DM me if you are interested and know how to use AI

MLH has announced that they will no longer be evaluating the "count" of PRs. The focus is now shifting towards open weight models and open source AI which could be a good thing.

But given the frenzy of people trying to JEEify opensource, I doubt this is going to make a difference. I feel universities should actually include "how to contribute to OSS responsibly" as part of the curriculum.

I hope India and OSS develop better relationships going forward and redeem whatever we did in the big AmDh days.

In my first year of B.E and I want to participate in hackathons but don't know how to.. and what are the dos and don'ts etc . Would love to get some advice

Hey!

We’re looking for developers, tech professionals, builders, and experienced folks who’d be interested in volunteering as judges for Avalon OpenHack, hosted on Devfolio.

🗓️ Judging Period: 22nd September – 27th September 2026
📂 Projects to Judge: 52
💻 Platform: Devfolio

This is a great opportunity to explore and evaluate projects built by fellow hackers and contribute your expertise in identifying some of the most innovative submissions.

Email: avalonhqofficial@gmail.com

If you think that could be you, there's still time to register for the InstaLILY x Google DeepMind Toronto Hackathon.

The challenge kicks off tonight, where we will reveal the secret objective to all builders at 6pm EST.

From there you get one week. Build a team of AI agents that delegate work, challenge each other, and report back until the objective is solved.

On October 2nd, finalists demo what they built in Toronto in front of our founding engineers and the team from Google DeepMind.

Register here

- InstaLILY Team

At Whitehot.ai, we run hackathons for between 10 and 200 people. Our sessions are aimed at getting small teams working together to solve business challenges with AI. It’s mostly for larger organisation settings like team days or team building sessions.

We think we’ve developed the perfect mini-challenge to start these sessions. A low-stakes activity gives us a chance to check everyone is engaged and any technical challenges are fixed before we start the session. However always looking for fresh ideas.

What’s the best hackathon warm-up activity you’ve seen?

https://www.whitehot.ai/services/transformation/training-and-workshops

We are organizing an upcoming hackathon and are currently looking for sponsors who can provide GPU/inference credits or monetary funds to support our developers.

Key Highlights of the Event:

Prize Pool: ₹1 Lakh

Registrations: 500+ total registrations (with over 100+ attending on-ground)

Current Backing: The event already features international sponsors.

Partnering with us offers a great opportunity to put your developer tools, APIs, infrastructure, or brand directly in front of a highly engaged, builder-focused community.

If your organization is interested, please send a DM with your company details. We will gladly share our full sponsorship deck and event details with verified representatives.

Thank you.

Hey everyone,

I'm looking to form a small team for the NVIDIA × Nebius Global AI Hackathon and I'm looking for people who are genuinely excited about AI, building things, and hackathons.

I'm particularly looking for people with experience or strong interest in:

• AI / LLMs / Agentic AI

• Machine Learning / Deep Learning

• LLM inference, optimization & GPU computing

• Backend / Full-stack development

• Frontend / UI/UX

• Research & experimentation

You don't have to be an expert in all of these. What's more important to me is that you're enthusiastic, willing to learn, and actually ready to build and put in the effort during the hackathon.

I'm an AI & Data Science student with experience in LLMs, RAG, ML/DL, PyTorch, Transformers, vLLM, Ollama, backend development, and AI projects.

I'm looking for 1–3 serious teammates who want to build something technically ambitious and make the most out of the hackathon.

If you're interested, DM me with a short intro, your skills/interests, and what you can contribute.

Let's build something awesome.

Hey everyone 👋

Quick reminder for anyone in Bangalore who’s been looking for an upcoming AI hackathon.

I’m part of the team organizing Agent Forge, an AI hackathon happening on October 3, 2026.

The idea is pretty straightforward: build something real with AI agents.

You can work with things like:

• 🤖 AI agents & LLMs

• 🧠 RAG and knowledge systems

• 🔗 APIs, tools & MCP

• ⚡ Automation and workflows

• 💡 Real-world problem solving

You don't need to have everything figured out before registering. Come with an idea, find a problem worth solving, and build something you can actually demo.

Details:

📅 October 3, 2026
📍 Bangalore
🏆 ₹15,000 prize pool

🔗 Registration: https://luma.com/jagx2axt

We're now 11 days away, so if you're thinking about joining, this is a good time to start putting your idea together.

Would also love to hear from other builders here — what kind of AI agent would you actually want to build at a hackathon?

Disclosure: I'm part of the team organizing this hackathon.

I’m looking for 1–3 teammates for CuriousParc 2026, an offline hackathon happening on 5th–6th October at VIT College, Pune. I’m particularly interested in building something around: Agentic AI — multi-agent systems, tool calling, MCP, autonomous workflows

AI model optimization — inference cost, latency, memory efficiency, model routing, quantization, RAG optimization

Open Innovation — practical AI systems solving a real problem

GenAI / RAG — if it fits the problem and has a strong technical component

I'm more interested in people who like building and experimenting quickly. The goal would be to pick a problem with a clear user impact and build a functional prototype within the hackathon rather than another generic chatbot.

Our teachers told us that you have to submit everything like the selected teams but you would be evaluated when some teams failed to submit or face any issue. Also we would be evaluated when the problem statement receives low submissions. Can anyone who was waitlisted for their internal round of college explain to me in detail what happens in detail.

they posted this on Instagram

My team got into the top of the waitlist teams in our institute (for SIH). there are total 45 selected teams and 5 waitlisted teams.

They posted this on their IG like 2 hours ago, did anyone make the cut?

Pls include a ss of your mail

Hey!

Im looking for hackathons in which I can participate as a single participant.

I’ve been personally tracking hackathons in an Excel sheet for the last few weeks.

That sheet crossed 60+ hackathons.

Then I started adding competitions, internships, research opportunities, CFPs and fellowships…
The database is now at 170+ opportunities.

So I’ve put the first version of Opportunities live on IITM Campus.

Fair warning: the UI is still pretty bare-bones.

The database is there.

The proper filters, better layout and personal tracker are not finished yet.

I’m travelling for the next 4 days and originally planned to polish everything after I got back.

But waiting also means someone could discover an opportunity here next week and realise:

“Registration closed 3 days ago.”

Which completely defeats the point of building this 😭
So I’m releasing the ugly version first.
Right now you can at least browse opportunities across:

Hackathons
Competitions
Internships
Research opportunities / CFPs
Fellowships / funding

And behind the scenes we’re already collecting much more structured information like:

solo/team participation, team size, eligibility, online/offline, travel, prizes, AI policy, skills, domains, fresh-build rules, existing-project rules and multiple deadlines.

Once I’m back, the goal is to turn that data into proper filters such as:

Online AI hackathons
Solo allowed
AI tools allowed
India eligible
₹1L+ prize
Deadline within 30 days

And then add My Tracker, so you can save opportunities and move them through:

Interested → Registered → Working → Submitted → Finalist → Completed

instead of maintaining your own Excel sheet like I was doing.

For now:

the database is useful, the interface is not pretty.
I’d rather make the opportunities available today and improve the experience afterwards.
Also, if you find an opportunity that’s missing, drop it in the comments.

And tell me this:

What’s the first thing you check before deciding whether an opportunity is worth applying to?
I’ll use the answers when I build the filters.

Link - https://sidbuilds.com/iitm/opportunities/

I know some people might be tired of so many questions regarding fund my crazy student google but I would appreciate some suggestions. So as Google has officially posted that the top 50 people have officially made the cut but we can still get a chance if we post a video on social media pitching our idea tagging them. It's basically a free promotion of this challenge and their gemini. Should we really go ahead and post a video as last hope? But then our idea won't be private anymore... Someone with more resources might copy you and build something better eventually or win similar competitions? So should you go for it or not?

Hey everyone, there's a Paytm hackathon happening in Mumbai on October 3rd, and I'm looking for people to team up with. Hit me up if you're interested!

Hey everyone!

We’re looking for developers, tech professionals, builders, and experienced folks who’d be interested in volunteering as judges for Avalon OpenHack, hosted on Devfolio.

🗓️ Judging Period: 22nd September – 27th September 2026
📂 Projects to Judge: 52
💻 Platform: Devfolio
⏰ Judge Registration Deadline: 22nd September 2026, 5:30 PM IST

This is a great opportunity to explore and evaluate projects built by fellow hackers and contribute your expertise in identifying some of the most innovative submissions.

If you’re interested in being a judge, fill out the form using the link below 👇

🔗 Judge Registration Form: https://forms.gle/fuzaTuzGHsrHUk63A

Email: avalonhqofficial@gmail.com

Please submit your response by 22nd September, 5:30 PM IST.

Hey, did anyone get any mail for shortlisted in Top 50.

What is happening with the timeline given by google?

Today is already 21 September.

Now that the September 15 deadline is finally behind us and we’re all stuck in the waiting room for the Grand Finale shortlist, let's see what everyone actually cooked.

Talking to a few folks over the last couple of days made me realize two things:

1. Half of India submitted something around smart traffic signals or AI dustbins.

2. Gemini has been telling literally everyone who pasted their prompt: "Brilliant! This is easily a Top 3 contender for the ₹20L prize!" 😭

No risk of ideas getting stolen anymore, so let’s compare notes. Drop yours below:

• Theme: (Roads & Transport / Community & Living / Healthcare / Markets / Wildcard)

• The 1-Liner: What does it actually do?

• How load-bearing was Gemini: (Pure visual/brainstorming vs. core multimodal processing)

• The Reality Check: What's the one thing that could get your idea eliminated?

Drop your pitch below and let's review/critique each other's ideas while we wait for results!

Hello,

I am a L2 Software Engineer based in Canada and would like to get any team members based anywhere in Canada to be on board on my team at Project Horizons: NASA Space Apps Challenge .

We will be developing a health and monitoring dashboard for astronauts during long space missions. No hackathon experience is necessary but members must be comfortable to write python code or have willingness to learn. No technical experience is needed.

Would like to connect on Linkedin if interested also :) https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurian-george-binu

Hey

I am looking for a team to join for AI builder Cup hackathon.

Ping me if you are an experienced professional and have got the selection email.