EcoCompute

About the challenge EcoCompute is a hackathon focused on building AI-powered applications that help protect, understand, or restore our environment. Participants will design intelligent solutions that address real-world environmental challenges, ranging from climate modeling and energy optimization to conservation, waste reduction, and sustainability tools.   What makes EcoCompute special is its emphasis on impact-driven AI: projects aren’t just technically impressive, they’re purposeful. Whether you’re using machine learning, computer vision, data science, or generative AI, the goal is to create technology that can make a measurable difference for the planet. The environment faces complex, data-heavy problems, and AI is uniquely positioned to help solve them. Your challenge is to build an AI application that contributes positively to the environment or could realistically be used in an environmental context. Your project can focus on (but is not limited to):
Anything related to the environment

Climate and weather analysis

Renewable energy and efficiency

Wildlife, ecosystems, and conservation

Pollution monitoring or reduction

Sustainable cities, food systems, or resource use

  Creativity is encouraged. If your AI helps the environment directly or enables better environmental decision-making, it fits EcoCompute. Get started

Form a team (or work solo).

Identify a problem you care about.

Design and build an AI-driven solution to address it.

Document your idea, approach, and impact clearly on Devpost.

Submit your project before the deadline.

  All skill levels are welcome; what matters most is thoughtful design, technical effort, and environmental impact.