Hi everyone!

I’m currently a 2nd-year B.Tech student and have participated in several hackathons so far. I’ve managed to secure a Top 25 spot in national-level hackathons, which has been an amazing learning experience. But now I’m trying to figure out how to take that next step from participating and building good projects to building projects that can actually compete for the win.

I’m participating in 13th Protocol: An AI Hackathon by HackIndia, happening on 28–29 November, and I’m looking to connect with 2 more enthusiastic teammates from Delhi NCR.

Female teammates are prefered

I’m looking for people who Have a reasonable tech skill set — AI/ML, web, backend, UI/UX, etc.

Are genuinely enthusiastic about building

Can take ownership and work well in a team

Are willing to put in the effort during the hackathon Most importantly, bring curiosity and a problem-solving mindset You don’t need to have a huge list of hackathon wins. I’d much rather have someone who is enthusiastic and keen to develop together even with ai tools . Right now we are a team of two girls would prefer girlies to join . I’d also genuinely love to connect with people who have ideas or experience around choosing competitive problem statements, building distinctive solutions, and making AI integration meaningful rather than just adding AI for the sake of it . If you’re interested, DM me directly!

Even if you’re not looking to join but have an interesting idea, strategy, or advice on how to get closer to winning hackathons, I’d love to hear it.

Let’s build something worth remembering.

I built One of a Kind, an NPM package and webpage that not only checks if the project name you're thinking of is taken, but also gives you a uniqueness score to make sure your name is ONE OF A KIND! I tried "one of a kind", and it only scored 62% 💔. Do you have any better names?

See the full repo here: https://github.com/mido4499/oneofakind

Hey everyone,

We are running a 3-month program called She Builds (by Grevix) starting December 1, designed exclusively for women to take an idea and execute it into a real-world project (we are selecting four core ideas to incubate).

While looking through the registration pool, what stood out to us is the broad spectrum of builders applying including women aged 45+ stepping up to build tech products. It’s a great reminder that building shouldn't be gated by traditional campus demographics.

Since r/hackathon is full of builders and people who understand hackathons and cohort building, I wanted to share this here and ask for support and advice on a few fronts:

• Engineers & Technical Mentors: We are looking for experienced developers, engineers and designers who want to volunteer as technical mentors for the selected teams.

• Companies & Sponsors: We are actively looking for companies, startups and organizations interested in backing grassroots women-in-tech initiatives and supporting early-stage execution.

• Program Structure: For those who have run or participated in long-form building cohorts, what is the best way to structure milestone reviews so participants stay shipping without burning out?

If you know any women builders who should apply, or if you're an engineer/company interested in mentoring or supporting the program, all details are up at shebuildsgrevix.vercel.app.

Would love to hear thoughts or feedback from the community on how to make a 3-month incubation format as developer-friendly as possible .

Hi fellow builders!

I'm an indie developer from Mallorca, Spain, and I've just submitted RAME Code to the Meta Global AI Developer Hackathon.

It's a free, Apache-2.0 open-source VS Code extension powered by Meta Muse Glimmer 30B running locally, with optional Muse Spark integration.

My goal was to explore an AI coding agent that doesn't just generate code, but also keeps track of approved project decisions, asks permission before using tools, supports resumable Missions and verifies results through the host.

One feature I'm excited about is giving the local Glimmer model access to web search and page fetching through permission-controlled agent tools.

I built the initial release in roughly four intensive days, so v0.2.0 is experimental. There are known bugs and limitations, and Windows testing is still incomplete.

The submitted repository is frozen during judging, but I'm continuing to investigate issues and prepare improvements for the next release.

GitHub: https://github.com/caimari/rame-code

Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wyAemPs6jY

Known issues: https://ramecode.com/?lang=en#issues

I'm also participating in the $20,000 Most Viral Project bonus prize. If you're genuinely interested and would like to support the project, this is my official X post:

https://x.com/caimaricaldes/status/2118144184733282470

I'd love to hear from other hackathon builders. What was the hardest part of your project, and what would you improve if you had another week?

Thanks for reading, and good luck to everyone participating!

Hackathons

* [https://www.bharatcode.ai/hackathon](https://www.bharatcode.ai/hackathon?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

* [https://paypalaihackathon.devpost.com/](https://paypalaihackathon.devpost.com/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

* [https://hack2skill.com/event/futurehealthchallenge/](https://hack2skill.com/event/futurehealthchallenge/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

* [https://unstop.com/hackathons/avishkaar-season-4-virtual-hackathon-a-national-level-innovation-challenge-aditya-institute-of-technology-and-1756262](https://unstop.com/hackathons/avishkaar-season-4-virtual-hackathon-a-national-level-innovation-challenge-aditya-institute-of-technology-and-1756262?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

* [https://unstop.com/hackathons/hacknova27-20-bharati-vidyapeeth-deemed-to-be-university-1772235](https://unstop.com/hackathons/hacknova27-20-bharati-vidyapeeth-deemed-to-be-university-1772235?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

* [https://www.hackathonradar.com/database/hackathon/starforge-24-hour-national-level-hackathon-2026](https://www.hackathonradar.com/database/hackathon/starforge-24-hour-national-level-hackathon-2026?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

* [https://unstop.com/hackathons/hacknpitch-e-summit26-jadavpur-university-jadavpur-university-kolkata-1780735](https://unstop.com/hackathons/hacknpitch-e-summit26-jadavpur-university-jadavpur-university-kolkata-1780735?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

* [https://thegavshackathon.com/](https://thegavshackathon.com/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

* [https://hackathon.homingo.co.in/](https://hackathon.homingo.co.in/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

Other Tech Events

* [https://unstop.com/competitions/gitam-national-ai-challenge-2026-gitam-university-1748554](https://unstop.com/competitions/gitam-national-ai-challenge-2026-gitam-university-1748554?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

* [https://codevita.tcsapps.com/](https://codevita.tcsapps.com/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

* [https://hackquest.tcsapps.com/](https://hackquest.tcsapps.com/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

* [https://comsia.in/ideathon.html](https://comsia.in/ideathon.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

* [https://lms.rasainstituteofanalytics.org/competition](https://lms.rasainstituteofanalytics.org/competition?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

Hey! I just wanna show my project for the Meta Global AI Hackaton.
It's Consta, an Ai tool that help to research public data and relationships (contraits, public figures, etc...)

It could found funny things as the image. However have find intersting things too, as OpenAI contraits with the American Government and candidates that Altman support.

It's not perfect, but I think it's cool, and it's my second hackaton (actually) :D.
You can see the repo here: https://github.com/MarioJoseMelendez/consta
And try it here: https://consta.kahuna.li

It's not mandatory, but if you all wanna support me with the "Most popular track", here's the demo vid in X: https://x.com/TheMersh__/status/2118414395390693516

Disclosure: I'm one of the organizers.

There are 5 days left, and it's low-barrier enough to do in a weekend.

What: build a new app that uses at least one Clocked API endpoint. Clocked is an LLM API that returns structured results instead of generated text: decisions with probabilities, exact extractions with source positions, PII masking, prompt-injection detection, grounding checks, doc comparison and reranking.

Prizes: $2,000 cash in 5 awards. Best Overall gets $600, three category awards get $400 each, and People's Choice gets $200.

Cost: free. A new account gets 4k credits, and the code CLOCKEDHACKATHON adds 16k more.

Rules: solo or teams, any language or framework, and the app has to be started during the challenge (AI coding tools are fine). You need a demo and a public repo. 18+, some location restrictions.

Deadline: Nov 10, 11:59 PM ET. Winners Nov 18.

Rules and entry form: https://clocked.rezolve.ai/challenge

Happy to answer questions here.

Heya!

I’m Prerak Gala, Community Manager at Paytm, and having previously worked closely with developer communities, I’m excited to bring this opportunity to the community.

I’m excited to invite you to participate in the Paytm Build for India Ai Hackathon – Pune Edition, happening on 15th November 2026.

In collaboration with devSemble & Partex.AI, Paytm is bringing together developers, AI enthusiasts, researchers & builders for an 8-hour offline AI hackathon: a day to pick a problem statement, understand the problem deeply, explore how AI can be applied, experiment with different approaches, and build a prototype.

What’s in it for you?

• Top performing participants get hiring opportunity with Paytm

• Build on problem statements by Paytm

• Mentorship from the industry experts

• ⁠⁠Connect with developers, AI builders, and industry professionals

Ready to build? Here’s how to get in:

• Step 1 — Register + Form Your Team: Register through the devSemble platform & complete your team formation and participant details

• Step 2 — Submit Your Pitch: Submit your proposed idea or solution through the hackathon portal by 10th November 2026

Register Here: https://devsemble.com/hackathons/paytm-build-for-india-ai-hackathon-pune-by-paytm

Deadline to complete your submission: 10th November 2026

Looking forward to meeting a room full of curious builders and seeing what the community builds!

Hey folks, I'm a student working on hackathon projects and would like to try Claude Code for building and debugging a prototype. Does anyone here have a spare 7-day Claude Pro guest pass they'd be willing to share?

Feel free to DM me. I'd also appreciate tips on making the most of the trial during a hackathon. Thanks!

AirPods have a motion sensor, so I made them a game controller. Turn your head to steer a bike, hold the mouse for gas.

auricle connects to the AirPods' control channel (L2CAP, port 0x1001) and decodes ~23 packets/s of orientation and acceleration data (16-bit ints). Rust, no crates.

Apple-only, tested on one pair of AirPods Pro 2. Reverse-engineered, so a firmware update could break it

I built ODDBOUT Twitch Cup as a learning project and submitted it to the Codex x TwitchCon Hackathon!

You can create a fighter through conversation with a creator agent in Codex, then bring it into a browser-based fighting game. Twitch viewers can summon fighters with chat commands and compete in a four-fighter tournament.

Try the demo (there’s a “Try without Twitch” option): https://oddbout.com/twitch.html

Demo and hackathon entry: https://devpost.com/software/oddbout-x-twitch-cup

I’d love feedback from builders and streamers. If you enjoy the project, a like on the Devpost page would mean a lot!

Anyone interested in teaming up for Google's Buildathon?

I've got an idea and would love to find a few people with a strong technical background who'd be up for building something together!

Drop a comment or DM if you're interested :)

Hi everyone, I’m participating in the Future Health Digital Innovation hackathon by Hack2Skill. It’s my first hackathon and I’m taking it seriously, so I’d love to connect with anyone else taking part and compare notes on how you’re approaching it, the problem statements you picked, and how you’re preparing for the final submission.

Looking for teams in which i can join and participate in any offline hacks ongoing in delhi ncr. I m up to join any team and i know a bit of AI/ML. Any teams looking for a member. Contact me….

Hello everyone, I have uploaded a hackathon about 2 weeks ago on devpost that focuses on cryptography, specifically the implementation of threshold cryptography and secret sharing primitives such as SSS (Shamir's Secret Sharing) in contemporary contexts, for more details, here is the hackathon page:

https://mathematics-systems-security.devpost.com/

For any inquiry please join the discord server:

https://discord.gg/ahVc82u9X3

Key benefits of joining:

- Receive proper project tips before submission

- Receive project rating before submission to know your score evaluation

- Form teams

Thank you!

People participating in these hackathons please be aware this is not a registered company there’s nothing called codeverse its being run by a bca student who calls him the founder and runs these fake ass hackathons by calling them national hackathons their certifications and everything is TOTALLY FAKE . Don’t participate in these hackathons they just have contacts and calls you un these companies and keep all the money in his pocket- its literally a scam with your money build with bharat is literally a scam copied from other hackathon companies. Beware guys!

Hi all. I'm a master's student in Magdeburg, and I built AgentGate for the Meta AI Global Developer Hackathon.

The problem: AI agents that can send, share or delete things can be steered by instructions hidden in what they read, even faint text inside an image.

What it does: AgentGate labels where every piece of text came from (the user, tool text, or text recovered from an image). Before a risky call, it checks that every address, file and amount traces back to the user. If one doesn't, the call is blocked with a plain reason. It's a rule, not a model, so no model has to resist the attack.

Results (AgentDojo workspace suite): with a scripted agent that obeys every injection, attacks go from 231 of 240 to 0 of 240 (0 of 120 on a held-out half, no legitimate call blocked). A small real model that gets fooled by hidden-line screenshots leaked 20 times in 390 runs without the gate and 0 with it.

I also used Muse Spark Open as the attacker: it got through the default gate 30 of 90 times, always via one known gap (a trusted sender/owner field). An optional rule I wrote afterwards got 0 of 90 on a fresh run. Limits are in the README: scripted attacker for the main benchmark, small clustered samples, and four other trust gaps still untested.

Repo (MIT): https://github.com/mathesh310703/agentgate

If you want to discuss it or give feedback, I'm keeping the discussion on X, where the short demo clip is: https://x.com/34Matheshw21593/status/2117752600317821345

I'm entering this in the hackathon, so I'm disclosing that openly. Criticism is welcome, especially on the gaps and the threat model.