Open Atlas - AI for Social Good Hackathon 2026

About the challenge

Most AI products are built for people who are already fine. This hackathon is for everyone else.

Immigrants navigating a broken visa system. Families looking for affordable healthcare. Students figuring out how to fund their education. Newcomers trying to land in a country that wasn't built with them in mind.

You have two months to build. From day one, you get access to sponsor APIs and credits, mentorship from engineers at top AI labs, and a community that has produced 20% of US unicorn founders.

Anyone who submits gets to participate. The strongest teams will be invited to pitch live in Milpitas on August 21st in front of judges from across the Silicon Valley ecosystem.

After the pitches, there is a job fair. Sponsors and hiring teams will be in the room for conversations, introductions, and follow-on connections. If you are looking for your next role, a co-founder, or someone to take your project further, you will find them there.

Come ready to ship.

Eligibility: Open to participants above the legal age of majority in their country of residence. US only.

Get started

Getting from registered to building takes under 30 minutes.

1. Register on Devpost Free. No fee. Click Register at the top of this page.
2. Join the Open Atlas Slack An invite link is sent automatically after you register. Mentors hang out here, teammates find each other here, and sponsor API credits are distributed here.
3. Find or form your team Anywhere from 1 to 5 people. Solo is fine. If you need teammates, post in the #team-formation channel with your skills and what you want to build.
4. Pick a problem: Read the What to Build section below. Or bring your own idea. The open track is open.
5. Claim your sponsor credits Credit codes for OpenAI, Anthropic, cloud providers, and dev tools are posted in #sponsor-credits.
6. Start building Submissions open June 20th. The earlier you start, the more polished your demo will be.