Top 50 hackathons.
One watchlist.
The biggest open prize pools, ranked and counting down.
- $2,019,981 in prizes
- 16 closing this week
- 1 on the entry wall
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1
Meta VR Start Developer Competition 2026
Strong oddsAI
$1,000,000in prizes5,808signed up$172per entrant6 days left Post your entry → -
2
Cosmo Hacks 2026
Strong odds
$146,770in prizes889signed up$165per entrant67 days left Post your entry → -
3
$120,000in prizes2,797signed up$43per entrant40 days left Post your entry →
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4
The Arcticathon
Strong oddsStudents only
$100,000in prizes37signed up$2,703per entrant80 days left Post your entry → -
5
Kiroween 2026
Fair oddsAI
$100,000in prizes12,120signed up$8per entrant22 days left Post your entry → -
6
Anna AI OS Founding Builder Challenge 2026
Fair oddsAI
$80,000in prizes2,978signed up$27per entrant18 days left Post your entry → -
7
PayPal AI Hackathon
CrowdedAI
$67,500in prizes34,447signed up$2per entrantCloses today See 1 entry → -
8
AWS MSP AI Hackathon
Strong oddsAI
$64,000in prizes288signed up$222per entrant29 days left Post your entry → -
9
QNX Global Hackathon
Fair oddsAI
$50,000in prizes1,221signed up$41per entrant33 days left Post your entry → -
10
UGREEN Hackathon 2026 on AI NAS
Fair oddsAI
$46,000in prizes2,137signed up$22per entrant4 days left Post your entry → -
11
#BuildHybridAI 2026
Fair oddsAI
$30,000in prizes1,427signed up$21per entrant18 days left Post your entry → -
12
Deck the Pixels
Strong oddsAI
$25,000in prizes244signed up$102per entrant25 days left Post your entry → -
13
University Blockchain Conference Hackathon 2026
Strong oddsAI
$22,000in prizes160signed up$138per entrant8 days left Post your entry → -
14
United Hacks V8
Fair odds
$18,700in prizes398signed up$47per entrant59 days left Post your entry → -
15
IceHacks
Fair odds
$17,150in prizes522signed up$33per entrant3 days left Post your entry → -
16
AI@USC
AI
$14,000in prizes5signed up—per entrant3 days left Post your entry → -
17
DeveloperWeek New York 2027 Hackathon
Strong oddsAI
$12,500in prizes21signed up$595per entrant217 days left Post your entry → -
18
checkpoint 1 — games for good
Strong oddsAI
$11,960in prizes90signed up$133per entrant59 days left Post your entry → -
19
NTU Beyond Binary Techathon 2027
Strong oddsAI
$10,000in prizes13signed up$769per entrant93 days left Post your entry → -
20
HackTitan
Fair odds
$10,000in prizes220signed up$45per entrant84 days left Post your entry → -
21
Arbiter Hacks V1
CrowdedAI
$7,800in prizes1,030signed up$8per entrant39 days left Post your entry → -
22
System Public Challenge
Strong oddsAI
$7,500in prizes49signed up$153per entrant2 days left Post your entry → -
23
DeveloperWeek 2027 Hackathon
Fair oddsAI
$6,000in prizes332signed up$18per entrant91 days left Post your entry → -
24
HackStorm 3.0: Sense, Think and Act
Strong odds
$5,200in prizes42signed up$124per entrant66 days left Post your entry → -
25
Build Beyond Hackathon
Strong odds
$5,000in prizes75signed up$67per entrant123 days left Post your entry → -
26
Hack the Harvest
Fair oddsAI
$5,000in prizes112signed up$45per entrant3 days left Post your entry → -
27
$5,000in prizes9signed up—per entrant16 days left Post your entry →
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28
SLAY HACKS
Fair oddsAI
$4,500in prizes155signed up$29per entrant25 days left Post your entry → -
29
Haven Princeton Game Jam - High School
Strong odds
$3,551in prizes11signed up$323per entrant2 days left Post your entry → -
30
HackOut! 2027
Strong odds
$3,000in prizes25signed up$120per entrant81 days left Post your entry → -
31
$3,000in prizes74signed up$41per entrant24 days left Post your entry →
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32
Learn AR with SPECS
Strong oddsAI
$2,500in prizes42signed up$60per entrant25 days left Post your entry → -
33
SanD Hacks
Strong oddsAIStudents only
$2,250in prizes20signed up$113per entrant3 days left Post your entry → -
34
Build with Agora - BLR
CrowdedAI
$2,000in prizes407signed up$5per entrant9 days left Post your entry → -
35
Central Hacks
Strong odds
$1,750in prizes15signed up$117per entrant3 days left Post your entry → -
36
GTransformer AI Buildathon 2026 — AI for Global Good
Strong oddsAI
$1,000in prizes11signed up$91per entrant3 days left Post your entry → -
37
$1,000in prizes9signed up—per entrant108 days left Post your entry →
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38
$1,000in prizes9signed up—per entrant164 days left Post your entry →
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39
$1,000in prizes6signed up—per entrant1 day left Post your entry →
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40
Dakar Bitcoin Hack by BTrust
CrowdedAI
$900in prizes230signed up$4per entrant8 days left Post your entry → -
41
KUK VIRTUAL HACKATHON
Fair oddsAI
$800in prizes27signed up$30per entrant10 days left Post your entry → -
42
$750in prizes74signed up$10per entrantCloses today Post your entry →
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43
$700in prizes40signed up$18per entrant134 days left Post your entry →
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44
$650in prizes7signed up—per entrant2 days left Post your entry →
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45
Silicon Valley Buildathon
Fair odds
$500in prizes57signed up$9per entrant33 days left Post your entry → -
46
$500in prizes7signed up—per entrant2 days left Post your entry →
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47
$500in prizes4signed up—per entrant2 days left Post your entry →
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48
Tech to Treasure Hackathon
Crowded
$450in prizes85signed up$5per entrant118 days left Post your entry → -
49
H.A.R.D. Hack 2027
Fair odds
$300in prizes23signed up$13per entrant80 days left Post your entry → -
50
Teens Hack Houston Hackathon
Crowded
$300in prizes69signed up$4per entrant9 days left Post your entry →
Ranked by listed US-dollar prize pool. Days left use the listed date only; the official page has the exact closing time. Refreshed Nov 11, 2026, 9:06 AM MST.
How the top 50 are picked
We take every open or upcoming hackathon we track that lists a cash prize in US dollars and rank them by total prize pool. Use the buttons to re-sort the same 50 by deadline, by prize per entrant, or by how few people have signed up.
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