Name: Next Gen Hackathon 2026 -Bengaluru
Start: 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000-04:00
End: 2026-10-23T07:30:00.000-04:00
Location: Next Gen Hackathon 2026 -Bengaluru

Test and build your AI skills with Devpost hackathons. Compete for prizes, stand out to the world’s leading AI companies, and get hands-on experience with machine learning and generative AI tools.

Our current online AI hackathons

Hack The Weather

From Data to Impact: Turning real-world data into solutions that matter

$309 in prizes

146 participants

Deadline: Sep 21, 2026 September 21 at 4:45pm EDT to submit

Online

BunnieX Hackathon

Build innovative AI solutions that solve real-world problems.

Non-monetary prizes

365 participants

Deadline: Sep 22, 2026 September 22 at 7:30am EDT to submit

Online

COMPSPHERE 12

Connect The Ideas, Create The Future

$1,247 in prizes

490 participants

Deadline: Sep 22, 2026 September 22 at 1:00pm EDT to submit

Online

InfinityX Global Hackathon 2K26

Build Beyond Limits. Innovate Without Boundaries. Solve Real-World Problems with Technology.

Non-monetary prizes

195 participants

Deadline: Sep 25, 2026 September 25 at 2:15pm EDT to submit

Online

Zero Origin

Solving Problems That Matter Most

₹ 2,500 in prizes

592 participants

Deadline: Sep 26, 2026 September 26 at 1:30pm EDT to submit

Online

Hack Atlantic

Atlantic Canada's largest student-run hackathon!

$CAD 1 in prizes

4 participants

Deadline: Sep 27, 2026 Starts in September 26 at 12:00pm EDT

Online

LUMA Hackathon (September 20th - 28th)

Pitch your idea, win subscription prizes guaranteed!

Non-monetary prizes

186 participants

Deadline: Sep 28, 2026 September 28 at 5:00pm EDT to submit

Online

Hack2Heal 2.0 - Global Healthcare Innovation Hackathon

Build anything. Solve for health. A global online healthcare innovation hackathon for students, builders, scientists, and creators across every discipline.

$100 in prizes

677 participants

Deadline: Sep 30, 2026 September 30 at 2:15pm EDT to submit

Online

Evorozen Apex: NextGen AI Buildathon

An intensive 60-day buildathon to launch production-ready AI apps, master your Go-To-Market strategy, and scale next-generation backends. Go from a raw idea to a live startup.

Non-monetary prizes

328 participants

Deadline: Sep 30, 2026 September 30 at 2:45pm EDT to submit

Online

Next Byte Hacks: V4

Build bold, ship fast: a student-run hackathon for the next generation of builders.

$100 in prizes

128 participants

Deadline: Sep 30, 2026 September 30 at 11:45pm EDT to submit

Online

OneAquaHealth IEEE Global Hackathon

Healthy Waters Healthy Ecosystems.Healthy Communities

$3,500 in prizes

957 participants

Deadline: Oct 1, 2026 October 01 at 12:00am EDT to submit

Online

Global Innovation Build Challenge V2

A global hackathon for foundational LLMs, applied AI, and open invention

Non-monetary prizes

1386 participants

Deadline: Oct 1, 2026 October 01 at 11:45am EDT to submit

Online

Kurukshetra CTF

Capture the Flag. Claim the Battlefield.

₹ 20,000 in prizes

10 participants

Deadline: Oct 3, 2026 Starts in October 03 at 12:30am EDT

Online

LovHack Season 3

We're back for Season 3! It's time for your next build.

Non-monetary prizes

11 participants

Deadline: Oct 4, 2026 Starts in September 26 at 8:00am EDT

Online

ForgeHacks Online 2026

A student hackathon focused on Forging AI solutions that solves real-world challenges.

$313,075 in prizes

393 participants

Deadline: Oct 10, 2026 Starts in October 03 at 12:00pm EDT

Online

United Hackathons V1

Fill out this quick form (required) tinyurl.com/unitedhackathons, United Hackathons aims to: connect innovators to organizers, building a network of student-led hackathons

Non-monetary prizes

101 participants

Deadline: Oct 12, 2026 Starts in October 06 at 12:00am EDT

Online

Banana Hacks

Build apps, games, and tools that solve real problems in a weekend around Image AI.

$500 in prizes

103 participants

Deadline: Oct 12, 2026 Starts in October 09 at 8:00pm EDT

Online

WarriorHacks 2.0

Open to all skill levels! Build an app, website, game, or pitch an idea that fits the theme revealed two weeks before. Sponsor prizes coming soon!

$20,940 in prizes

68 participants

Deadline: Oct 13, 2026 Starts in September 28 at 1:00am EDT

Online

MLAI Hackathon 2026

MLAI Hackathon là cuộc thi kết nối tài năng và công nghệ để phát triển những ý tưởng AI đột phá, giàu tính ứng dụng.

Non-monetary prizes

825 participants

Deadline: Oct 16, 2026 October 16 at 1:00pm EDT to submit

Online

Build, Ship, Shape: Amazon Developer Hackathon

Build across Amazon Devices and shape what's next.

$138,000 in prizes

10773 participants

Deadline: Oct 23, 2026 October 23 at 3:00pm EDT to submit

Online

IEEE ClimateChain Global Hackathon

AI and BLOCKCHAIN Innovate Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow.

$3,000 in prizes

377 participants

Deadline: Oct 25, 2026 Starts in October 05 at 12:00am EDT

Online

OpenCV AI Competition 2026, powered by AWS

Build vision systems that see, reason, and act with OpenCV 5 and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Win money and bragging rights!

$20,250 in prizes

2207 participants

Deadline: Oct 27, 2026 October 27 at 2:45am EDT to submit

Online

AWS Communication Developer Services (CDS) Agentic AI Partner Hackathon

Build the conversational experiences of tomorrow

$40,000 in prizes

302 participants

Deadline: Oct 28, 2026 October 28 at 4:00pm EDT to submit

Online

Nebius x NVIDIA Global AI Hackathon

Build the next frontier of AI on open infrastructure

$50,000 in prizes

9495 participants

Deadline: Oct 30, 2026 October 30 at 1:00pm EDT to submit

Online

Galuxium Nexus V2

Build profitable SaaS platforms that real users will pay for. Launch the next generation of AI, creator and automation tools. [ OPEN TO ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS OF ALL AGES ]

$14,944 in prizes

732 participants

Deadline: Oct 31, 2026 October 31 at 7:30am EDT to submit

Online

STEMergent Hacks 2026

A student hackathon and ideathon to build creative tech solutions for real community problems.

Non-monetary prizes

13 participants

Deadline: Oct 31, 2026 Starts in October 18 at 12:00am EDT

Online

Bridge The Gap Hacks

Create apps and games based on you original ideas. Innovation shouldn’t depend on location.

Non-monetary prizes

18 participants

Deadline: Nov 21, 2026 Starts in November 15 at 3:00am EST

Online

LaunchHacks V

The fifth iteration of LaunchHacks: LaunchHacks inspires people to be creative, innovative, and LAUNCH their own initiatives through the power of technology and programming.

$17,575 in prizes

1415 participants

Deadline: Dec 15, 2026 Starts in December 11 at 9:00pm EST

Online

Arbiter Hacks V1

Open innovation for all, submit projects that have potential impact and usability!

$3,800 in prizes

115 participants

Deadline: Dec 21, 2026 Starts in October 20 at 12:00pm EDT

Online

checkpoint 1 — games for good

A free 48-hour AI-native online hackathon where builders aged 13–18 make games that do good in the world.

$1,400 in prizes

7 participants

Deadline: Jan 10, 2027 Starts in January 08 at 7:00am EST

Online

Syntax Summit

Invent. Compile. Inspire.

Non-monetary prizes

235 participants

Deadline: Jan 14, 2027 January 14 at 7:00am EST to submit

Online

Code for Humanity

Build technology that reaches the people who need it the most.

Non-monetary prizes

399 participants

Deadline: Jan 15, 2027 January 15 at 7:00am EST to submit

Online

Brewing Codes 4.0

"Brewing Codes 4.0- Where Innovation Meets Code!"

₹ 100,000 in prizes

73 participants

Deadline: Mar 27, 2028 Starts in March 12 at 6:45am EDT

Online

Our current in-person AI hackathons

HTCJ × PROOF Aviation Futures Challenge

Build the Future of Flight. Then Prove It.

Non-monetary prizes

68 participants

Jun 25 - Oct 27, 2026 October 27 at 8:00pm EDT to submit

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Next Gen Hackathon 2026 -Bengaluru

NextGenExpo'26 brings together students,developers, engineers,innovators,and startups for a national-level series of technology challenges(registration from off web is neccessary)

₹ 50,000 in prizes

104 participants

Sep 1 - Oct 23, 2026 October 23 at 7:30am EDT to submit

Bengaluru, India

Databricks AI Social Impact (DAISI) Challenge - Singapore

Student from Singapore's Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) take on real societal problems with national open data, built free on Databricks and mentored by Databricks engineers

Non-monetary prizes

148 participants

Sep 16 - Oct 6, 2026 October 06 at 12:00pm EDT to submit

Singapore, Singapore

Hack The City 2026

48 hours. Real challenges. Better cities.

€6,000 in prizes

2 participants

Sep 21 - Sep 25, 2026 September 25 at 5:00am EDT to submit

Lisbon, Portugal

Business + AI Hackathon

One day. One real business challenge. Student teams from every discipline design AI-enabled tools, apps and services that answer it — and make the case for the value they create.

Non-monetary prizes

1 participant

Sep 25 - Sep 25, 2026 Starts in September 25 at 12:00am EDT

Hoboken, NJ, USA

SC Quantathon v3

A student-led quantum hackathon at Clemson University built around hands-on learning, team problem solving, and industry connection.

Non-monetary prizes

22 participants

Sep 25 - Sep 27, 2026 Starts in September 25 at 10:00am EDT

Clemson, SC, USA

HackWashU Fall AI Build Challenge

Build and learn with AI at WashU! Open to all experience levels.

Non-monetary prizes

76 participants

Sep 25 - Sep 27, 2026 Starts in September 25 at 11:00am EDT

University City, MO, USA

JacHacks a2Tech

Build the future of AI with the Jac, the world's first agentic programming language.

$2,800 in prizes

2 participants

Sep 26 - Sep 27, 2026 Starts in September 26 at 10:00am EDT

Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Test Flight: Glasswing Ventures AI Hackathon

$300K in compute credits. One weekend in Boston. Build enterprise-ready AI and demo it live.

Non-monetary prizes

14 participants

Sep 26 - Sep 27, 2026 Starts in September 26 at 11:30am EDT

Boston, MA, USA

&HACKS XII

Launch your imagination

$800 in prizes

21 participants

Sep 26 - Sep 27, 2026 Starts in September 26 at 12:00pm EDT

Williamsburg, VA, USA

Ascendance Foundry's Hackathon

Create nation-building projects that add real value to Canada.

$CAD 2,000 in prizes

5 participants

Sep 26 - Sep 27, 2026 Starts in September 26 at 12:00pm EDT

Waterloo, Canada

Sherubtse Hackathon 2026

Bhutan by Data: Analyse. Predict. Innovate

₹ 6,000 in prizes

8 participants

Sep 26 - Sep 27, 2026 Starts in September 26 at 11:00pm EDT

Kanglung, Bhutan

Hack Apertus

Welcome to the first stage of «Hack Apertus», an open-source hackathon series to evaluate, align, and build on Apertus, Switzerland’s sovereign LLM.

€10,680 in prizes

354 participants

Oct 1 - Oct 16, 2026 Starts in October 01 at 6:00am EDT

St. Gallen, Switzerland

HackFW: MADE Challenge

The flagship hackathon of Fort Worth, Texas.

$1,900 in prizes

44 participants

Oct 1 - Oct 30, 2026 Starts in October 01 at 7:00am EDT

Fort Worth, TX, USA

Gator Quant Hacks

Create the best trading strategy and compete against hundreds of other participants

$25,000 in prizes

23 participants

Oct 2 - Oct 4, 2026 Starts in October 02 at 12:00am EDT

Gainesville, FL, USA

Zoftware Hireathon

Zoftware Hireathon: From Messy Data to Smart Recommendations. An 8-hour build sprint for top talent, powered by LLMs, judged on real product thinking

$500 in prizes

69 participants

Oct 3 - Oct 3, 2026 Starts in October 03 at 2:00am EDT

New Delhi, India

codeLinc 11 with Lincoln Financial & AWS

Showcase your development skills to solve real-world technical challenges - $200 TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT available

$10,000 in prizes

361 participants

Oct 3 - Oct 4, 2026 Starts in October 03 at 11:30am EDT

Greensboro, NC, USA

Dublin Hacx

Dublin's first high school hackathon - 12 hours, 150+ students, 1 day to build something real.

$2,250 in prizes

32 participants

Oct 3 - Oct 4, 2026 Starts in October 03 at 1:00pm EDT

San Ramon, CA, USA

Ensign Build

Bring your idea to life!

Non-monetary prizes

1 participant

Oct 9 - Oct 10, 2026 Starts in October 09 at 12:00am EDT

Salt Lake City, UT, USA

HackUCD x Stripe

Create applications which are either AI, Fintech or Sustainability solutions

€4,000 in prizes

1 participant

Oct 9 - Oct 9, 2026 Starts in October 09 at 6:00am EDT

Ireland

CrownHacks

The Queen City’s biggest 40-hour hackathon. Build, break, and ship bold ideas with 200 hackers in the heart of Uptown Charlotte.

Non-monetary prizes

3 participants

Oct 9 - Oct 11, 2026 Starts in October 09 at 7:00pm EDT

Charlotte, NC, USA

Hacklanta

Go all in on your next build.

$20,000 in prizes

10 participants

Oct 9 - Oct 11, 2026 Starts in October 09 at 7:00pm EDT

Atlanta, GA, USA

RecT Solutions Hackathon: Beyond the CV 2026

Skip the CV. Build the Future. Hire the Proof.

€2,000 in prizes

35 participants

Oct 10 - Oct 11, 2026 Starts in October 10 at 4:00am EDT

Lisboa, Portugal

PalmettoHacks

PalmettoHacks is the University of South Carolina's first official Major League Hacking Event. Join us for 24 hours of hacking, and bring the energy! palmettohacks.com

$2,550 in prizes

13 participants

Oct 10 - Oct 11, 2026 Starts in October 10 at 9:00am EDT

Columbia, SC, USA

Hack Like W@CC 2026

Back to 2016

Non-monetary prizes

13 participants

Oct 17 - Oct 18, 2026 Starts in October 17 at 9:30am EDT

Atlanta, GA, USA

Arm + ExecuTorch: Edge AI Challenge

Build intelligent experiences at the edge. Sponsored by Arm, Meta and SFSU

Non-monetary prizes

7 participants

Oct 17 - Oct 18, 2026 Starts in October 17 at 12:00pm EDT

San Francisco, CA, USA

AI Hackathon 2026 by LA Hacks

AI Hackathon 2026 by LA Hacks - apply now at ai.lahacks.com!

Non-monetary prizes

27 participants

Oct 17 - Oct 18, 2026 Starts in October 17 at 1:00pm EDT

Los Angeles, CA, USA

2026 AI for Good Hackathon

AI for Good is a 48-hour hackathon that brings together students, community members, and industry partners to empower students to build AI solutions for social good.

Non-monetary prizes

20 participants

Oct 23 - Oct 25, 2026 Starts in October 23 at 4:00pm EDT

Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, USA

HarborHack 2026 - Agent In The Loop

Embrace the non-human.

$1,500 in prizes

10 participants

Oct 23 - Oct 25, 2026 Starts in October 23 at 5:00pm EDT

Charleston, SC, USA

Action Space

Bostons first Anti-Drone swarm Hackathon

Non-monetary prizes

2 participants

Oct 24 - Oct 25, 2026 Starts in October 24 at 10:00am EDT

Cambridge, MA, USA

Sierra Hacks 2026

A 12-hour coding marathon where innovation meets collaboration!

Non-monetary prizes

5 participants

Oct 24 - Oct 24, 2026 Starts in October 24 at 11:00am EDT

Manteca, CA, USA

LarpHacks

The Larp Never Stops. Register here: https://luma.com/irn5abpa

$21,394 in prizes

94 participants

Oct 24 - Oct 25, 2026 Starts in October 24 at 4:45pm EDT

Toronto, Canada

Since AI 2026

Build real AI. Solve real challenges. Ship working prototypes.

€50,000 in prizes

70 participants

Nov 6 - Nov 8, 2026 Starts in November 06 at 10:00am EST

Turku, Finland

Redhawk Builds 2026

Learn Friday. Build Saturday. Pitch Sunday.

$3,500 in prizes

1 participant

Nov 7 - Nov 8, 2026 Starts in November 07 at 12:00am EST

Oxford, OH, USA

BioHacks

Love healthcare? Love building? BioHacks brings together students from all disciplines to create bold solutions in biomedical engineering, health, and technology.

Non-monetary prizes

32 participants

Nov 7 - Nov 8, 2026 Starts in November 07 at 8:00am EST

Hamilton, Canada

Sheridan Datathon 2026

Mississauga's largest data-focused hackathon where 250+ students spend 24 hours turning real sponsor datasets into insights, models, and stories.

$CAD 10,000 in prizes

8 participants

Nov 7 - Nov 8, 2026 Starts in November 07 at 12:00pm EST

Mississauga, Canada

HackCamp 2026

Canada's largest beginner-friendly hackathon

Non-monetary prizes

9 participants

Nov 7 - Nov 8, 2026 Starts in November 07 at 3:00pm EST

Vancouver, Canada

Build with Gemma - Innovate in Windsor

Sponsored by Google and GDG Windsor. Teams are invited to submit a proposal for an innovative solution leveraging on-edge AI with the open-source family of Gemma models by Google.

Non-monetary prizes

6 participants

Nov 13 - Nov 20, 2026 Starts in November 13 at 12:00am EST

Windsor, Canada

DevFest Münster 2026: Agentic AI Hackathon

Build, Secure, Scale: Developers and Builders in the Agentic Era. This professional 1-day sprint merges the global energy of Google’s DevFest 2026 campaign.

Non-monetary prizes

1 participant

Nov 21 - Nov 21, 2026 Starts in November 21 at 3:00am EST

Münster, Germany

FutureForge Hacks

FutureForge empowers students to build solutions for real-world challenges, making technology more accessible while shaping the future through innovation, creativity, and impact.

Non-monetary prizes

5 participants

Nov 21 - Nov 21, 2026 Starts in November 21 at 11:00am EST

Pleasanton, California, USA