Listing Hackathons

Time to Accelerate European Defense Innovation 🚀 Join us and 100+ hackers from all across Europe and beyond for the European Defense Tech Hackathon on November 13-15, 2026, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Wanna come as a visitor? Join our EDTH Community here: https://community.eurodefense.tech/ Goal We want to bridge the gaps between technologists, the public sector, investors, and operators in dual-use and defense technology. This hackathon will demonstrate the talent and drive of the European ecosystem.

A three-day venture-building hackathon at SEMICON Europa 2026 that unites top individual talent from across Europe to form interdisciplinary teams and validate investable semiconductor product concepts directly on the show floor.

AI Genesis is a global hybrid hackathon that brings AI builders together from around the world — starting online and culminating live at /function1 AI Conference & Exhibition 2026 in Dubai. 📅Oct 26 – Nov 3, 2026 • Oct 26 – Nov 2: Online build & collaboration All projects must be submitted by end of day on November 2. • Nov 2 (Online + Dubai): An exclusive on-site build day in Dubai for selected participants. • Nov 3 (Dubai): Live on-stage pitching & winners announcement at the /function1 Conference. 🌟 Get support from expert mentors throughout. 👥 Go solo or team up. 📍 Please note: If approved for the on-site experience, you’ll also have the opportunity to showcase your project live. Travel and accommodation will not be covered. 🧑🏻‍💻 Secure your spot now, sign up before the Kick-Off Stream!

Europe’s critical infrastructure is increasingly exposed — from energy grids and transport hubs to data centers and communication networks. The threat landscape has changed: low-cost drones, hybrid cyberattacks, and denied-communication environments. From October 23-25, 2026, the first Critical Infrastructure Shield Hackathon in Switzerland brings together Europe’s top engineers, operators, founders, and industry leaders to build the systems that protect the backbone of modern society. Prototype real-world solutions designed to operate in contested environments — from counter-drone systems to resilient communications and autonomous defense. Visitors If you’re curious about the outcomes and what the teams have built, you can join the Demo Day on Sunday as an EDTH Community visitor by selecting a Community Visitor ticket.

🌎 Hybrid Hackathon | 📅 October 19–20, 2026 | 📍 RAI Amsterdam + Online The official hackathon of AI & Big Data Expo Europe, organized by TechEx Events and lablab.ai. Build AI applications and agents across AI, cybersecurity, cloud, IoT, automation, edge computing, digital transformation, and data infrastructure, then showcase your project live at one of Europe's largest enterprise technology events. 📍 Please note: If approved for the on-site experience, you’ll also have the opportunity to showcase your project live. Travel and accommodation will not be covered.

🌎 Hybrid Hackathon | 💻 Online Build: October 16–19, 2026 | 📍 On-site: October 19–20, 2026 The official hackathon of AI & Big Data Expo Europe, organized by TechEx Events and lablab.ai. Build AI applications and agents across AI, cybersecurity, cloud, IoT, automation, edge computing, digital transformation, and data infrastructure, then showcase your project live at one of Europe's largest enterprise technology events. 📍 On-site Venue (October 19–20): RAI Amsterdam Europaplein 24, 1078 GZ Amsterdam, Netherlands 📍 If approved for the on-site experience, you'll also have the opportunity to showcase your project live. Travel and accommodation will not be covered.

Time to Accelerate European Defense Innovation 🚀 Join us and 100+ hackers from all across Europe and beyond for the European Defense Tech Hackathon on October 16-18 2026, in Bratislava, Slovakia - the first defence-focused hackathon of its kind in the country. Goal We want to bridge the gaps between technologists, the public sector, investors, and operators in dual-use and defense technology. This hackathon will demonstrate the talent and drive of the European ecosystem.

Time to Accelerate European Defense Innovation 🚀 Join us and 200+ hackathon participants from all across Europe and beyond for the European Defense Tech Hackathon on October 16-18 2026, in Sofia, Bulgaria. Want to come as a visitor? Join our EDTH Community here: https://community.eurodefense.tech/ Goal We want to bridge the gaps between technologists, the public sector, investors, and operators in dual-use and defense technology. This hackathon will demonstrate the talent and drive of the European ecosystem.

🌎 Hybrid Hackathon | 💻 Online Build: 12-17 October 2026 | On-site phase: 17-18 October 2026 To participate in the hackathon, simply click Sign up with AMD. If you are not already a member of the AMD AI Developer Program (ADP), you will need to create an account. The AMD Developer Hackathon: ACT III is a hands-on event for developers, founders, engineers and builders who want to push what’s possible with AI on real infrastructure. 📍 If approved for the on-site experience, you'll also have the opportunity to showcase your project live. Travel and accommodation will not be covered.

Time to Accelerate European Defense Innovation 🚀 Join us and 150+ hackers from all across Europe and beyond for the European Defense Tech Hackathon on October 9-11, 2026, in Bucharest, Romania. Wanna come as a visitor? Join our EDTH Community here: https://community.eurodefense.tech/ Goal We want to bridge the gaps between technologists, the public sector, investors, and operators in dual-use and defense technology. This hackathon will demonstrate the talent and drive of the European ecosystem.

Time to Fill the Gaps in UAS and Counter UAS Innovation for the Free World 🚀 Join us and 150+ hackers from Korea and around the world for the Korea Defense Tech Hackathon, taking place October 9-11th, 2026, in Uiseong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. This hackathon will be dedicated entirely to unmanned aerial systems and counter-UAS technologies – with actual field testing! Goal Over three days, software·hardware engineers, founders, researchers, public-sector stake holders, investors and end users(military personnels) will come together to design, build, and test new solutions in one place. Participants will have access to a dedicated outdoor drone testing environment with open airspace, enabling teams to move directly from ideas and prototypes to real-world trials.

Five days of brain-inspired computing in Munich — the 4th Munich Neuromorphic Hackathon by neuroTUM, fortiss and OpenHardware. The hackathon lets participants dive into real-world applications of neuromorphic computing, a brain-inspired paradigm for artificial intelligence that mimics the structure and dynamics of biological neural systems. Unlike conventional deep learning, neuromorphic approaches offer radical energy efficiency and temporal processing capabilities that are reshaping the edge AI landscape.

Time to Accelerate European Defense Innovation 🚀 Join us and 200+ hackathon participants from all across Europe and beyond for the second Naval Defense Tech Hackathon on October 2-4 2026, in Galati, Romania. Want to come as a visitor? Join our EDTH Community here: https://community.eurodefense.tech/ Goal We want to bridge the gaps between technologists, the public sector, investors, and operators in dual-use and defense technology. This hackathon will demonstrate the talent and drive of the European ecosystem.

Time to Accelerate Defense Innovation in the Asia-Pacific 🚀 Join us and 200+ hackers for the Taiwan Defense Tech Hackathon on October 2-4, 2026, in Taipei, Taiwan. We're thrilled to co-organize this hackathon with the Unmanned Vehicles R&D Center, National Taiwan University Connect with fellow defense innovators, meet potential co-founders, and build projects with real-world impact that could save lives. Throughout the event, you’ll get hands-on guidance from seasoned mentors, and after the hackathon, we’ll help you take your project closer to real-world deployment. Challenges We’ll focus on solving urgent security and defense challenges in the Taiwanese context, from countering grey-zone drone incursions and swarming threats to resilient communications under jamming and undersea cable disruption, GNSS-denied navigation across the Strait, maritime domain awareness, low-cost sensing and autonomous interception, edge AI for distributed operations, and asymmetric solutions that multiply the impact of every operator.

Time to Accelerate European Defense Innovation 🚀 London Defence Tech Week returns October 1–8. We'll kick off the week with our flagship London Defense Hackathon (October 1–4), bringing together ambitious engineers, founders, investors, Ukrainian frontline practitioners, and members of the UK military ahead of the Resilience Conference on October 5–6. Come to find a potential co-founder, test an idea against real operational needs, and meet the people building and buying the next generation of defense technology! Wanna come as a visitor? Join our EDTH Community here: https://community.eurodefense.tech/

YFN x EU Hackathon 2026: Powering Europe's Energy Future 📅 September 27, 2026 | 📍 Munich | ⏱ 9:00–20:00 Join ~80 students, researchers, young professionals, scientists, startups, and EU representatives for a one-day hackathon designing real solutions for Europe's energy and climate future, hosted as a side event of Bits & Pretzels 2026. Organised by the Young Founders Network e.V. in partnership with the European Commission Representation Munich and Europe Direct Munich. What to expect

💻 Online Hackathon | ⏳ Build: 48 hours | 📅 September 25–27, 2026 The official IBM Bob 2.0 hackathon. Build what's next in AI-assisted development, alongside the developers and experts shaping it. ⭐ Get help from experts throughout the event 🤝 Join a team or build solo 💰 Prize pool: $10,000 🧑🏻‍💻 Register before the Kick-Off Stream to start building with Bob

Co-organized with NUS Enterprise and TUM Venture Labs Time to Accelerate Global Defense Innovation: Join 120+ of the world’s most driven engineers, founders, and operators at the Singapore Defense Tech Hackathon (SDTH) on September 25–27, 2026. This isn’t a typical hackathon. It’s a premier global launchpad for defense technology. Work alongside international talent, defense innovators, and industry leaders to tackle real-world security challenges together. Meet potential co-founders. Build something that actually matters.

Turn an idea into a working AI project. The WeAreDevelopers Hackathon brings developers together to build with AI at WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America in San José. The congress gathers over 10,000 builders, more than 500 speakers and over 20 stages, with a program built around how teams design, ship, run, secure and test software in the AI era.

Time to Accelerate European Defense Innovation 🚀 Join us and 200+ hackathon participants from all across Europe and beyond for the European Defense Tech Hackathon on September 18-20 2026, in Lviv, Ukraine. European Defense Tech Hackathon in Lviv 2026 is a side event of Defense Tech Valley 2026, a major defense summit taking place in Ukraine. By joining the hackathon, you become part of a broader gathering of defense innovators, industry leaders, and policymakers shaping the future of European security. IMPORTANT: EDTH is currently transitioning to a new platform for the best participant and user experience. Please register here: https://events.eurodefense.tech Want to come as a visitor? Join our EDTH Community here: https://community.eurodefense.tech/ Goal

🌎 Hybrid Hackathon | 📅 September 15–17, 2026 | 📍 Santa Clara Convention Center + Online The official hackathon of AI Infra Summit, co-organized by Kisaco Research and lablab.ai. Join builders, researchers, founders, and AI infrastructure leaders to create applications powered by the technologies shaping the future of AI: compute, data movement, models, physical AI, and next-generation infrastructure. With more than 8,000 attendees expected at AI Infra Summit, this hackathon is an opportunity to build, showcase your work, and connect directly with the companies driving the AI ecosystem forward. 📍On-site participation is by invitation only. Travel and accommodation expenses will not be covered.

🌎 Hybrid Hackathon | 💻 Online Build: September 10–16, 2026 | 📍 On-site: September 15–17, 2026 The official hackathon of AI Infra Summit — co-organized by Kisaco Research and lablab.ai. Build production-grade AI applications on the modern AI infrastructure stack, alongside 8,000+ attendees, researchers, founders, and infra leaders. 📍 On-site Venue (September 15–17): Santa Clara Convention Center 5001 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA 📍 On-site participation is by invitation only. Travel and accommodation expenses will not be covered.

Time to Accelerate European Defense Innovation 🚀 Join us and 100+ hackers from all across Europe and beyond for the European Defense Tech Hackathon on September 4-6, 2026, in Pristina, Kosovo. Kosovo is a place where security is a lived reality — shaped by history and constant pressure on infrastructure and institutions. That makes it one of the few environments in Europe where the gap between “cool prototype” and “actually useful” is immediately obvious. We're thrilled to bring the European Defense Tech Hackathon here together with the Innovation Centre Kosovo this September 2025. Connect with fellow defense innovators, meet potential co-founders, and build projects with real-world impact that could save lives.

Learn. Build. Share. Grow. A 3-month AMD-powered developer growth & community program — open to individual participants only.

🌎 Online Hackathon | 💻 Month-long challenge | Dates: Sep 1–30, 2026 | 🏆 $10,000 Prize Pool ($5k cash + $5k in AAI credits) A month-long online challenge run by lablab.ai together with AssemblyAI, the Voice AI infrastructure company for builders. Every participant builds on AssemblyAI. You can join at any point — registration stays open for the whole build window, so you can start on day one or pick the project up halfway through and still submit. 🌍 Fully online hackathon. Join and build from anywhere in the world.

Low/No Code, Machine Learning/AI, Productivity

🌎 Online Hackathon | 💻 Dates: 28 August–4 September 2026 | 🏆 $6,000 Prize Pool Build AI trading agents on Alpaca — autonomous agents and trading apps using Alpaca's Trading API, MCP server and CLI. 🌍 Fully online hackathon. Join and build from anywhere in the world.

Time to Accelerate European Defense Innovation 🚀 Join us and 100+ hackers from all across Europe and beyond for the European Defense Tech Hackathon on August 28-30, 2026, in Hamburg, Germany. Wanna come as a visitor? Join our EDTH Community here: https://community.eurodefense.tech/ Goal We want to bridge the gaps between technologists, the public sector, investors, and operators in dual-use and defense technology. This hackathon will demonstrate the talent and drive of the European ecosystem.

Anmeldung nur für Besucher Teilnehmer des Hackathons müssen sich nicht für die Abschlussveranstaltung anmelden Nach einer intensiven Hackathon-Woche unter dem Motto „Zugang zum Recht" präsentieren die interdisziplinären Teams des Legal Loves Tech Hackathon 2026 ihre entwickelten Legal-Tech-Lösungen vor einer hochkarätig besetzten Fachjury aus Politik, Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Zivilgesellschaft. Wir laden Sie herzlich ein, die Ergebnisse einer Woche voller Kreativität, technischer Innovation und juristischer Tiefe live mitzuerleben und gemeinsam mit uns die Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger zu feiern. Es werden Essen und Getränke bereitgestellt.

{Tech: Europe} x VEED Hackathon | The Summer Lock-In Everyone is doing the European summer, we are doing the opposite! We present to you : The European Summer Lock-In, for everyone who wants to use the summer to ship! Limited to 80 participants – secure your spot now! On the day of the event, it is first come, first serve! Having a ticket does not guarantee entry once we reach capacity.