Important Dates:
- Opening Ceremony: January 16th, 2026 at 7:00pm EST
- Submissions Due: January 18th, 2026 at 12:00pm EST
- Closing Ceremony: January 18th, 2026 at 8:00 PM EST
- The link to the live streams will be posted in our discord server.
How To Register:
- Sign up on this devpost.
- Join Our discord, as its our primary method of communication with participants.
- Fill out this form
Workshop Schedule
- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UmXVmzRVxiCMrjCOfADENAkb6vGPvWEv1SRAYk5t0nM/edit?gid=0#gid=0
- All workshop links will be posted in our discord, and are hyperlinked on the schedule
Our Theme
Theme Track: HUMAN INTERACTION - Choose your own way to interpret this theme… Build anything that enhanced how people feel, create, interact, or connect.
General Track: United Hacks is a platform where innovators can unleash their creativity without limitations. If you choose to compete in the "General" track, you have the freedom to explore diverse topics—from accessibility to mental health and beyond, nurturing the potential of your ideas!
Requirements
What to Submit
- Public Github/Alternative Repository
- Demo Video of your Project (2-5 mins)
- Written Explanation of your Project (Done via Devpost)
- Optional (However helpful): Link to Live Demo of your Project
Other Criteria
- Your submission MUST be a NEW project (All code must be written during the given time frame)
- We will NOT accept submissions to other hackathons (Your creation must be original for United Hacks and not reused)
- You may ONLY work with ONE TEAM for the duration of the Hackathon
Prizes
First Place - Theme
- Certificate of Achievement
- Featured and Praised in Online Article
- $250 Cash Prize
- Hack United Swag Pack
- 2 Year VIP CodeCrafters Membership ($360)
- $300 Featherless Scale Plan
- All Participant Prizes
First Place - General
- Certificate of Achievement
- Featured and Praised in Online Article
- $250 Cash Prize
- Hack United Swag Pack
- $150 Featherless Scale Plan
- 1 Year VIP CodeCrafters Membership ($180)
- All Participant Prizes
Second Place - General
- Certificate of Achievement
- Featured and Praised in Online Article
- $100 Cash Prize
- Hack United Swag Pack
- All Participant Prizes
Second Place - Theme
- Certificate of Achievement
- Featured and Praised in Online Article
- $100 Cash Prize
- Hack United Swag Pack
- 6 Month VIP CodeCrafters Membership ($90)
- $75 Featherless Scale Plan
- All Participant Prizes
Best Solo Hack
Best project developed by an individual rather then a team. In order to be eligible for this prize, your project MUST be based around the theme!
- HKKB Pro Hybrid Keyboard (worth $300)
- Certificate of Achievement
- Featured and Praised in Online Article
- Hack United Swag Pack
- All Participant Prizes
Best Pitch
This prize is given to the team with the most compelling video presentation.
- AirPod Pro 3's (or if a team wins, $200 split between the team)
- Certificate of Achievement
- Featured and Praised in Online Article
- Hack United Swag Pack
Moonshot Prize
Build a hack that is way too ambitious for a weekend, yet you dared to dream big anyway.
Participant Prize
- Certificate of Participation
- 2 Months of Balsamiq Cloud Pro ($24)
- 1 Month Interview Cake License ($249)
- Free .xyz domain for 1 year ($13)
- Free Featherless AI Premium 1 month ($25)
- Wolfram 1 Access 6 Months ($50)
Moonshot Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention for the Moonshot Track
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Shashank Shivam
Oracle
Minzhou Wang
Husqvarna Group
Sol Lee
CreatorCore
Chidambaram Bhat
Integral Technologies
Manish Anand
Medline Industries, LP
Banani Mohapatra
Walmart
Bhavnish Walia
Amazon
William Bella
Insptech
Soumyajyoti Bhattacharya
PayPal
Yolanda T.
GreenLite
Tiago Filipe
MidWestern
Pranav Babu
BEDGEAR
Lakshmi Prasad Rongali
DevOps
Violetta Pidvolotska
Netflix
Nihal Kaul
Revscale AI
Gunasekar PullurBalu
Vanguard
Gayathri Balakumar
Capital One
Giorgio Demarchi
Almanax
Akshay Pratinav
Intuit
Aman Kansal
Parallel Web Systems
Shibashis Mishra
Adobe
Sara Bellomo
Roche Diagnostics
Pratik Agarwal
Figma
Sanchee Kaushik
Aetna
Saumya Tyagi
Coupang
Saurabh Kumar
Walmart Global Tech
Syed Ahmad
Walmart
Ankit Gupta
Exeter Finance LLC
Elena Lazar
Luxoft USA Inc.
James Freeland
Jxs Holdings
Alyssa Lee
DataHub
Anmol Jain
Pure Storage
Pranoy Saha
Vanguard
Mykyta Roilian
LeanDNA
Davide Locatelli
Politecnico di Milano
Suraj Desai
Digg
Ashish Bhatti
Charter Communications
Mandakinee Singh Patel
Apple
Girish Vasudevan
Vanguard
Zilul Karim
ToguMogu
Abgar Simonean
Renault Group
Viacheslav Latypov
Hercules Dynamics
Adesanya Oreoluwa Emmanuel
Walure Capital
Andrii Stetsenko
NoFraud
Steve Ahn
Blizzard Entertainment
Tarun Chauhan
Engineer
Alti Balaram
Moody's Corporation
Dippu Kumar Singh
Fujitsu
Balaji Salem Balasundram
Amazon Web Services
Harpreet Kaur Chawla
Amazon
SriHarsha Anand Pushkala
Atlanticus Holdings
Rakesh Pai
eviCore Healthcare
Riaz Ahmed Mohammed Sait
Oracle
Murali Thirumalaisamy
UPS
William Nafack
JPMorgan Chase & Co
Vaibhav Raheja
Google
Manoj Aggarwal
Docusign
Mayank Agrawal
Meta
Robin Wang
AgentX AI
Prasanth Yadla
Apple
Naresh Vurukonda
Amgen
Daria Minakova
Surya Narayana Reddy Chintacunta
WPP Media
Maulik Bhatt
Amazon Web Services
Varun Misra
Salesforce
Chirag Ramani
Uber
Jas Randhawa
Sri Harsha Konda
Walmart Global Tech
Gokul Chandra Purnachandra Reddy
Amazon Web Services
Siddhu Raj
Amazon
Sayarnil Banerjee
IBM
Muralikrishna Veeramosu
Fidelity
Utkarsh Bajaj
Amazon
Akhilesh NS
Reddit
Ramjot Singh
Microsoft
Suresh Kurapati
Source consulting LLC
Himanshu Sahni
Amazon Web Services
Shresha Das
Meta
Rohit Bhawal
Amazon
Devdas Gupta
Charles Schwab
Darshan Botadra
Amazon Web Services
Nithya Subramanian
Apple
Justin Davis
Castlight Health
Madhur Mehta
Amazon
Igor Adamski
Alaro
Sanketkumar Shah
Millennium
Advitya Chhabra
Citadel Securities
Rishav Gupta
Twillio
Krishna Vamsi Naragam
Microsoft
Sivasankar Sambantham
Jefferies
Rahul Chavan
PayPal
Jeel Vaishnav
Google
Sowjanya Deva
Code Acuity
Deepika Paturu
SAP Americas
Mallikharjuna Rakesh Manepalli
Raymond James & Associates
Ramji Srinivasan
Intercontinental Hotel Group
Gaurav Kukreja
Oracle
Prankur Gupta
Meta
Lokesh Karanam
RR Donnelley
Erioluwa Asiru
CircleFunds
Priyadharshini Rajasekar
Tesla
Naman Ajmera
Envoy
Paul Kong
Paul Kong
Shyamak Aggarwal
Meta
Karthi Palanisamy
Addepar
Ishu Anand
Intuit
Suresh Kumar Thulasi Ram
AI & Cloud Systems Professional | Hackathon Judge & Mentor
Shrikant Sonparote
Lowe's
RajKumar Kuppuswami
Applied Material's
Divyesh Govardhanan
Cloud Assert
Pujari Vishnupriya
Optum
Arbaz Surti
Inspire Brands
Tapas Panda
Activision Blizzard King
Judging Criteria
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Creativity
Is the project a new idea? Does the project provide a new experience or simplify an existing workflow? -
Practicality
Could this idea actually be implemented in real life? Would people be motivated to use it? Is it a functioning solution that can scale in the real world? -
Presentation
Is the project pitched in a convincing and engaging manner? Is the idea presented clearly and in a way that's easy to approach? Does the team include a working demonstration of the project? -
Design
Is the UI design user-friendly and intuitive? Does the design enhance user experience and engagement? -
Technical Complexity
Does the project involve complex technologies or intricate systems? How relevant are the solutions your project presents?
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