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Hackathons worth entering
Tracking 203 events for online individual builders — no student-only, no age-gated noise. Prize pools normalized to real cash, fields estimated from historical submission rates, so you see expected value per serious competitor, not headline numbers. Updated 2026-08-28.
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Each event compounds the same specialism — effective hours drop as reusable assets accumulate.
1Telegraph H1 Hackathon
↓ carries ~25% work
2TikTok TechJam 2026↓ carries ~40% work
3DevNetwork [API + Cloud + AI] Hackathon 2026↓ carries ~40% work
4The WebMCP Challenge↓ carries ~45% work
5VoltHacks↓ carries ~65% work
6Prometheus September AI Challenge 2↓ carries ~65% work
7NextStep Hacks 2026↓ carries ~25% work
8CUHK-X Competition Large Model TrackOpportunity grid
155 events · ordered by attention 1d3d7d14d21d30d45d+
tile colour = days left · badge = today's action · faded tiles scored weak for their window (incl. <3d sprints)
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Telegraph H1 Hackathon
Telegraph Protocol
Looking for: api · machine-intelligence
$5,000
3d
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66
DevNetwork [API + Cloud + AI] Hackathon 2026
DevNetwork
Looking for: IoT · Low/No Code
$39,500
7d
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SPRINT
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65
TikTok TechJam 2026
TikTok
Looking for: Machine Learning/AI · Cybersecurity
$34,500
5d
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65
The WebMCP Challenge
OpenAI
Looking for: Machine Learning/AI · E-commerce/Retail
$35,000
7d
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82
AI Infra Summit Hackathon
lablab.ai x Kisaco Research
Looking for: ai-infrastructure · intel
$10,500
20d
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PREP
85
ETHOnline 2026
ETHGlobal
Looking for: ethereum · agents
TBA; ETHGlobal Lisbon 2026 had $100K sponsor pool - depth expected
19d
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PREP
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68
AssemblyAI - Voice Agent Hackathon
AssemblyAI and lablab.ai
Looking for: AI · agents
$10,000
33d
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PREP
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67
The Rice University Urban Sustainability Hackathon
The
Looking for: Design · Social Good
$17,500
22d
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PREP
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67
CUHK-X Competition Large Model Track
AIoT Lab, Department of Information Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Looking for: AI · multimodal AI
$10,000
18d
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PREP
65
WeAreDevelopers Hackathon
WeAreDevelopers x lablab.ai
Looking for: ai · agents
sponsor tracks still coming
27d
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74
The Rise of AI Agents Hackathon
lablab.ai x Dubai AI Week
Looking for: ai-agents · autonomous-agents
$22,250
TBA
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67
OpenCV AI Competition 2026, powered by AWS
OpenCV
Looking for: IoT · Machine Learning/AI
$12,000
60d+
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67
AWS Trainium Frontier Competition
Amazon Web Services
Looking for: AI · model training
$40,000
33d
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67
Anthropic Claude Code Hackathon (recurring)
Anthropic
Looking for: Claude · Anthropic
$100,000
TBA
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63
All Things Agentic Hackathon
All
Looking for: Enterprise · Machine Learning/AI
$180,000
TBA
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63
IEEE ClimateChain Global Hackathon
IEEE
Looking for: Blockchain · Machine Learning/AI
$3,000
TBA
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59
Agents for Humans Hackathon
Agents
Looking for: Beginner Friendly · Machine Learning/AI
$40,000
18d
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Reverie Hacks 2026
Reverie
Looking for: Beginner Friendly · Machine Learning/AI
$3,047,814
TBA
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Arbitrum Open House Singapore: Online Buildathon
Arbitrum Foundation
Looking for: AI agents · agentic finance
$115,000
37d
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Global Innovation Build Challenge V2
Global
Looking for: Machine Learning/AI · Social Good
$148,445
25d
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AI GENESIS 2026
lablab.ai x /function1 Dubai
Looking for: ai · multimodal
tracks not finalized
60d+
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59
NextStep Hacks 2026
NextStep
Looking for: Beginner Friendly · Machine Learning/AI
$1,750
17d
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Prometheus September AI Challenge 2
Prometheus
Looking for: Machine Learning/AI · Beginner Friendly
$1,500
16d
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OneAquaHealth IEEE Global Hackathon
OneAquaHealth
Looking for: Health · Machine Learning/AI
$3,000
35d
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GatewayHacks 2026 | Software & AI
GatewayHacks
Looking for: Beginner Friendly · Machine Learning/AI
$53,585
36d
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Prometheus August AI Challenge
Prometheus
Looking for: Beginner Friendly · Design
$1,500
TBA
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Code-X-Novas Innovathon 2026 – National Software, AI Hackathon
Code-X-Novas
Prize TBA
33d
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Idea Competition 2026
Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering (FRCRCE), Bandra
Prize TBA
21d
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MOSIP Decode 2026
International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore
$5
17d
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Evorozen Apex: NextGen AI Buildathon
Evorozen
Looking for: Databases · Machine Learning/AI
Prize TBA
24d
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29
LUMA Hackathon (September 20th - 28th)
LUMA
Looking for: Beginner Friendly · Machine Learning/AI
Prize TBA
32d
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Beginner's Paradise - FirstCommit
Beginner's
Looking for: Beginner Friendly · Mobile
Prize TBA
34d
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Pixel Forge AI Hackathon ($18,000+ in Prizes)
Pixel
Looking for: Beginner Friendly · Web
Prize TBA
TBA
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25
CraftVerse 2.0
Pimpri Chinchwad College Of Engineering & Research (PCCOE&R), Ravet, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune
Prize TBA
19d
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SKIP
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59
Agentic Cinema: The Blockbuster Hackathon
Agentic
Looking for: Databases · Machine Learning/AI
$75,000
13d
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SKIP
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56
AI Agent Security - Multi-Step Tool Attacks
OpenAI, Google, and IEEE
Looking for: AI · agents
$50,000
4d
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Agentic Cinema: The Blockbuster Hackathon
Google Cloud
Looking for: agents · Gemini
$75,000
13d
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SKIP
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Alpaca AI Trading Agents Hackathon
Alpaca x lablab.ai
Looking for: trading-agents · mcp
$5,000
7d
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SKIP
59
Prometheus September AI Challenge
Prometheus
Looking for: Beginner Friendly · Design
$1,500
9d
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SKIP
33
Code to Creation (Project Submission)
Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (SATI), Vidisha
Prize TBA
4d
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SKIP
29
AI YES :International Youth AI Competition
AI
Looking for: Beginner Friendly · Education
Prize TBA
5d
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SKIP
28
P.A.C.E - Where Logic Meets Expression.
Technocrats Institute of Technology (Excellence), Bhopal
$10
13d
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SKIP
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Techno Vbiquity 2.O – Technical Coding Competition
Technocrats Group of Institutions, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
$5
4d
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SKIP
27
Hack for Humanity | Summer 2026 (+13 non-cash prizes)
Hack
Looking for: Beginner Friendly · Health
$100
8d
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SKIP
27
ML Bubble 2026 – Machine Learning Awareness & Skill Building Challenge
Army Institute of Technology (AIT), Pune
$30
2d
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SKIP
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"National Research & Innovation Challenge Season 3 by 3SVK – 3.8K+ Registrations"
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTUH), Hyderabad
Prize TBA
9d
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SKIP
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AI Unlocked: Agents of Chaos
CrowdStrike, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services
Looking for: AI · agents
$100,000
32d
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SKIP
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ARC White-Box Estimation Challenge 2026
Alignment Research Center (ARC) and AIcrowd
Looking for: AI · AI safety
$100,000
22d
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SKIP
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Agents League Hackathon 2026 — Enterprise Agents
Microsoft
Looking for: agents · Microsoft
$50,000
TBA
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SKIP
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EC-Council HackAI Challenge: RACEx360
REVA Academy for Corporate Excellence, Bangalore, Karnataka
$2
20d
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SKIP
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Graph Hacks: Building Next-Gen RAG
WeMakeDevs in collaboration with FalkorDB
Looking for: AI · agents
$10,000
TBA
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SKIP
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2nd OneEarth International Hackathon 2026
OneEarth Hack
Looking for: AI · sustainability
Prize TBA
60d+
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SKIP
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AMD x Lablab AI Academy Challenge
AMD, NativelyAI, and lablab.ai
Looking for: AI · AMD
$5,000
60d+
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SKIP
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Tejas DefendAI : Global AI Security Hackathon (Sept 1st - Sept 8th)
Tejas Cyber Network
Looking for: AI · agents
Prize TBA
10d
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SKIP
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DOGFOOD — Build the platform that will judge you
Hackathon Raptors Community Interest Company
Looking for: hackathon-platform · judging
$2,500
32d
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SKIP
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Agenthon 2026
Society of Quantitative Analysts (SQA) and CEWIT at Stony Brook University
Looking for: agents · quant-finance
NeurIPS workshop + prizes TBA
32d
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SKIP
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Build Systems of Concurrent Agents
JigJoy, daily.dev, and Hyperskill
Looking for: agents · concurrent
$1,000
10d
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SKIP
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AI Builder Hackathon 2026: Build the Future of AI-Native 3D Experiences
Victoria VR Group, a.s.
Looking for: AI · agents
Prize TBA
60d+
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SKIP
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The Midnight Buildathon
Midnight Foundation and AKINDO
Looking for: privacy · zero-knowledge
$12,500
60d+
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SKIP
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Zero Dependency | 72-Hour Hackathon
Hackathon Raptors Community Interest Company
Looking for: developer tools · software supply-chain security
$1,800
3d
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SKIP
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Convex All Gas Hackathon
Convex, with OpenAI, Firecrawl, and AgentMail
Looking for: Convex · OpenAI
$16,500
19d
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SKIP
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Agents, Everywhere: Beyond The Chatbot — Global Hackathon
OpenAI + AI Tinkerers
Looking for: agents · OpenAI
Prizes TBA (global review + awards)
15d
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Ordered by attention = opportunity score × urgency multiplier (hover a score to see the math). Colour scale: red ≤1d · orange ≤3d · yellow ≤7d · green ≤14d · blue ≤30d · indigo 30d+. Events under 3 days are hidden — too late to build anything real.
🔥 Best live now
fields matured — scores reflect real competition#1
AI Infra Summit Hackathon
lablab.ai x Kisaco Research · onlinePrize
$10,500
Competition
1,859 registered · ~93 est. serious projects · $112.9/submission
Themes
ai-infrastructure · intel · qualcomm · production-ai
#2
BOSS Battle
· online · 37 days leftPrize
$3,000
Competition
33 registered · ~12 est. serious projects · $250/submission
#3
The Rise of AI Agents Hackathon
lablab.ai x Dubai AI Week · onlinePrize
$22,250 incl. $53,000 credits
Competition
629 registered · ~50 est. serious projects · $445/submission
Themes
ai-agents · autonomous-agents · multi-step-workflows
#4
AI GENESIS 2026
lablab.ai x /function1 Dubai · onlinePrize
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Competition
1,104 registered · ~59 est. serious projects
Themes
ai · multimodal · agentic-workflows
📅 Best coming up
fields still forming — register early, rescored daily as entrants grow#1
ARC Prize 2026 - ARC-AGI-3
ARC Prize, Inc. · online · Milestone #2 is September 30, 2026; entry closes October 26, 2026; final submissions close November 2, 2026.Prize
$850,000
Competition
0 registered
Themes
AI · agents · evaluation · reasoning
#2
ARC Prize 2026 - ARC-AGI-2
ARC Prize, Inc. · online · Entry closes October 26, 2026; final submissions close November 2, 2026.Prize
$700,000
Competition
0 registered
Themes
AI · reasoning · evaluation · benchmarking
#3
ARC Prize 2026 - Paper Prize
ARC Prize, Inc. · online · Final paper submissions close November 9, 2026.Prize
$450,000
Competition
0 registered
Themes
AI · evaluation · reasoning · research
#4
AI Unlocked: Agents of Chaos
CrowdStrike, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services · online · Pre-registration closes August 31, 2026; gameplay runs August 31 through September 29, 2026.Prize
$100,000
Competition
0 registered
Themes
AI · agents · AI security · red teaming
🔥 Mega opportunities
high fair-share ÷ low competition — full rules on /methodology| Score | Event | Prize | Entrants | Fair-share/entrant | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | UnivaBio $896.13 normalized prize per estimated submission · $36K cash with below-median registration |
$35,845 | 199 | $— | about 2 months left |
| 65 | LexHack 2026 $3630 normalized prize per estimated submission · $44K cash with below-median registration |
$43,560 | 34 | $— | 37 days left |
| 65 | Arbitrum Open House Singapore: Online Buildathon $4791.67 normalized prize per estimated submission · $115K cash with below-median registration |
$115,000 | 201 | $— | about 6 weeks until submissions close |
| 35 | DevNetwork [API + Cloud + AI] Hackathon 2026 $556.34 normalized prize per estimated submission |
$39,500 | 885 | $— | 12 days left |
| 35 | VoltHacks $421 normalized prize per estimated submission |
$35,785 | 1,697 | $— | 14 days left |
| 35 | TikTok TechJam 2026 $325.47 normalized prize per estimated submission |
$34,500 | 2,126 | $— | Upcoming |
| 35 | The WebMCP Challenge $236.49 normalized prize per estimated submission |
$35,000 | 2,969 | $— | about 8 days until the September 3, 2026 1:00 PM PDT submission deadline |
| 35 | AI Infra Summit Hackathon $112.9 normalized prize per estimated submission |
$10,500 | 1,859 | $— | — |
| 35 | BOSS Battle $250 normalized prize per estimated submission |
— | 33 | $— | 37 days left |
| 35 | AssemblyAI - Voice Agent Hackathon $454.55 normalized prize per estimated submission |
$10,000 | 109 | $— | about 5 weeks until submissions close |
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