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AQX Sports Analytics Data Bowl 2.0
$50 in prizes · Beginner Friendly, Databases, Gaming · Online
Hack Days Thane
₹ 0 in prizes · Beginner Friendly, Education, Social Good · McDonald's Cafe
Code with Gemini API
Beginner Friendly, Education, Web · Online
IEEE Transactions on Computers Special Issue: Graph-Centric Computing
Submit original research on graph algorithms, systems, and architectures for modern computing workloads.
Build With AI Hack Days @RU
Low/No Code, Machine Learning/AI, Open Ended · Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Prompt Insights News
Web · Pitkin, CO, USA
VSLive! Microsoft AI Hackathon 2026
A two-day in-person AI hackathon at Microsoft HQ in Redmond for developers building enterprise-ready AI solutions with up to $25,000 in prizes.
MDPI Technologies Special Issue: Assistive Technologies Design and Evaluation
Contribute research on wearable systems and bio-signal processing for assistive applications.
SN Computer Science Special Issue on AI and Agriculture
Contribute to a special issue exploring AI applications in agriculture and food security.
MDPI Computers Special Issue: Trustworthy AI and Explainability
Submit papers on model interpretability, explainability, and trustworthy AI systems.
MDPI AI Special Issue: Development of AI and Computational Thinking
Explore future directions, opportunities, and challenges in AI and computational thinking.
Kuki Designed group
$1,300 in prizes · AR/VR, E-commerce/Retail, IoT · Ethiopia
ML Empowerment Build Challenge 2.0
$1,000 in prizes · Beginner Friendly, Machine Learning/AI, Social Good · Online
The Blueprint Hackathon (For All Ages, July 17th-31st)
Beginner Friendly, Education, Open Ended · Online
MCP test
Machine Learning/AI · Online
Build with DataHub: The Agent Hackathon
$20,500 in prizes · Machine Learning/AI, DevOps, Open Ended · Online
UNESCO Youth Hackathon 2026
Global innovation challenge for youth 18-30 to design solutions for Media and Information Literacy in the AI age.
YouCam API Skin AI & Apparel VTO Hackathon
$6,000 in prizes · Machine Learning/AI, AR/VR, E-commerce/Retail · Online
CockroachDB × AWS Hackathon - Build with Agentic Memory
$8,750 in prizes · Machine Learning/AI, Databases, DevOps · Online
Brainwave 2026 – X402 Blockchain Track
₹ 100,000 in prizes · Blockchain · Auditorium
IEEE GHTC 2026 Poster Session
Submit a 2-page poster abstract on humanitarian technology solutions by September 19, 2026.
DATE 2027 Call for Papers
Submit full papers on design automation and embedded systems by September 20, 2026.
LUMA Hackathon (September 20th - 28th)
Beginner Friendly, Machine Learning/AI, Open Ended · Online
RecT Solutions Hackathon: Beyond the CV 2026
€2,000 in prizes · Databases, DevOps, Machine Learning/AI · IDEA Spaces Saldanha
ACML 2026 – Call for Papers
<cite index="6-29">Rolling submissions accepted until October 18, 2026 with notification of acceptance within 14 days of submission</cite>.
LUMA Hackathon (October 11th - 18th)
Beginner Friendly, Machine Learning/AI, Open Ended · Online
SpartaHack 12
Beginner Friendly, Machine Learning/AI, Social Good · MSU - STEM Building
Anthropic Startup Program (Claude for Startups)
Get up to $25,000+ in free Claude API credits for early-stage startups building AI products.
IEEE SoutheastCon 2027 Call for Papers
Rolling review system for full papers and extended abstracts starting August 1, 2026.
AWS Activate Credits
Claim up to $200,000 in AWS credits for eligible early-stage startups.
Anthropic Startup Program
<cite index="26-1,26-2,26-3">Early-stage founders or startups building with Claude can receive Claude API credits and extras if the company has received equity funding from an institutional investor, was founded within the last four years, and has not previously received Anthropic startup credits.</cite>
Cloudflare Startup Program
Get up to $350,000 in Cloudflare credits for startups with expanded security and performance tools.
OpenAI Startup Credits (Tier 1)
Get $2,500 in free OpenAI API credits with no VC referral required.
Google for Startups Cloud Program
Get up to $350,000 in Google Cloud credits for AI-first startups plus dedicated support.
Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub
Access up to $150,000 in Azure credits plus GitHub Enterprise and Microsoft 365 for early-stage startups.
Claude for Open Source
Get 6 months of free Claude Max 20x ($1,200 value) for open source maintainers.
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