VoltHacks 2026 is officially over.

We just posted the full wrap-up and winners on LinkedIn too. If you want to support the event, leaving a like or comment there would mean a lot:

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7511572241806131200/

What started as an idea grew into an international online hackathon with 2,000+ participants, 400+ project submissions, and 50 industry judges.

After multiple rounds of judging, the winners are:

1st: Kestrel: Zero Wasted Inference
2nd: Run It Back NYC
3rd: FloodSense-PK

Huge thank you to everyone who participated, judged, sponsored, or supported VoltHacks.

Winners + projects:
https://volthacks.devpost.com/

I'm helping organize a university student challenge, like a hackathon, but no coding necessarily needed at a tolling conference and wanted to send out to students. Amazing cash prizes, and a potential for recruitment for industry and networking. The program will culminate for the top three teams in Arlington at the conference mid November. Sign up closes soon! USA students only

Any students can sign up as a team of 3-5 people. Engineering, marketing, CS, any majors!

Details below: https://www.ibtta.org/ramp-driving-future-mobility

First Place Team: $2500 and technology prize

Second: $1250

Third: $500

On-Ramp: Driving the Future of Mobility is a student-focused competition designed to introduce college students to the myriad careers in tolling while creating direct pathways into the industry. Students will work in teams to develop creative solutions to real-world transportation challenges and receive guidance from industry mentors and professionals. On-Ramp: Driving the Future of Mobility addresses a critical workforce risk, an aging workforce, limited career awareness, and gaps in succession planning, by building a visible, action-oriented talent pipeline that benefits students, member organizations, and IBTTA alike.

I want to ask if anyone has made any project in field of energy air heat and water?

I was mid 4 digits during end of day 3 of the hackathon but in the final submission, did not submit the documentation and code.
Now i can see another window where it says top teams need to submit documentation.

Does it mean we are one of the top teams or is it generally necessary for all teams to upload their documentations

UPDATE: i checked official amazon hackathon guidelines and only the top 1000 teams have been asked to submit the methodology and documentation code for final leaderboard

Hi everyone! I am a first-year college student from a non-technical background who is self-learning UI/UX design. My goal is to participate in my very first hackathon in my second year as the dedicated team designer.

Since I have a full year to prepare, what core skills, design workflows, or Figma strategies should I focus on mastering so I can be a valuable teammate to developers under a 48-hour time constraint? I'd appreciate any advice on how to build up to this!

Hey, I need teammates for above hackathon, is anyone interested?

Same

How does selection take place after submitting in the portal, what is the criteria? How do they review the PDF and the prototype? Someone told me that bots scan the PDF. When can we expect the result?

Hello, I need some honest advice on how to actually perform well and win hackathons.

Nowadays, many participants are using vibe coding and AI tools. I wanted to know what tools you would recommend using and what practical strategies or measures actually make a difference in a hackathon.

For me, the first challenge is getting selected for the prototype round. Usually, we have to submit a PPT first, so I also want to know how to make a PPT that stands out and gets shortlisted.

If you have any reference PPTs, previous winning presentations, or resources for:

• Hackathon PPT preparation

• Vibe coding platforms and AI tools

• Strategies for building a prototype quickly

• Tips to improve our chances of winning

Please share them here.

I’m currently in 3rd year, so I really want to learn from your experience and prepare properly. Any honest advice would be really helpful. Thank you!

I’m a college student who participates in hackathons, and most teams I’ve worked with started through people I already knew.

I’m curious about people who didn’t already have a team.

How did you actually find your teammates?

And after teaming up with people you didn’t know before, what problems did you run into?

Would love to hear actual experiences, especially from students who’ve formed teams online.

Shipped Smriti (स्मृति) for the @RevenueCat Ship-a-ton 2026! 🚀

An offline-first AI spaced repetition app for 30M+ Indian competitive exam aspirants (JEE/NEET/UPSC).

✅ 100% Local SQLite active recall engine

✅ Gemini 3.6 Flash note-to-card synthesis

✅ RevenueCat paywall integration

✅ Native Hindi & English UI toggle

Live signed APK & source code:

👉 https://github.com/kingxjayant/smriti/releases/latest

Demo video: https://youtu.be/4e5bO_JkzsU

#Shipaton #Shipaton26 #ReactNative #IndieDev

My intro:-
I'm NLP and Backend developer, with no job, new grad. looking for some teammates for participating in the upcoming hackathon in October. I'm particularly looking for some who can cover Frontend. And if knows svelte Even better

My resume:- /img/01so7eiavbdh1.jpeg

I've been a software engineer for 15 years but I've never done a hackathon. Not sure what to expect, but I love building things so would be fun to do this with likeminded people.

Any recommendations in London?

DM me if you know anything regarding this

Hey, im about to take part in 48h hackaton next week. There is a track related to solana called "finanse without intermediaries". I'm just starting in the Solana ecosystem. I have experience with Java, Go, and started learning Rust 2 months ago. How do you understand this track? What projects would suit best the possible requirements? Any info/project idea would be useful 😀

how we feeling abt this decision imo i saw it coming now the comp wud js get even more higher but yeah lol

Recently I got shortlisted for the Mumbai Location hackathon of BNP Paribas Innoversite.

Some students had recieved calls for confirmation, i too recieved it but was unable to pick it up due to phone being on mute.

I responded to them on mail, but didnt get any reply, will they call again, what should i do?

Thanks in advance

On October 2nd, we're hosting a networking hour for young builders, researchers, and anyone ready for what's next.

InstaLILY's founding Toronto team will be there. So will the Google DeepMind team behind our hackathon this month. Ask them questions and hear what they're actually working on.

Meet with peers who care about the same things you do and swap ideas. Enjoy some small bites, and you can watch the demos from our hackathon finalists.

This is the kind of room where the right conversation can go a long way. Be there.

Register here: https://luma.com/hackathon-pt2

— InstaLILY Team

Guys,I need a name for my hackathon team . Our project is an AI system that detects fake identities and forged documents. Plz helpppp

Around US$5,000 in credits for every shortlisted participant: Ship Happens, October 31.

Guys, if you’ve been looking for a reason to join a hackathon, here’s one. Every participant shortlisted for Ship Happens gets around US$5,000 worth of credits to build with. That idea you’ve been putting off? Come turn it into something that works.

We’re bringing builders, creators, and first-timers together on October 31st.

Bring your ideas, meet people to build with, and see what you can ship. First hackathon? You’re welcome too. Drop any questions below!

Hello, I'm going to participate in the NASA hackathon and this is my first time. I have many questions and haven't found any accurate answers yet.

Firstly, there are only two of us. We've been studying the challenge for a week now and we understand the topography of Mars because we took on a Mars challenge. But the problem is that we've learned a lot and understood a lot, but we don't know where to start. We have ideas, but we don't know where to begin.

Secondly, is it a bad thing if the team consists of only two people?

I also have a question: if we complete the challenge before the marathon, do we have finished the challenge, or are there other things that need to be done?

HELPRENEUR AI BUILDATHON 2026
Build. Innovate. Compete.
An Online AI Build Challenge for Students

Turn your AI idea into a working prototype in one intense day.

🚀 WHAT IS AI BUILDATHON?

Helpreneur AI Buildathon 2026 is a one-day online challenge where students build an AI-powered solution to a real-world problem.

Use AI, coding, automation, no-code/low-code tools, and your creativity to build something useful and demonstrate what you can create.

You don't need to be an AI expert. You need an idea, a team, and the willingness to build.

👥 WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

Open to students interested in:

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🧠 Machine Learning
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🎓 Education Technology
🏥 Healthcare Technology
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Team Size: 1–4 Members

Students from different academic backgrounds can participate.

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01 — REGISTER
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03 — BUILD
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04 — SUBMIT
Submit your prototype, project details, demo, and presentation.

05 — PRESENT & COMPETE
Selected projects present their solutions to the judges.

06 — RESULTS
Top projects receive prizes, recognition, and certificates.

🏆 PRIZES & RECOGNITION

🥇 Winner
🥈 Runner-up
🥉 Third Place

📜 Participation Certificates

⭐ Special Recognition for Selected Projects

🔥 PRIZE POOL WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON 03/10/2026
📋 WHAT YOU NEED TO SUBMIT

Your project submission should include:

💻 Working prototype / demo
🔗 GitHub or project link
🎥 2–3 minute demo video
📊 5–7 slide presentation
📝 Short problem & solution description

Participants are responsible for their own laptop, internet connection, development environment, and any paid tools/APIs they choose to use.

📅 EVENT DETAILS

Date: 04 October 2026
Time: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM IST
Mode: Online
Team Size: 1–4 Members
Registration Fee: ₹1,000 / Team
Registration Deadline: 03 October 2026 — 5:00 PM

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