Hacktoberfest Open Source AI Challenge Week 1
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About this hackathon
Week 1 of DEV and MLH's Hacktoberfest open-source AI challenge (theme: Touch Grass): use open-source / open-weight AI to get people outdoors, submitted as a DEV post. Writing quality weighs most; partner prizes have smaller pools and less competition.
- Status
- Deadline
- 2026-10-12
- Starts
- 2026-10-06
- Who
- Open to all
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prize
- $2.5k · $2,450 cash: Overall $250, Featured $200 ×6, Partner awards $100 ×10
- Size
- —
- Format
- Online · International
- Location
- New York (online; placed at organizer’s city)
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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：DEV 联合 MLH 发起的 Hacktoberfest 开源 AI 挑战赛第 1 周（主题 Touch Grass），用开源 AI / 开放权重模型做「把人带出户外」的项目，以 DEV 发文形式提交，全球可参加。
看点：整周可做，周期短；除总冠军外另设 6 个 Featured 与 10 个合作伙伴类奖项，合作伙伴奖项池小、竞争更小；评审中写作质量权重最高；所有有效提交者获完赛徽章；合作伙伴另提供 Tinker、Render 等免费 credits
奖金：2,450 美元现金：总冠军 250 美元、Featured 奖 200 美元 × 6、合作伙伴奖 100 美元 × 10（DEV 官方公告口径）
截止日期：10月12日 14:59（北京时间；对应美西时间 10 月 11 日 23:59 作品提交截止）（线上，全球）
Summarized from the organizer’s page and public posts. Please confirm details on the official site before registering.