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Discover upcoming challenges across AI, machine learning, robotics, hardware and emerging technology.

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11 hackathons

  • OngoingData & EvaluationHuawei Technologies FranceHuawei France Tech Arena 2026An online engineering competition with two separately entered problems: optical autofocus optimization and Wi-Fi people counting.Ends Nov 13OnlineCash prizes
  • EndedAI HardwareAmazon Web ServicesAWS Trainium Frontier CompetitionAn invite-only competition to co-design language models and custom kernels for AWS Trainium2 AI accelerator hardware.Ended Nov 11Online$40,000
  • EndedFoundation ModelsApertusHack ApertusAn open-source hackathon in Switzerland to evaluate, align, and build applications on the Apertus sovereign language model.Ended Oct 16St. Gallen€10,680
  • UpcomingAI AgentsGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud Agents for Impact — SunnyvaleAn application-based, one-day agentic AI build sprint at Google’s Sunnyvale event center.Starts Nov 17SunnyvaleRecognition & opportunities
  • EndedMachine LearningARC Prize FoundationARC Prize 2026Develop reproducible open-source reasoning systems for ARC-AGI benchmarks.Ended Nov 2Online$2M
  • EndedAI AgentsWeMakeDevsGraph Hacks: Context for AI AgentsCreate an AI agent using FalkorDB as a meaningful graph context or memory layer.Ended Oct 18Online$20,000
  • EndedAI AgentsGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud Agents for Impact — TorontoA one-day Toronto build event using Google Cloud tools to create AI agents for practical social challenges.Ended Oct 20TorontoRecognition & opportunities
  • EndedAI AgentsBloomreachComposable AI Hackathon 2026A virtual Bloomreach hackathon focused on agents for marketing and commerce.Ended Sep 28OnlineHardware & trips
  • EndedAI AgentsLemma AI / Comma CapitalMulti-App AI Agent Hackathon 2026A virtual hackathon for building one useful agent that takes action across at least three external applications.Ended Sep 14Online$15,000
  • EndedAI AgentsPromptQLRebuild With Jev #3: Decision Bot Architecture + HackathonA hands-on PromptQL session exploring how Jev can turn unstructured context into decisions that software can use.Ended Sep 30San Francisco
  • EndedFinancial AIGator QuantGator Quant HacksAn in-person quantitative-finance hackathon where participants design and test competitive algorithmic trading strategies.Ended Oct 4Florida$25,000

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