Challenges

From other organisers

These challenges are run by their organisers, not by Vemly. Their rules apply, and any prize comes from the organiser. You take part on the organiser's site.

• Run by aiLights AssociationCloses in 4 days

  Hack Apertus

  First online stage of an open-source hackathon series around Apertus, Switzerland's open LLM. Tracks cover red-teaming the model, Swiss voices, academia challenges and your own project. Strongest projects advance to the Grand Finals in May 2027 in St. Gallen.

  What you can win

  €10,680 in cash plus other prizes; track winners receive 2,500 CHF, as announced by the organiser.

  Who can take part

  Above the legal age of majority in your country of residence. All countries and territories except the standard exceptions. Solo or teams of up to 5.

  Closing date

  16 October 2026

  Open the organiser's site ↗hackapertus.devpost.com
• Run by lablab.ai and AMDCloses in 6 days

  AMD Developer Hackathon: ACT III

  Build AI agents and high-performance AI applications on AMD GPUs in the cloud. Online build phase from 12 to 18 October 2026, with an optional on-site phase in Rome, Milan and Imperia on 17-18 October for approved participants.

  What you can win

  Prize pool $12,000+, as announced by the organiser.

  Who can take part

  Membership of the AMD AI Developer Program is required (sign-up from the page). Travel and accommodation for the on-site phase are not covered.

  Closing date

  18 October 2026

  Open the organiser's site ↗lablab.ai/ai-hackathons/amd-developer-hackathon-act-iii
• Run by AmazonCloses in 11 days

  Build, Ship, Shape: Amazon Developer Hackathon

  Build or significantly update a working application for Fire TV, Alexa+, Ring or Bee using Amazon developer tools. You pick a primary track and submit a working demo, a code repository and product feedback on Devpost.

  What you can win

  $138,000 in cash, plus AWS credits for some places, as announced by the organiser.

  Who can take part

  Above the legal age of majority in your country of residence. All countries and territories except the standard exceptions listed in the rules.

  Closing date

  23 October 2026

  Open the organiser's site ↗amazonappdev2026.devpost.com
• Run by IEEE TurkeyCloses in 13 days

  IEEE ClimateChain Global Hackathon

  A student hackathon on AI and blockchain solutions for climate transparency and sustainability, with online training sessions before submission. Projects are submitted on Devpost.

  What you can win

  $3,000 in cash: 1st $1,500, 2nd $1,000, 3rd $500, plus IEEE certificates, as announced by the organiser.

  Who can take part

  Students only, above the legal age of majority in their country of residence. Specific countries and territories are excluded: see the rules.

  Closing date

  25 October 2026

  Open the organiser's site ↗ieee-climatechain-hack.devpost.com
• Run by DevpostCloses in 14 days

  Build With AI: Basics

  A beginner-friendly learning hackathon: you build a proof of concept, a small app that runs and does one thing end to end, with step-by-step skills installed in your coding agent. Devpost says this format is open to join every month.

  What you can win

  $2,500 prize pool; first place takes $1,250, as announced by the organiser.

  Who can take part

  Ages 18+ only. All countries and territories except the standard exceptions listed in the rules.

  Closing date

  26 October 2026

  Open the organiser's site ↗learn-ai-basics.devpost.com
• Run by OpenCVCloses in 14 days

  OpenCV AI Competition 2026, powered by AWS

  Build a vision application that uses OpenCV 5 for substantive image or video analysis and runs a meaningful component on AWS. Teams build, document and submit a final project on Devpost.

  What you can win

  $20,250 in cash, as announced by the organiser, including two optional featured paths with separate $1,000 awards.

  Who can take part

  Above the legal age of majority in your country of residence. All countries and territories except the standard exceptions listed in the rules.

  Closing date

  26 October 2026

  Open the organiser's site ↗opencv26.devpost.com
• Run by GitLabCloses in 15 days

  Life After Code

  The GitLab Transcend Hackathon: build agents and flows that automate what happens after code is written (review, security scanning, testing, compliance, deployment, monitoring). Every project must use GitLab Duo Agent Platform features.

  What you can win

  $45,000 in cash, as announced by the organiser.

  Who can take part

  Above the legal age of majority in your country of residence. Excluded: Brazil, China, Crimea, Cuba, Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Iran, North Korea, Quebec, Russia, Syria.

  Closing date

  27 October 2026

  Open the organiser's site ↗gitlab-transcend.devpost.com
• Run by CodeTheCureCloses in 16 days

  2026 International CodeTheCure Hackathon

  An international virtual student hackathon on cancer and oncology. Build a tool in one of three categories (detection and diagnosis, patient experience and support, prevention and education) and submit an abstract, a working demo, source code and a 3-minute video.

  Who can take part

  Students only, ages 13+. All countries and territories except the standard exceptions listed in the rules.

  Closing date

  28 October 2026

  Open the organiser's site ↗codethecure-hackathon-26.devpost.com
• Run by QlooCloses in 18 days

  Qloo Agentic Hackathon

  Build a working software application that integrates the Qloo API and works as an agentic tool, is built with an agent framework, or connects Qloo to an existing agent. Submission is on Devpost.

  What you can win

  $25,000 in prizes: First Place $15,000, Second Place $6,000, Third Place $4,000, as announced by the organiser.

  Who can take part

  Above the legal age of majority in your country of residence. All countries and territories except the standard exceptions listed in the rules.

  Closing date

  30 October 2026

  Open the organiser's site ↗qloo.devpost.com
• Run by NebiusCloses in 18 days

  Nebius x NVIDIA Global AI Hackathon

  Build an app, an agent or another AI system that runs on Nebius Token Factory or Nebius AI Cloud and uses at least one NVIDIA open source model. Tracks cover coding agents, apps and agents, personal AI and physical AI. Submission is on Devpost.

  What you can win

  $50,000 in cash (Grand Prize $20,000, 2nd place $10,000, 3rd place $6,000) plus other prizes, as announced by the organiser.

  Who can take part

  Above the legal age of majority in your country of residence. All countries and territories except the standard exceptions listed in the rules.

  Closing date

  30 October 2026

  Open the organiser's site ↗nebiusglobalaihackathon.devpost.com
• Run by Zindi and Humane IntelligenceCloses in 19 days

  Bias Bounty Mapping Equity Challenge

  A data challenge: estimate coverage gaps in Overture Maps open map data across U.S. Census tracts using the datasets provided. Every submission is scored automatically and also receives an equity-focused bias scorecard.

  What you can win

  $10 000 USD: 1st place $4500, 2nd place $2500, 3rd place $1500, Best Bias Discovery $1000, Best Documentation $500, as announced by the organiser.

  Who can take part

  Open to all. Maximum team size of 4. Only open-source languages and tools may be used.

  Closing date

  31 October 2026

  Open the organiser's site ↗zindi.world/competitions/bias-bounty-mapping-equity-challenge
• Run by ARC Prize FoundationCloses in 21 days

  ARC Prize 2026

  A competition with three tracks: ARC-AGI-3 (AI agents on an interactive reasoning benchmark), ARC-AGI-2 (a static reasoning benchmark) and a paper prize. Entries are made through Kaggle, run without internet access and must be open sourced to win.

  What you can win

  $2M in prizes across 3 tracks, as announced by the organiser.

  Who can take part

  Solutions must be open sourced to be eligible for a prize. A Kaggle account is required.

  Closing date

  2 November 2026

  Open the organiser's site ↗arcprize.org/competitions/2026
• Run by Perfect CorpCloses in 21 days

  YouCam API Skin AI & eCommerce VTO Hackathon

  Build a product that integrates at least one YouCam API, for example a styling assistant, a skin analysis tool or an agentic AI workflow for shopping. Submission is on Devpost.

  What you can win

  $6,000 in prizes: 1st Place $2,500, 2nd Place $1,000, 3rd place $500, plus two $1,000 special awards, as announced by the organiser.

  Who can take part

  Above the legal age of majority in your country of residence. Many countries and territories are excluded (among them Brazil, China, Italy, Quebec, Russia, Ukraine, Vietnam): check the list on the page.

  Closing date

  2 November 2026

  Open the organiser's site ↗youcam-api-skin-ai-ecommerce.devpost.com
• Run by lablab.ai and VultrCloses in 27 days

  Vultr: Agent Rush Hackathon

  Build a web-based agent that performs real work (writing and running code, or operating a real browser) with every action contained inside a sandbox running on Vultr. Online phase 3-8 November 2026; optional on-site day in Salt Lake City on 8 November.

  What you can win

  Prize pool $9,000 + $5,000 in credits, as announced by the organiser.

  Closing date

  8 November 2026

  Open the organiser's site ↗lablab.ai/ai-hackathons/vultr-hackathon
• Run by PayPalCloses in 31 days

  PayPal AI Hackathon

  Build an agent, an app, an automation, a payment experience or a business tool. There are no set tracks; the one requirement is that the project meaningfully uses both PayPal and AI. You can join alone or as a team and submit on Devpost.

  What you can win

  $67,500 in cash plus other prizes (1st place $12,000, 2nd place $8,000, 3rd place $5,000), as announced by the organiser.

  Who can take part

  Above the legal age of majority in your country of residence. All countries and territories except the standard exceptions listed in the rules.

  Closing date

  12 November 2026

  Open the organiser's site ↗paypalaihackathon.devpost.com
• Run by STEMiseCloses in 33 days

  DSH Hacks V2

  A global student competition on AI and healthcare, hosted by three youth-led organisations. Individuals or teams identify a healthcare problem and build an app, website, simulation, system or algorithm; using AI to build is encouraged.

  Who can take part

  Students only, ages 13+. All countries and territories except the standard exceptions listed in the rules.

  Closing date

  14 November 2026

  Open the organiser's site ↗dsh-hacks-v2.devpost.com
• Run by MetaCloses in 37 days

  Meta VR Start Developer Competition 2026

  An eight-week competition to build entertainment, gaming or productivity experiences for Meta VR devices, with a focus on hand interactions. Entrants must be members of the Meta Start program; the page invites non-members to apply to join.

  What you can win

  $1,000,000 in cash prizes, with top prizes of $100,000, as announced by the organiser.

  Who can take part

  Start program members (application to the program is open). Above the legal age of majority in your country of residence. Specific countries and territories are excluded: see the rules.

  Closing date

  18 November 2026

  Open the organiser's site ↗start-developer-competition-26.devpost.com
• Run by AMD, NativelyAI and lablab.aiCloses in 50 days

  AMD AI League

  A league of six matches on one leaderboard: each match is a build task on AMD GPUs (for example text recognition from images, or question answering over documents). You can join any day, earn points and compete individually.

  What you can win

  $10,000+ in prizes; in each match $500 cash for 1st, $250 AMD GPU credits for 2nd and $100 GPU credits for each of the top 50, as announced by the organiser.

  Who can take part

  Individual participation only. Sign-up with an AMD account is required.

  Closing date

  1 December 2026

  Open the organiser's site ↗lablab.ai/ai-hackathons/amd-lablab-ai-academy-challenge
• Run by HETICCloses in 67 days

  AI Agents for Founders Challenge — HETIC 2026

  Higher-education students build an AI agent that saves measurable time on one step of an entrepreneurial project, with at least one human checkpoint. Agents must run on models anyone can use for free (open-weight models or free tiers).

  What you can win

  1,000 EUR: Grand Prize 600 EUR, Runner-up 250 EUR, Critical Thinking by Design Award 150 EUR, as announced by the organiser.

  Who can take part

  Higher-education students aged 18 or over, worldwide, in teams. Companies and professional organisations are excluded.

  Closing date

  18 December 2026

  Open the organiser's site ↗ai-agents-founders-hetic-26.devpost.com
• Run by ArbiterCloses in 69 days

  Arbiter Hacks V1

  A student hackathon with two tracks judged separately: a general track (any working software or hardware project) and a theme track on reducing, sorting or recycling waste. Solo or teams of up to 4; a repository and a video are required.

  What you can win

  $3,800 in prizes announced by the organiser, mostly as credits; the page lists $100 cash for first place and $50 for second place in each track.

  Who can take part

  Students only, ages 13+. All countries and territories except the standard exceptions listed in the rules.

  Closing date

  20 December 2026

  Open the organiser's site ↗arbiter-hacks-v1.devpost.com
• Run by CheckpointCloses in 90 days

  checkpoint 1 — games for good

  A free 48-hour online hackathon where builders aged 13-18 make a game that does something beyond entertaining. Any engine, any language, and AI use is allowed.

  What you can win

  $1,400 in prizes announced by the organiser (subscriptions and certificates are listed; more to be announced).

  Who can take part

  Ages 13 to 18 only, students, anywhere in the world.

  Closing date

  10 January 2027

  Open the organiser's site ↗checkpoint-1.devpost.com
• Run by Hack UnitedCloses in 90 days

  United Hacks V8

  A weekend student hackathon with a general track and a theme track announced at the opening ceremony. Teams build a new project during the event and submit a repository, a 2-5 minute demo video and a written explanation on Devpost.

  What you can win

  $13,700+ in prizes announced by the organiser, including $250 cash for first place in each track; most of the rest is sponsor products and credits.

  Who can take part

  Students only, ages 13+. All countries and territories except the standard exceptions listed in the rules.

  Closing date

  10 January 2027

  Open the organiser's site ↗unitedhacksv8.devpost.com
• Run by Since AI ry

  Since AI 2026

  An in-person AI hackathon in Turku, Finland, on 6-8 November 2026. Participants build a functional AI prototype for one of the official company challenge tracks. Participation is free; an application on the organiser's platform is required and reviewed on a rolling basis.

  What you can win

  €50,000 total prize pool, as announced by the organiser.

  Who can take part

  Application required and reviewed by the organiser; capacity is limited. In person in Turku, Finland. No pre-formed team needed.

  Closing date

  Check the closing date on the organiser's site

  Open the organiser's site ↗sinceai2026.devpost.com
• Run by Major League Hacking

  Global Hack Week

  A free online week of challenges, live sessions and building held every month, each with a theme. Upcoming editions on the page: Builders Week (6-12 November 2026) and Open Source Week (4-10 December 2026).

  Who can take part

  Free for anyone, anywhere, according to the organiser.

  Closing date

  Check the closing date on the organiser's site

  Open the organiser's site ↗ghw.mlh.com
• Run by Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy

  Create AI Agents Championship

  A global competition to build AI agents that solve real problems. Four categories: societal, personal, business, and youth (under 21). You submit an AI agent prototype, a pitch deck and a demo video. Registration is open; check the closing date on the organiser's site. The grand final is planned for the first week of May 2027.

  What you can win

  AED 550,000 for the winner of each category, and AED 1,000,000 for the AI Agent of the Year, as announced by the organiser.

  Who can take part

  Open worldwide, to technical and non-technical people, with no minimum age. Alone or in a team. The youth category is for people under 21.

  Closing date

  Check the closing date on the organiser's site

  Open the organiser's site ↗dubaichamberdigital.com/en/create-ai-agents