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AI hackathons in October 2026

There are 78 AI hackathons and build jams open during October 2026 on BuildJams right now, and 9 of them close in the next 7 days. An event is included if it accepts entries at some point in October 2026. Next month gets its own page on the 1st. 34 can be entered online.

Updated Oct 19, 2026 (UTC). Sources for this list: Devpost, TAIKAI, lablab.ai, itch.io, HackerEarth, Cerebral Valley, Devfolio, Kiro and Luma. Check the official page before you enter.

Build With AI: Basics $2,500
Devpost · Online · Team rules: see official page
Cash prize Closes Oct 26, 2026 Devpost
Life After Code $45,000
GitLab · Online · Team rules: see official page
Cash prize Closes Oct 27, 2026 Devpost
Qloo Agentic Hackathon $25,000
Qloo · Online · Team rules: see official page
Cash prize Closes Oct 30, 2026 Devpost
Galuxium Nexus V2 $14,644
Galuxium · Online · Team rules: see official page
Cash prize Closes Oct 31, 2026 Devpost
Learn AR with SPECS $2,500
Devpost · Online · Team rules: see official page
Cash prize Closes Nov 9, 2026 Devpost
PayPal AI Hackathon $67,500
PayPal · Online · Team rules: see official page
Cash prize Closes Nov 12, 2026 Devpost
AMD AI League $10,000
lablab.ai · Online · Solo or team
Cash prize Closes Dec 1, 2026 lablab.ai
IEEE Hack For Humanity No prize amount listed
IEEE Charlotte Section · Online · Team rules: see official page
Closes Oct 21, 2026 Devpost
Hack4Guimarães 2035 20,000 EUR
CM Guimarães · Not stated · Team rules: see official page
Closes Oct 28, 2026 TAIKAI
AI Browser Game Jam 5 Not stated on listing
Focaccai · Online · Team rules: see official page
Closes Oct 31, 2026 itch.io
InternWell Hack2.0 ₹ 1,000
InternWell-SLIET · Online · Team rules: see official page
Cash prize Closes Oct 31, 2026 Devpost
CreateAThon No prize amount listed
Hacker's Unity · Online · Team rules: see official page
Closes Oct 31, 2026 Devpost
Agentic Banking Hackathon See official page
HackerEarth · Online · Team rules: see official page
Closes Nov 13, 2026 HackerEarth
HackWithAditya ₹ 500,000
Aditya University · Online · Team rules: see official page
Cash prize Closes Nov 25, 2026 Devpost
Syntax Summit No prize amount listed
Student Organization · Online · Team rules: see official page
Closes Jan 14, 2027 Devpost
Code for Humanity No prize amount listed
nill · Online · Team rules: see official page
Closes Jan 15, 2027 Devpost
Slapjam #2 $1,000
slapjam · Online · Team rules: see official page
Upcoming Cash prize Starts Oct 29, 2026 itch.io
CSC Winter Sparkathon $100
The Webb Schools CSC · Online · Team rules: see official page
Upcoming Cash prize Starts Oct 29, 2026 Devpost
Kiroween 2026 $100,000
Kiro · Online · Team rules: see official page
Upcoming Cash prize Starts Oct 30, 2026 Devpost
Arbiter Hacks V1 $3,800
Arbiter · Online · Team rules: see official page
Upcoming Cash prize Starts Oct 20, 2026 Devpost
NextSpark Hacks No prize amount listed
Independent · Online · Team rules: see official page
Upcoming Starts Oct 24, 2026 Devpost
STEMergent Hacks 2026 No prize amount listed
STEMergent · Online · Team rules: see official page
Upcoming Starts Oct 31, 2026 Devpost
SDC Hackathon 2026 $5,500
Xiamen University Malaysia · In person (Xiamen University Malaysia) · Team rules: see official page
Cash prize Closes Oct 24, 2026 Devpost
HackFW: MADE Challenge $1,900
Fort Worth DAO · In person (Fort Worth) · Team rules: see official page
Cash prize Closes Oct 30, 2026 Devpost
TechEx Amsterdam Hackathon See official page
Not stated · In person (Other) · Team rules: see official page
Closes Oct 20, 2026 Cerebral Valley
HackOctober MLH X Tech4hack No prize amount listed
MLH · In person (Microsoft) · Team rules: see official page
Closes Oct 22, 2026 Devpost
Next Gen Hackathon 2026 -Bengaluru ₹ 40,000
RAAIF · In person (Tripura Vasini Palace Grounds, Bengaluru) · Team rules: see official page
Cash prize Closes Oct 23, 2026 Devpost
Cognition 2026 See official page
Not stated · In person (Calcutta time zone) · Team rules: see official page
Closes Oct 25, 2026 Devfolio
HACKER HOUSE GOA 2026 See official page
Not stated · In person (Calcutta time zone) · Team rules: see official page
Closes Oct 31, 2026 Devfolio
TUM Blockchain & AI Hackathon See official page
Not stated · In person (Berlin time zone) · Team rules: see official page
Closes Oct 31, 2026 Devfolio
MineArena 1.0 ₹ 75,000
Code commit · In person (SSM cultural centre) · Team rules: see official page
Cash prize Closes Oct 31, 2026 Devpost
AI Build India No prize amount listed
Hacker's Unity · In person (jaipur) · Team rules: see official page
Closes Oct 31, 2026 Devpost
Zoftware AgentHack $500
zoftwarehub · In person (Spring House Workspaces SHGU001) · Team rules: see official page
Upcoming Cash prize Starts Oct 24, 2026 Devpost
HarborHack 2026 - Agent In The Loop $1,500
Charlestonhacks · In person (College of Charleston, Harbor Walk) · Team rules: see official page
Upcoming Cash prize Starts Oct 23, 2026 Devpost
DS+X Hackathon 2026 $5,500
Boston University Spark! · In person (Boston University- CDS) · Team rules: see official page
Upcoming Cash prize Starts Oct 24, 2026 Devpost
Hack for Humanity: Sacramento See official page
The AI Collective · In person (Rancho Cordova, CA) · Team rules: see official page
Upcoming Starts Oct 19, 2026 Luma
Intelligence at Work Hackathon See official page
Snowflake, Anthropic · In person (Menlo Park, CA, US) · Team rules: see official page
Upcoming Starts Oct 23, 2026 Cerebral Valley
Hack for Humanity: Islamabad See official page
The AI Collective · In person (Islamabad, Pakistan) · Team rules: see official page
Upcoming Starts Oct 24, 2026 Luma
DevDay Community Hackathon: Berlin See official page
Codex Community Events · In person (Berlin, Germany) · Team rules: see official page
Upcoming Starts Oct 24, 2026 Luma
Hack for Humanity: Detroit See official page
The AI Collective · In person (Detroit, MI) · Team rules: see official page
Upcoming Starts Oct 24, 2026 Luma
Grok Bot Guatemala Hackathon See official page
SpaceXAI for Guatemala · In person (Guatemala) · Team rules: see official page
Upcoming Starts Oct 24, 2026 Luma
Sierra Hacks 2026 No prize amount listed
CodeCatalyst · In person (Sierra High School) · Team rules: see official page
Upcoming Starts Oct 24, 2026 Devpost
2026 AI for Good Hackathon No prize amount listed
Florida Data Science for Social Good · In person (The Link) · Team rules: see official page
Upcoming Starts Oct 23, 2026 Devpost
Action Space No prize amount listed
university of pennsylvania · In person (Fab Lab) · Team rules: see official page
Upcoming Starts Oct 24, 2026 Devpost
HackOHI/O 2026 No prize amount listed
OHI/O · In person (The Ohio State University - Ohio Union) · Team rules: see official page
Upcoming Starts Oct 24, 2026 Devpost
Miami | Claude Code Hacknight See official page
Claude Community Events · In person (Miami, FL) · Team rules: see official page
Upcoming Starts Oct 27, 2026 Luma
Hack for Humanity: Bangladesh See official page
The AI Collective · In person (Dhaka, Bangladesh) · Team rules: see official page
Upcoming Starts Oct 29, 2026 Luma
Hack for Humanity: Adelaide See official page
The AI Collective · In person (Adelaide, SA) · Team rules: see official page
Upcoming Starts Oct 30, 2026 Luma
Hack for Humanity: Abidjan See official page
The AI Collective · In person (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire) · Team rules: see official page
Upcoming Starts Oct 31, 2026 Luma

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