AIGC & Generative AI hackathons 2026
Hack123 tracks 72 AIGC & Generative AI hackathons; 25 are open for registration. Next deadlines: MindPulse STORY: ON AIGC Hackathon … (Nov 7), AWS x A10 Hack 2026 at Santa Clara … (Nov 8). Biggest prizes: Alibaba Hujing Entertainment × Youk… (¥10M), AI Film Award 2027 ($1M).
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- Open · soonest deadline first (25)
- MindPulse STORY: ON AIGC Hackathon 2026 (Beijing)
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- AWS x A10 Hack 2026 at Santa Clara University$7.5k
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- Huairou Science City AI for Science · OPC 48-Hour Hackathon 2026¥100k
Website↗2 looking for teammates
- China Indie Game Festival: Zero-Code AI Game Creation Contest (Lingzhu AI)
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- Source↗2026 Zhuhai AI OPC Startup Competition¥400k
- AI × Music Visuals Hackathon 2026 (WaytoAGI × ACE-CON, with CapCut/Jianying)
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- "AI Comes to Tianjin" AI Video Contest
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- Art In Word 48-Hour AIGC Short Film Hackathon (Hangzhou)¥250k
Source↗2 looking for teammates
- Tencent Video Huolong AIGC Hackathon 2026 (Hangzhou)¥1.2M
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- Manycore Aholo Global 3D AI Hackathon¥320k
Website↗2 looking for teammates
- Tianjin Binhai Hi-Tech Zone OPC Innovation Challenge 2026¥30k
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- AI Film Award 2027 (1 Billion Followers Summit × TikTok × ByteDance Seedance, $1M Grand Prize)$1M
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- Snap SPECS Hack: Brussels '26$100k
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- Alibaba Hujing Entertainment × Youku Jingrui AI Film Competition 2026¥10M
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- NYC Non-Slop Hackathon 2026: Pangram × Nous Research × Reducto$2k
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- Tech Youth Hackathon: Kids' Moon City Project¥150k
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- You.com Creator Economy Hack NYC 2026$500
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- Huawei Developer Contest 2026 · Xiaohongshu Skill Innovation Track¥500k
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- Website↗Industrial Culture Innovation Contest · 2026 AI Future Design
- 2026 Sanhao AI Innovation Application Competition (Fo Guang University, Taiwan)NT$460k
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- AI Builder Challenge 2026€1k
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- Alibaba ModelScope AI+∞ Developer Creation Contest #3: Make a Game with AI¥40k
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- NovaStark Hacks 2026
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- PICO Space Program 2026 China Developer Competition¥300k
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- Chroma Awards Season 2$450k
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- Date TBA (1)
- Source↗Pazhou Embodied Robot Contest 2026
- Closed · most recent first (46)
- Hack the Feed: Creator Tools Hackathon$1.8k
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- PANDA JAM 2026: Chengdu Sci-Fi Week Game Jam
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- DSU Wildfire Ignite Hackathon · Fall 2026$1.8k
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- Source↗Kling AI "See the Glimmer" Charity Film Contest (Kuaishou)¥320k
- MDBA Youth Blockchain Hackathon$50k
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- 2026 Tencent SSV AI for Good Video Competition¥130k
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- Dinosaur AI Creation Contest (20th China Good Idea Awards)¥165k
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- MineArena 1.0 BIET National Hackathon
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- WaytoAGI event page↗4th OpenAtom Competition · 2026 Open Source Industry Solution Challenge (¥1M pool)¥1M
- Source↗Shenzhen "Shenxiaoying" AI Creative Contest on Emergency Safety 2026
- Website↗Unity China Developer Challenge 2026: Beyond Coding
- GitLab Life After Code Hackathon 2026$45k
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- VibeHacks #06: Vibe Coding for 3D Game Worlds¥19k
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- Base44 × Contra $10K Build Challenge$10k
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- Gator Hack V · AI Days 2026 at UF$3.5k
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- HackPSU Fall 2026 (Penn State 24-hour student hackathon)$3.5k
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- Website↗MoonStone DreamUp 2026 Shanghai
- Decode & Detect: The XRPL AI Hack (London)
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- Source↗Golden Rooster AI Film Hackathon 2026
- Website↗Hong Kong Inter-University GenAI Hackathon for the SDGs 2026
- Source↗Pazhou World Model Challenge 2026¥150k
- WTCC 2026 | Hack for Life¥50k
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- Hey! Hackathon OPC AI Contest (Harbin)
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- MLH Global Hack Week: Hacktoberfest
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- 2026 Jinchuang Cup Youth Hackathon¥3k
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- ASUS UGen AI League Hackathon 2026$20k
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- Hotai AI Hackathon 2026
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- Banana Hacks 2026$500
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- DEV announcement↗Hacktoberfest Open Source AI Challenge Week 1$2.5k
- NIUKATHON 002 · Shenzhen

- Luma↗STORY101 LAB AI Storytelling Challenge$16k
- Hacks for Humanity 2026 (ASU)$6.3k
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- Source↗TME College AI Hackathon 2026 (Build With AI)¥108k
- Arena Peak Asia Hackathon¥250k
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Topics
AI 459AI Agent 185AI Coding 77Web3 & Blockchain 52Embodied AI & Robotics 32Hardware & IoT 69Startup 75Education 41Healthcare 35Data 50Gaming 26Fintech 19Cybersecurity & AI Safety 11Climate & Sustainability 16Social Good & AI for Good 15Open Source 24AR, VR & XR 5
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