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IrvineHacks 2026

devpostHosted on Devpost

Fetched 4 months ago

Saturday, February 28, 2026

to Sunday, March 1, 2026

•

2 days long

Web DevelopmentMobile DevelopmentArtificial IntelligenceHealthtechEdtech
Student only
This hackathons is only open to students. Double check the event page for more information as this may mean only those from a particular university/country are eligible.

Event Type

in person

389

Participants

$10,200

Prize Pool

35

Est. Projects

IrvineHacks is the largest collegiate hackathon in Orange County, and we continue expanding and improving our event every year. Our focus? – Enhance the community around us by giving students the platform to unleash their creativity in an environment of forward thinking individuals.

For IrvineHacks 2026, we plan to unite an even more diverse and talented group of developers to build the technology of tomorrow!

IrvineHacks 2026 will be 100% in-person during the day (not overnight) from February 27th through March 1st. Free workshops, socials, food, and swag will be provided!

Sponsors

Microsoft CoPilot image

Microsoft CoPilot

copilot.microsoft.com

Riot Games image

Riot Games

www.riotgames.com

Nami Matcha image

Nami Matcha

namimatcha.com

Sattva Indian image

Sattva Indian

www.sattvaindian.com

Happy Hacking Keyboard image

Happy Hacking Keyboard

hhkeyboard.us

Opennote image

Opennote

opennote.com

Tastelli image

Tastelli

www.tastelli.com

First American image

First American

www.firstam.com

Northrop Grumman image

Northrop Grumman

www.northropgrumman.com

Catalyst Labs image

Catalyst Labs

www.catalyst-labs.com

Melissa Education image

Melissa Education

www.melissa.com

Red Bull Basement image

Red Bull Basement

www.redbull.com

Qualcomm image

Qualcomm

www.qualcomm.com

eKadence image

eKadence

ekadence.org

UCI ODIT image

UCI ODIT

odit.uci.edu

Soluna image

Soluna

solunaapp.com

Codepath image

Codepath

www.codepath.org

Celsius image

Celsius

www.celsius.com

UCI Paul Merage School of Business - Masters of Science Business Analytics image

UCI Paul Merage School of Business - Masters of Science Business Analytics

merage.uci.edu

Design West Technologies Inc. image

Design West Technologies Inc.

www.dwtusa.com

Student Programming Funding Board image

Student Programming Funding Board

asuci.uci.edu

Judge Accessibility

Organizer email available25/25
Student-run event15/15
Actively looking for judges25/25
Small event (120 participants)10/10
No corporate sponsors10/10
New or emerging organizer10/10
Public registration available5/5
Online format (judge from anywhere)10/10

Top signals

Organizer email available
Student-run event
Actively looking for judges

Organizers

Alex Johnson

alex@example.org

Jamie Rivera

jamie@example.org

Sam Chen

sam@example.org

Estimated Audience

Mostly Students
ExperienceStudent
OccupationStudents
Beginner Friendly
Women in Tech

Technical Focus

AI95%
Web80%
Mobile25%

Industries

Healthcare
Education
Climate

Technologies

Python
React
OpenAI

Why this estimate

  • • Hosted by a university
  • • Open to students
  • • MLH member event

Estimate inferred from event metadata, not actual attendee data.

Quality Score

Quality Score

72/100
High confidence
Organiser16/20
Event Maturity14/20
Sponsors18/25
Participants12/20
Operations12/15

Why this score

Strong organiser track record
Returning event
Well-sponsored

Missing data

Prize details
Code of conduct