Muse Spark Open Kernel Challenge (Meta × Paradigm, $100K)
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About this hackathon
An online performance contest from Paradigm with Meta and Andromeda: make Muse Spark Open, Meta's 816B-parameter open-weight MoE model, run faster on NVIDIA H200s. The kernel track (Oct 22 – Nov 4 PT) has you beat SGLang's GPU kernels; the serving track (Nov 5 – Nov 19, 11:59 PM PT) has you patch SGLang to serve the model faster on a full 8×H200 node, and its top 10 split $100,000 (1st: $50,000 plus a signed H200). Individuals 18+ worldwide, except where sanctions apply; GPUs are provided through the okc CLI.
- Status
- Deadline
- 2026-11-19
- Starts
- 2026-10-22
- Who
- Open to all (Individuals 18+ only, no teams; open worldwide except sanctioned / export-controlled jurisdictions)
- Level
- Advanced
- Prize
- $100k · $100,000 total: 1st $50,000 + a signed H200, 2nd $30,000, 3rd $10,000, 4th $3,000, 5th $2,000, 6th–10th $1,000 each (serving-track ranking); top finishers may get interviews at Meta
- Size
- —
- Format
- Online · International
- Location
- San Francisco (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：Paradigm 联合 Meta、Andromeda 办的线上性能赛，让 Meta 8160 亿参数的开源 MoE 模型 Muse Spark Open 在 H200 上跑得更快。
看点：分两段——内核赛道（太平洋时间 10 月 22 日—11 月 4 日）写 GPU 内核，正确性过关后按比 SGLang 快多少排名；服务赛道（11 月 5 日—19 日）直接改 SGLang，在整台 8×H200 上跑多轮 agentic 编程对话负载，比吞吐和单用户速度；算力由官方提供，装 okc 命令行就能提交，可以让编程 Agent 帮你写；内核赛道排名靠前的人在服务赛道优先排队
奖金：共 10 万美元，第一名 5 万美元 + 签名 H200，第二 3 万、第三 1 万，第四到第十名 1,000—3,000 美元；奖金按服务赛道排名发
截止日期：11 月 19 日 23:59（太平洋时间，北京时间 11 月 20 日 15:59）服务赛道结束
活动日期：2026年10月22日—11月19日（全球线上）
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