Hackathons With Prizes
Explore 50 hackathons with cash prizes with $4.6M in combined prizes. Competitions offering real prize money — from student jams to major global hackathons paying out serious cash.
Hackathons
50
Avg Prize
$92K
Organizers
47
Friday, August 7, 2026
Ongoing
Crypto's Got Talent Season 2
Online
Sep 4, 2025 – Aug 30, 2026IoTeXOnline$100
Artificial Intelligence
Blockchain
Data Science
Ongoing
Codenovate '25
In Person
Sep 29, 2025 – Nov 24, 2027Keshav Memorial Institute of Technology (KMIT), HyderabadHyderabad, India$960
Student
Beginner Friendly
Networking
Ongoing
Clash of Coders - Hackathon '26
Online
Feb 14 – Aug 23, 2026Jaipur Engineering College And Research Center (JECRC), JaipurOnline$600
Artificial Intelligence
IoT (Internet of Things)
Edtech
Ongoing
Natural Language Processing Tool for Material Information Extraction from Construction Specifications
Online
Feb 26 – Aug 22, 2026NICMAR University, PuneOnline$300
Artificial Intelligence
Natural Language Processing
Data Science
Ongoing
MDBA Youth Blockchain Hackathon
Online
Feb 27 – Nov 1, 2026Blockchain Legal InstituteOnline$50K
Blockchain
Artificial Intelligence
Social Impact
Ongoing
Hackathon 2026 Challenge
Online
Mar 1 – Dec 18, 2026TechHub Africa LLCOnline$1K
Climate Tech
Cloud
Ongoing
ARC Prize 2026 - Paper Track
Online
Mar 25 – Nov 9, 2026Abstraction and Reasoning CorpusOnline$450K
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Research
Ongoing
ARC Prize 2026 - ARC-AGI-2
Online
Mar 25 – Nov 2, 2026Abstraction and Reasoning CorpusOnline$700K
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data Science
Ongoing
ARC Prize 2026 - ARC-AGI-3
Online
Mar 25 – Nov 2, 2026Abstraction and Reasoning CorpusOnline$850K
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data Science
Ongoing
Aurora Global Hackathon
Online
Mar 31, 2026 – Apr 1, 2027no hostOnline$1K
Web Development
Mobile Development
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
GenZ Can Hack 2026
In Person
Apr 1 – Aug 22, 2026Kids for Kids Toronto Coding ClubToronto, Canada$1K
Data Science
Web Development
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
HackfiniX 2026
In Person
Apr 1 – Sep 12, 2026Cambridge Institute of Technology North Campus, BengaluruBengaluru, India$15K
Cloud
Climate Tech
Ongoing
Tech Horizon 2.0 - National Level Hackathon
In Person
Apr 18 – Oct 10, 2026Guru Nanak Institutions Technical Campus (GNITC), HyderabadHyderabad, India$3K
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud Computing
IoT (Internet of Things)
Ongoing
Intellify 4.0
In Person
May 10 – Aug 16, 2026Marwadi University (MU), GujaratRajkot, India$4K
Cloud
Edtech
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
BLI Legal Tech Hackathon 2
Online
May 15 – Nov 1, 2026Blockchain Legal InstituteOnline$50K
Blockchain
Fintech
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
Build with Gemini XPRIZE
Online
May 19 – Aug 17, 2026XPRIZEOnline$2.0M
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Web Development
Ongoing
VoltHacks
Online
May 22 – Sep 5, 2026DialogateOnline$33K
Data Science
Artificial Intelligence
IoT (Internet of Things)
Ongoing
Arm Create: AI Optimization Challenge
Online
Jun 4 – Aug 14, 2026armOnline$8K
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Web Development
Ongoing
GeoAI Aquaculture Pond Identification Challenge
Online
Jun 8 – Aug 16, 2026FAO and ITUOnline$1K
Data Science
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Ongoing
AI Agent Security - Multi-Step Tool Attacks
Online
Jun 11 – Sep 1, 2026OpenAIOnline$50K
Cybersecurity
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Ongoing
AceSAT Education AI-Agent
Online
Jun 12 – Aug 15, 2026AceSATOnline$100
Edtech
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Ongoing
Brainwave
Online
Jun 12 – Aug 9, 2026ACT HouseOnline$550
Data Science
Web Development
Blockchain
Ongoing
The Pokémon Company - PTCG AI Battle Challenge Strategy
Online
Jun 16 – Sep 13, 2026The Pokémon Company - PTCGABC TeamOnline$240K
Game Development
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Ongoing
SRCAS Hackathon 3.0 - What's the next big idea?
In Person
Jun 16 – Aug 15, 2026Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts & Science (SRCAS)Coimbatore, India$2K
Cloud
Edtech
Data Science
Ongoing
Africa Deep Tech Challenge 2026
Online
Jun 17 – Aug 25, 2026Africa Deep Tech FoundationOnline$17K
Data Science
Artificial Intelligence
Web Development
Ongoing
Build Beyond Hackathon
Online
Jun 18 – Aug 16, 2026BuildBeyondOnline$500
Data Science
Web Development
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
Hack The Limit
Online
Jun 18 – Aug 30, 2026HackTheLimitOnline$350
Data Science
Web Development
Social Impact
Ongoing
NeuralSprint
Online
Jun 19 – Aug 24, 2026NeuralSprintOnline$150
Data Science
Web Development
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
ImpactForge
Online
Jun 19 – Aug 24, 2026ImpactForgeOnline$300
Data Science
Web Development
Social Impact
Ongoing
Open Atlas - AI for Social Good Hackathon 2026
In Person
Jun 20 – Aug 21, 2026Open AtlasMilpitas, United States$10K
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Social Impact
Ongoing
DropHack
In Person
Jun 20 – Aug 29, 2026SIEC CommunityGurugram, India$600
Social Impact
Artificial Intelligence
Blockchain
Ongoing
QuantumHacks
Online
Jun 21 – Aug 21, 2026QuantumhacksOnline$1K
Data Science
Web Development
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
3D Websites Hackathon
Online
Jun 22 – Aug 31, 2026high schoolOnline$55
Data Science
Web Development
Ongoing
Women Who Master
Online
Jun 22 – Sep 10, 2026Aspire For Her x LogitechOnline$3K
Artificial Intelligence
Edtech
Ongoing
TNX Codathon
In Person
Jun 22 – Aug 19, 2026TechNeekXLucknow, India$120
Artificial Intelligence
Edtech
Cloud Computing
Ongoing
The Rice University Urban Sustainability Hackathon
Online
Jun 23 – Sep 18, 2026Rice UniversityOnline$18K
Climate Tech
Data Science
Web Development
Ongoing
IKIGAI 2026
In Person
Jun 23 – Aug 22, 2026Acropolis Institute of Technology and Research, IndoreIndore, India$1K
Artificial Intelligence
Edtech
Cloud
Ongoing
SquidHack 2026
In Person
Jun 23 – Aug 23, 2026SAGE University (SAGEU), Indore, Madhya PradeshIndore, India$1K
Artificial Intelligence
Edtech
Cloud Computing
Ongoing
DSH Pitch
Online
Jun 24 – Oct 25, 2026STEMiseOnline$100
Data Science
Web Development
Ongoing
IncludAI: The Neurodiversity Hackathon
Online
Jun 24 – Aug 9, 2026IncludEDU, partner w Stanford NNEAOnline$3K
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Social Impact
Ongoing
Google WAXAL ASR Challenge
Online
Jun 26 – Aug 9, 2026Online$10K
Data Science
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Ongoing
Bizzathon-Hackathon
In Person
Jun 27 – Aug 9, 2026Indian Institute of Technology, Indian School of Mines (IIT ISM), DhanbadDhanbad, India$300
Cloud
Edtech
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
Flare Summer Signal
Online
Jun 28 – Aug 14, 2026FlareOnline$12K
Blockchain
Artificial Intelligence
Social Impact
Ongoing
Build Your One-Person On-Chain Finance Business with SoSoValue
Online
Jun 28 – Aug 23, 2026SoSoValueOnline$4K
Web Development
Fintech
Data Science
Ongoing
Biohub - Cell Tracking During Development
Online
Jun 29 – Sep 29, 2026BiohubOnline$60K
Biotech
Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
ML Empowerment Build Challenge 2.0
Online
Jun 30 – Aug 15, 2026ML Empowerment FoundationOnline$1K
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Edtech
Ongoing
Inceptia Hackathon
In Person
Jun 30 – Aug 8, 2026Pimpri Chinchwad College Of Engineering & Research (PCCOE &R), Pimpri-Chinchwad, PunePune, India$600
Artificial Intelligence
Edtech
Blockchain
Ongoing
CockroachDB × AWS Hackathon - Build with Agentic Memory
Online
Jun 30 – Aug 18, 2026Cockroach LabsOnline$9K
Cloud Computing
Data Science
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
Indradhanu: PCCOE International Grand Challenge 2026
In Person
Jun 30, 2026 – Feb 14, 2027Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering (PCCOE), PunePune, India$2K
Artificial Intelligence
Climate Tech
Cloud Computing
Ongoing
Hackonomics 2026
Online
Jul 1 – Aug 12, 2026hackonomicsOnline$10
Data Science
Web Development
Social Impact
Past hackathons
Recently ended — many run again.
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Monday, August 3, 2026
Sunday, August 2, 2026
Past
Debuggers Assemble
In Person
Aug 2 – Aug 7, 2026Loyola ICAM College of Engineering and Technology (LICET), ChennaiChennai, India$18
Artificial Intelligence
Past
Infinity Interface
In Person
Aug 2 – Aug 7, 2026Loyola ICAM College of Engineering and Technology (LICET), ChennaiChennai, India$18
Cloud Computing
Edtech
Past
Prompt with Jarvis
In Person
Aug 2 – Aug 7, 2026Loyola ICAM College of Engineering and Technology (LICET), ChennaiChennai, India$18
Artificial Intelligence
Edtech
Past
Hack Days in Bansal
In Person
Aug 2, 2026Major League HackingBhopal, India$12
Artificial Intelligence
Open Ended
Web Development
Past
revolutetest
In Person
Aug 2, 2026Test HackathonCambridge, United States$10
AR/VR
Past
Design Nexus : Design Hackathon 2026
In Person
Aug 2, 2026Raj MehtaPune, India$300
Fintech
Edtech
Past
MarinHacks
In Person
Aug 2, 2026Marin Catholic Computer Science ClubKentfield, United States$10K
Student
Networking
Innovation
Saturday, August 1, 2026
Past
Revolute Hackathon 2026
In Person
Aug 1 – Aug 2, 2026Nevin ThinagarCambridge, United States$1K
Artificial Intelligence
IoT
Fintech
Past
House London | Data Hackathon
In Person
Aug 1, 2026Jam CoombesLondon, United Kingdom$635
Climate Tech
Data Science
Artificial Intelligence
Past
webcmd Hackathon ⚡Agentic Payments Edition
In Person
Aug 1, 2026Sandeep DevarapalliBengaluru, India$120
Artificial Intelligence
Fintech