Hackathons in San Francisco

🇺🇸Hackathons in San Francisco

San Francisco is hosting 50 hackathons, with a combined prize pool of $100K across Artificial Intelligence, Social Impact, Cloud.

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Hackathons

39

Avg Prize

$7K

Organizers

114

Sunday, September 13, 2026

Ongoing

The CAD Challenge 2026

In Person
Sep 12 – Sep 14, 2026The CAD ChallengeBerkeley, United States$750
Artificial Intelligence
Social Impact
Ongoing

CoreWeave Hacks: Agent Loops Hackathon with Weights & Biases and AGI House

In Person
Sep 12 – Sep 14, 2026Alexa OrentSan Francisco, United States$20K
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Ongoing

AI Filmmaking Masterclass + Hackathon

In Person
Sep 13 – Sep 14, 2026Liz ZhangSan Francisco, United States
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing

AI Security Hackathon - By Hackathons.team

In Person
Sep 13 – Sep 14, 2026Julius Olsson's BaseSan Francisco, United States
Cybersecurity
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud
Ongoing

AI Security Hackathon

In Person
Sep 13 – Sep 14, 2026Sean ChiuSan Francisco, United States$250
Artificial Intelligence
Cybersecurity
Ongoing

Recursive Self Improvement Hack: AI for Science

In Person
Sep 13 – Sep 14, 2026Mikhail YurochkinSunnyvale, United States
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Fintech

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Past hackathons in San Francisco

Recently ended — many run again. Watch San Francisco to hear when they return.

Saturday, September 12, 2026

Past

Live Models Hackathon, hosted by Visko x Reactor x Nebius

In Person
Sep 12 – Sep 13, 2026Ahmed AhresSan Francisco, United States$4K
Artificial Intelligence
Social Impact
IoT
Past

Agents, Everywhere: Global Hackathon with OpenAI • CopilotKit • openrouter [SF]

In Person
Sep 12 – Sep 13, 2026Sofía Sánchez-ZárateSan Francisco, United States
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud
Fintech
Past

Open Model Hack - Gradient x Google Deepmind

In Person
Sep 12 – Sep 13, 2026tokens&San Francisco, United States
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud
Past

AI4Sci Hack @ Stanford

In Person
Sep 12 – Sep 13, 2026Chenxi HuangStanford, United States
Artificial Intelligence
Past

🔥 Qoder AI Hackathon with $4500 cash prizes

In Person
Sep 12 – Sep 13, 2026Anna HongSan Francisco, United States$5K
Artificial Intelligence
Social Impact
Past

Homecoming AI Educate Hackathon

In Person
Sep 12 – Sep 13, 2026Daniel NiuStanford, United States
Artificial Intelligence
Edtech
Education
Past

Building for SF — A Free Civic Buildathon, Sept 11-12 - Two days. Real projects. A city that works better.

In Person
Sep 12 – Sep 13, 2026Lily ChandrasekherSan Francisco, United States
Fintech
Data Science

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