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IN-PERSON Pulse AI Hackathon (12.21.25)

Dec. 21, 2025

Date TBD

Problem The U.S. immigration and citizenship process is brutally complex, opaque, and expensive. Millions of people—students, founders, workers, families—are forced to navigate: Fragmented forms (USCIS, …

ONLINE DEVFEST 2025

Dec. 20, 2025

Date TBD

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IN-PERSON HackSpace

Dec. 20, 2025

Date TBD

This hackathon is designed to empower developers and creators to build meaningful, future-ready solutions. Participants can innovate across six major tracks, These tracks encourage fresh …

IN-PERSON Kifiya Inspire 2.0

Dec. 20, 2025

Date TBD

About the challenge Kifiya Inspire is a monthly hackathon series designed to ignite creativity, collaboration, and innovation among Kifiya’s technology teams. Focused on leveraging cutting-edge …

IN-PERSON TinkerX

Dec. 19, 2025 - Dec. 21, 2025

Ended

About the challenge It is a hardware hacking challenge where you will be competing against 100 other teams to finish first. Get started To get …

ONLINE Nittany AI Challenge 2026

Dec. 18, 2025 - Jan. 9, 2026

Ended

Open to current Penn State undergraduate and graduate students only. Anyone that is not a Penn State student will be removed. The Nittany AI Challenge …

ONLINE Gemini 3 Hackathon

Dec. 17, 2025 - Feb. 9, 2026

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Welcome to the era of Gemini 3. Google DeepMind is thrilled to invite you to the Gemini 3 global hackathon. We are pushing the boundaries …

ONLINE CJCP Hacks - 25-26

Dec. 16, 2025 - Feb. 16, 2026

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🔍 ABOUT THE CHALLENGE: Welcome to CJCP Hacks-Online, a 2-month long coding marathon! We are excited to see what applications you all develop and come …

ONLINE Global Innovation Build Challenge V1

Dec. 13, 2025 - Feb. 28, 2026

Ended

Main Description Global Innovation Build Challenge V1 is a student-led, non-commercial online hackathon exclusively for students worldwide. All participants must currently hold valid student status …

ONLINE DeepSeek vs. Llama: The "Kill The Cloud" Challenge

Dec. 13, 2025 - Jan. 30, 2026

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The era of renting intelligence is over. Why pay per token? Why wait for latency? Why hand your user's data to a massive corporation? We …

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