Hackathons in August 2026

August 2026 at a glance

Deadlines by week

1–7 2 · 8–14 6 · 15–21 7 · 22–31 10 · busiest day: Aug 22 (3)

Format & region

12 in person · 4 hybrid · 8 online-only · 20 in China · 5 international

Host cities

Beijing 5, Hangzhou 3, Shenzhen 2, Shanghai 2, Fuzhou 1

Top themes

AI 17, AI Agent 10, Startup 6, Hardware & IoT 5, AIGC & Generative AI 3, Data 2

Biggest prizes

Tencent Cloud Agent Challenge ¥450k, Miaoda App Aesthetics Hackath… ¥370k, Build with DataHub: The Agent… $20.5k, BOE AI Hackathon ¥108k, AMD AI DevMaster Hackathon $10k

Who can join

0 for students · 6 beginner-friendly · 14 with cash prizes listed

Still open this month

All deadlines this month have passed; use them as a preview of next year’s editions.