AMD × ai& Build Day at AMD Advancing AI Japan 2026 (Tokyo)
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About this hackathon
A one-day hackathon inside AMD Advancing AI Japan on Dec 1, 2026 at Palace Hotel Tokyo, co-hosted by ai& and AMD. Eight teams of selected builders (40 in total) each join a captain from an AMD system-integrator partner and get about 4.5 hours to make a real business problem run on open-weight models (Kimi, GLM, Qwen, MiniMax) served on AMD accelerators via ai& inference, then demo on stage. Apply individually by Nov 9; free, Japanese or English. Over ¥10M in ai& credits: ¥750,000 in credits per person for the winners.
- Status
- Deadline
- 2026-11-09
- Starts
- 2026-12-01
- Who
- Open to all (Apply as an individual; teams are assigned; you should have called an LLM API before; 40 builders selected; Japanese or English; travel not covered)
- Level
- Advanced
- Prize
- No cash; over ¥10M in ai& credits, per builder: ¥750,000 for 1st, ¥450,000 for 2nd, ¥150,000 for 3rd and Builders' Choice; ¥30,000 for everyone, plus AMD swag
- Size
- ~40 people
- Format
- In person · Tokyo · International
- Location
- Tokyo
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Original listing (Chinese)
The full original listing below is in Chinese, as published in the Hack123 newsletter.
一句话简介:AMD 和日本 AI 公司 ai& 在 AMD Advancing AI Japan 大会现场合办的一日黑客松,用跑在 AMD 加速卡上的开源权重模型(Kimi、GLM、千问 Qwen、MiniMax)解企业真实课题。
看点:8 位来自 AMD 合作伙伴企业的「队长」各带一道真实业务题,选拔出的 40 位 builder 由主办方分到 8 队,约 4 个半小时做出能跑的原型,当晚上台 5 分钟演示(只交 PPT 不算);通过 ai& inference 的 OpenAI 兼容接口用模型,账号和额度提前发;个人报名,不用组队、不要简历,交一个项目链接和简短说明即可;可参加大会主题演讲和 500 人招待会;作品默认开源
奖金:无现金奖;总额超 1,000 万日元 ai& 额度,按每人计:第一名 75 万日元额度 + 奖杯 + 招待会发表席位,第二 45 万、第三 15 万、参赛者投票奖 15 万日元额度;全员 3 万日元额度和 AMD 周边
截止日期:11 月 9 日报名截止,11 月 13 日公布录取和分队(东京线下)
活动日期:2026年12月1日 9:30—19:30(东京丸之内 Palace Hotel Tokyo)
Summarized from the organizer’s page and public posts. Please confirm details on the official site before registering.