Fireworks: Deploy Buildathon with Microsoft & NVIDIA (San Francisco)

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Fireworks: Deploy Buildathon with Microsoft & NVIDIA (San Francisco)
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A one-day buildathon in San Francisco on Nov 2, 2026, hosted by Fireworks AI with Microsoft and NVIDIA. The challenge: take open models and "make your own frontier" on a task you define — train a specialized model, build a smarter harness or route across models — deploy it, build an eval, and show how far you pushed quality, latency or cost against your baseline and the business value. Teams of 2–5 (no solo entries); registration requires approval. Prizes: 1st $10,000, 2nd $5,000, 3rd $3,000, plus an NVIDIA DGX Spark and more.

Status
Deadline
2026-11-02
Starts
2026-11-02
Who
Open to all (Approval required; teams of 2–5, no solo teams, every member must register; doors close at capacity)
Level
Advanced
Prize
$18k · 1st $10,000, 2nd $5,000, 3rd $3,000, plus an NVIDIA DGX Spark and other prizes
Size
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Format
In person · San Francisco · International
Location
San Francisco

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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:Fireworks AI 联合微软、NVIDIA 在旧金山办的一日 buildathon,⁠‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍‌‌⁠用开源模型针对自己选的任务做出「你自己的前沿模型」并部署上线。

看点:自选任务,可以训练专用模型、改进 harness 或做多模型路由;要用自有、合成或公开数据建评测,展示质量与效率、准确率与延迟、通过率与成本之间的取舍,至少把一个维度调得比基线好,并讲清商业价值;9:00 入场,10:30 开写,16:30 截止提交,19:00 演示颁奖;包三餐;2—5 人一队,不收单人

奖金:第一名 1 万美元,第二 5,000,第三 3,000,另有 NVIDIA DGX Spark 等

截止日期:以开赛日为准(需审核,满员即止)

活动日期:2026年11月2日(旧金山,地址审核通过后公布)

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