a promise, the format forces them to work with real constraints: an existing company, a concrete problem, limited time, and a working demonstration.
The confirmed agenda opens on Tuesday, July 7 with Art & Craft Day in CDMX, a day for artists, collectors, builders, and people interested in new forms of creative ownership. The program lists an expo, cinema, conversations, and a networking close at José María Izazaga 8.
On Wednesday, July 8, Ethereum Security Day runs from 10:00 to 17:00. The event page describes a technical day on applied security: OPSEC, safer development, privacy, testing, vulnerability analysis, signatures resistant to future attacks, and formal verification.
Thursday, July 9 has two blocks. During the day, AI x verifiable systems Day brings together talks, workshops, community demos, and a developer-focused agenda. At night, Compliance Day gathers professionals working in fintech, fraud prevention, PLD/FT, financial intelligence, transaction investigation, and regulation.
ETH Cinco de Mayo's internal reference frames four strategic benefits for the city: national and international positioning, economic development, educational innovation, and functional programs connecting the private sector, academia, and local government.
That thesis shows up in the agenda. Art, security, AI, compliance, and companies operating in Mexico are not treated as separate conversations. They work as different entries into the same question: what verifiable infrastructure can be useful for real people, institutions, and businesses?
Registration pages are open on the ETH Cinco de Mayo site and on Luma. Some activities require host approval.
