Spend Austin Tech Week turning an idea into working software, then show it off at a science-fair-style Hack Fair.
Work solo or in a team of up to 5. Bring your own idea, find teammates at kickoff, or pick from one of our Tracks. Build an app, agent, developer tool, ML pipeline, automation, or something completely unexpected.
Sponsors will share quick-start guides at kickoff.
How it works
Monday, Oct 26: Kickoff at Antler - Hackathon details, sponsor quick-starts, and facilitated team formation.Tuesday to Thursday: Build remotely. Submit your project online by Thursday, Oct 29 at 5:00 PM.Friday, Oct 30: Hack Fair at Antler - Every team gets a table to demo its project to judges and 100+ members of the Austin AI community. Judges will select the top winners, and attendees will vote on a Community Choice Award.
This is an application-only event and free to attend. We review applications on a rolling basis. Applying with teammates? Use your team's referral link so we can review you together.
ScheduleMonday, Oct 26
9:00 AM: Doors open and breakfast9:30 AM: Welcome and kickoff presentation10:30 AM: Team formation, building begins12:30 PM: Lunch
Tuesday, Oct 27 to Thursday, Oct 29
Remote build days, Hackers are welcome to work and build from the Antler offices.Thursday, 5:00 PM: Online submissions close
Friday, Oct 30
1:00 PM: Hack Fair opens, judging begins3:30 PM: Community Choice voting closes4:00 PM: Winners announced, prizes and closing
Organized by AITX and MLOps World | GenAI Summit.
About AITX: AITX is a community for AI Engineers, Entrepreneurs, and Explorers across Texas. Our mission is to make Texas a better place to build engineering-focused companies and hire engineering talent. We have chapters across the state and bring together the technical community across Texas through our monthly meetups, Hackathons, private dinners, and other events.
About MLOps World: MLOps World | GenAI Summit brings together 500+ engineers and AI leaders in Austin, Texas, Nov 17–18, 2026. No fluff: real, actionable lessons, frameworks and principles from teams at Meta, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Google DeepMind and more. mlopsworld.com
Thanks to our Partners!
AutoHDR: AutoHDR edits 1 in 10 U.S. real estate listings using AI. They scaled from $0 to $8M ARR in under one year, and now they’re looking for the next wave of talent to join them- people with creativity, grit, and willingness to build.
Supabase: Supabase is the easy-to-use, open-source managed Postgres with integrated backend services. It is an all-in-one suite with Database, Auth, Storage, Edge Functions, Realtime, and Vector search. Use one or all. Build in a weekend. Scale to millions.
Atlassian for Startups: Atlassian's mission is to unleash the potential of every team. Supercharged by Al, with Atlassian for Startups, work smarter every step of the way with collaboration tools designed to plan, track, and collaborate on work from MVP to IPO.
Hook'em Hacks: Hook ’em Hacks is a student-founded hackathon community that brings together students, builders, and industry mentors to turn ideas into real projects. Founded at UT Austin, our inaugural hackathon brought together 250 students. Our mission is to make building with technology accessible through hands-on events, collaboration, and a welcoming community.
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