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12 programs with a real deadline in the next 60 days, including 3 closing this week. Soonest first — apply before they close.
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TikTok TechJam 2026
$34,500 in prizes
⏳ Closes Sep 1 · 2 days left
Online hackathon by TikTok — Machine Learning/AI, Cybersecurity, E-commerce/Retail. 3,088 registered. Verify eligibility (some are region-locked).
No company needed
The WebMCP Challenge
$35,000 in prizes
⏳ Closes Sep 3 · 4 days left
Online hackathon by OpenAI — Machine Learning/AI, E-commerce/Retail, Web. 4,544 registered. Verify eligibility (some are region-locked).
No company needed
VoltHacks
$35,785 in prizes
⏳ Closes Sep 5 · 6 days left
Online hackathon by Dialogate — IoT, Machine Learning/AI, Beginner Friendly. 1,828 registered. Verify eligibility (some are region-locked).
No company needed
Slush 100 Pitching Competition 2026
EUR 500,000 equity-free
⏳ Closes Sep 7 · 8 days left
Winner gets EUR 500,000 for 0% equity, the largest equity-free startup-competition prize. Applying is free and remote; startup must be founded 2023 or later, have raised under EUR 10M, and be seed stage or earlier. Finalists need a Slush Startup Pass to pitch in Helsinki Nov 18-19.
Needs company
Agentic Cinema: The Blockbuster Hackathon
$75,000 in prizes
⏳ Closes Sep 9 · 10 days left
Online hackathon by Google — Databases, Machine Learning/AI, Open Ended. 8,845 registered. Verify eligibility (some are region-locked).
No company needed
Fund for Investigative Journalism Grant
up to $10,000
⏳ Closes Sep 14 · 15 days left
For freelance/staff investigative journalists; no fee, but full proposals need a US-outlet letter of commitment (seed grants up to $2,500 skip that requirement).
No company needed
Agents for Humans Hackathon
$40,000 in prizes
⏳ Closes Sep 14 · 15 days left
Online hackathon by Amazon — Beginner Friendly, Machine Learning/AI, Open Ended. 6,351 registered. Verify eligibility (some are region-locked).
No company needed
CALL-E: Your Code Is Calling
$10,000 in prizes
⏳ Closes Sep 14 · 15 days left
Online hackathon by CALL-E — Communication, Enterprise, Machine Learning/AI. 2,616 registered. Verify eligibility (some are region-locked).
No company needed
AI Builders Hackathon
$33,900 in prizes
⏳ Closes Sep 15 · 16 days left
Online hackathon by OSC — Machine Learning/AI, Open Ended, Beginner Friendly. 2,492 registered. Verify eligibility (some are region-locked).
No company needed
VentureWell E-Team Program
up to $25,000
⏳ Closes Sep 29 · 30 days left
Students only: requires a team of 2+ currently enrolled at a US institution plus a faculty advisor, for science/engineering inventions with commercial intent; no fee.
No company needed
ARC Prize 2026 — ARC-AGI-3 Milestone
$25K / $10K / $2.5K
⏳ Closes Sep 30 · 31 days left
Interactive reasoning benchmark, solo/remote via Kaggle; Sep 30 snapshot awards the live leaderboard top 3. No entity.
No company needed
W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography
$30,000
⏳ Closes Oct 12 · 43 days left
Photographers worldwide 18+ (non-students) for documentary work; $50 entry fee (waivers for underrepresented photographers); no AI-generated imagery.
No company needed
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