r/hackathon

final year engineering undergrad, Codeforces Specialist (1586), 800+ DSA.

Innoversite Mumbai hackathon is happening from 10-11 Oct and I'm super nervous bout it, coz I heard this time there are going to be around 400 candidates every location. That makes the total shortlisted around 1200 which used to be 600 last year. Hence the chances of landing an internship also drops significantly.

Those who have attended the other location hackathon: Chennai, Banglore, can you guys state a number on how many attended the hackathon.

And also someone please guide bout the internship selection and selection ratio.

like bro wtf is happening to hackathons like are the people who spent countless nights preparing their solution and submitting before deadline dumb fucks to these guys ?

we have already extended this by almost half a month and the surge in submissions was already crazy for reference my problem statement which had < 50 submissions before first deadline extension is now standing at 350s ( prolly going to reach 500 atp )

like its always DEADLINE EXTENDED but if the evaluation is going to be random anyway why tf wud it matter like are they js trying to get as many submissions as possible like bro whos evaluating all these its never RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT DEADLINE EXTENDED with these guys doing fuck ass random evaluation

AND this doesnt apply only to sih i have faced the same in multiple hackathons now unlike good ol days many hackathons are now extending deadline like bro DONT that is the whole point of hackathon managing time if u are not good at it u are not fit for it

pls officials or hackathon organizers think before making decisions

I’m a final-year CSE student primarily focused on backend systems, with a decent understanding of GenAI and agentic AI.

If anyone’s interested in forming a team for the PayPal AI Hackathon, let’s connect! I already have one idea in mind, but I’m completely open to brainstorming and exploring new ideas together.

Let’s build something great!

i am cse student from tier 1.5 , has global and national hackathon achievements(Like SIH and GDSC) so am looking for team mates who has prior experience and has good achievements before..Dm me if interested

Most hackathon teams form in a week and die the Monday after. I want a fixed team of 3–5 that keeps competing together and builds real projects in between.

First target: More Than A Hack 2027 (Barça Innovation Hub × MWCapital,
with Metrica Sports).

Me: Arnav, second-year at IIT Jodhpur, founder of 2 companies and
socials:

• https://arnav.rastogi.net.in
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnav-rastogi-6b868a22a/
• https://github.com/ARC345

Need: a football analytics person, a CV/ML engineer, a full-stack dev, and someone strong at design and pitching.
Looking for smart, egoistic, and eccentric people

Please email me at arnavrastogi.543@gmail.com your resume and the answer to the following riddle (if you are smart enough, ofc)

Let x and y be two integers with 1 < x < y and x+y <= 100. Suppose Ms S is given the value of x+y and Mr P is given the value of x*y.

1. Mr P says: "I don't know the values of x and y."
2. Ms S replies: "I knew that you didn't know the values."
3. Mr P responds: "Oh, then I do know the values of x and y."
4. Ms S exclaims: "Oh, then so do I."

What are the values of x and y?

Anyone got selected for hackharvard from India and anyone going up there?

today i got the mail and check the dashboard and i was selected but i am financially not good enough to go to USA but still i have given details about it , let's see if they will do something for that ?

Hey! I've got an invite for Hacklanta, but I don't have a team yet. If you're in the same boat, lets connect and see if we'd like to do the hackathon together.

About me:

Grad student for computer science/cybersec

Trying to play to win.

Most likely will focus on an AI native flutter build.

Have not finalized the path yet (Ideally we decide together)

Hi everyone,

I’m a 15yo builder, founder of Promptyx, a platform for organizing, versioning, and testing AI prompts. I’m planning our first online competition (promptathon) and looking for a few partners to help shape it. It is still on the idea stages, so looking for initial validation

The idea is to have participants turn a recurring task into a reusable set of prompts and context that someone else can run successfully. Think turning a client brief into a proposal, preparing a weekly report, or creating content that follows a brand’s guidelines.

The challenge would focus on useful results, consistency across different inputs, and clear instructions for reuse. We’re still deciding the exact scope, so input from experienced organizers would be helpful too.

The tentative schedule is three weeks of promotion, one week for participants to build and submit (probably the first week of November), and one week for judging and results.

I’m looking for:

• Prize partners: Tool licenses, API credits, or small monetary contributions.
• Judges or mentors: People with experience using AI for real tasks who could review submissions or run a short session.
• Community partners: AI communities, newsletters, or educators interested in sharing or co-hosting the event.

For partners, possible benefits include attribution on the event page, mentions during the event, an optional workshop, and inclusion in the winning-project recap. We can agree on a contribution and scope that makes sense for both sides.

This is our first edition, so I don’t have confirmed attendance numbers or sponsorships to claim. I’m starting small and would welcome practical advice as well as partnership interest.

If this sounds relevant, comment or DM me with what you do and how you’d like to get involved. Happy to share the draft format and judging rubric. As a teen who wants to build his own things and get into the AI world, this would be great for me!

As title says I am looking for only 1 mate to join me for the hackaton do dm me we'll discuss and also I am looking for a final year peeps with decent knowledge and knows how to build things using AI !!!

Hey there!
I’m a 2nd year CS student who is about to attempt a software hackathon. The hackathon is a locally hosted offline contest with a proper judge and judging criteria conducted in my college. It is a 40 hour long hackathon with around 50 teams with 4-5 people each.
So here’s the problem:
I have never actually participated in any hackathon before and I don’t know the modern AI tools which are used to fast track building stuff in the hackathon.
I’d be really grateful to have some insight from people who have previously participated (and preferably even won) in some hackathons in the following areas:

1. What coding tools and AI software should I use to ace this?
2. What makes a winning team special as compared to other teams? What should I do differently?
3. If you could list out a few common mistakes that people do when participating in their first hackathon that would be amazing.
   I’m really looking forward to this and would be grateful to any and every kind of support and help I can get from you all :)