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• ForgeHacks Online 2026

  Hosted by ForgeHacks. Themes: Beginner Friendly, Lifehacks, Machine Learning/AI. Submission period: Oct 01 - 10, 2026.

  $1,382,700 Deadline TBA Beginner Friendly Lifehacks Machine Learning/AI
• Meta VR Start Developer Competition 2026

  Hosted by Meta. Themes: AR/VR, Machine Learning/AI, Web. Submission period: Sep 24 - Nov 18, 2026.

  $1,000,000 40d left AR/VR Machine Learning/AI Web
• Build, Ship, Shape: Amazon Developer Hackathon

  Hosted by Amazon. Themes: Machine Learning/AI, Open Ended, Productivity. Submission period: Aug 31 - Oct 23, 2026.

  $138,000 14d left Machine Learning/AI Open Ended Productivity
• PayPal AI Hackathon

  Hosted by PayPal. Themes: Low/No Code, Machine Learning/AI, Web. Submission period: Oct 01 - Nov 12, 2026.

  $67,500 34d left Low/No Code Machine Learning/AI Web
• Nebius x NVIDIA Global AI Hackathon

  Hosted by nebius. Themes: Machine Learning/AI, Beginner Friendly, Robotic Process Automation. Submission period: Aug 26 - Oct 30, 2026.

  $50,000 21d left Machine Learning/AI Beginner Friendly Robotic Process Automation
• Life After Code

  Hosted by GitLab. Themes: DevOps, Machine Learning/AI, Productivity. Submission period: Oct 05 - 27, 2026.

  $45,000 Deadline TBA DevOps Machine Learning/AI Productivity
• AWS Communication Developer Services (CDS) Agentic AI Partner Hackathon

  Hosted by AWS. Themes: Communication, Mobile, Machine Learning/AI. Submission period: Sep 14 - Oct 28, 2026.

  $40,000 19d left Communication Mobile Machine Learning/AI
• Qloo Agentic Hackathon

  Hosted by Qloo. Themes: Machine Learning/AI. Submission period: Sep 30 - Oct 30, 2026.

  $25,000 21d left Machine Learning/AI
• OpenCV AI Competition 2026, powered by AWS

  Hosted by OpenCV. Themes: IoT, Machine Learning/AI, Serverless. Submission period: Aug 26 - Oct 27, 2026.

  $20,250 18d left IoT Machine Learning/AI Serverless

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  Join Contra — the commission-free freelance platform. Get project opportunities and build your portfolio.

  Freelance Opportunities Deadline TBA Freelance Remote Work Portfolio

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