Hacker News with Generative AI: Hackathons

Doge reportedly planning a hackathon to build 'mega API' for IRS data (techcrunch.com)
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) plans to host a hackathon next week focused on the creation of a “mega API” that will provide access to taxpayer data, according to Wired.
Cryptocurrency, Government, Data, APIs, Hackathons
29 points by rmason 20 days ago | 8 comments
Show HN: We open sourced a $50M neobank (hackclub.com)
Hack Club launched HCB in 2018 to enable hackathons to raise and spend money through fiscal sponsorship.
Open Source, Fintech, Banking, Hackathons
28 points by garyhtou 27 days ago | 4 comments
Scam pulled off in Indian hackathon, won $85k just by rebranding Brave Browser (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Scams, Hackathons, Competitions, Technology, Brave Browser
6 points by greatgib 34 days ago | 2 comments
How I accepted myself into Canada's largest AI hackathon (fastcall.dev)
With all the buzz online and among my friends about GenAI Genesis 2025, a generative AI hackathon hosted at my school, the University of Toronto, I decided to apply even though I was pretty busy that weekend, hoping my schedule would clear by the time the hackathon came around. The sequence of events that followed led me into finding a vulnerability that let me accept my own hackathon application, before applications had even officially closed.
Hackathons, AI, Software, Computer Science, Security
277 points by fastcall 37 days ago | 94 comments
Show HN: We made a Meta Quest3 see through walls (medium.com)
For Treehacks 2025, my team & I decided that we needed X-Ray vision.
Augmented Reality, Hackathons, Computer Vision
50 points by sleepingreset 62 days ago | 14 comments
Overengineering a way to know if people are in my university's CS lab (amoses.dev)
I’m sure that any UPL member can testify the horror of arriving to the lab to see a closed door. If you live anywhere off campus, it’s heartbreaking to see your arduous trek to the CS building result in failure.
University Life, Computer Science, Programming, Hackathons
189 points by nicosalm 187 days ago | 85 comments
Building your own personal ghostwriter (fnands.com)
This past weekend I participated in a AI hackathon organized by Factory Network and {Tech: Berlin} with my friends Axel Nordfeldt and Jonathan Nye. The sponsors were Mistral, Weaviate and LumaAI, meaning we had a bunch of fun credits to play around with.
Artificial Intelligence, Personal Projects, Hackathons
13 points by fnands 205 days ago | 2 comments
Ask HN: Are hackathons anything more than a lame distraction? (ycombinator.com)
Hackathons, Programming, Work-Life Balance
18 points by psim1 247 days ago | 27 comments
Building for Healthcare: Our First AI Hackathon (medium.com)
Healthcare, Artificial Intelligence, Hackathons
11 points by etherealG 278 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: AI hackday at work – what shall I work on? (ycombinator.com)
Artificial Intelligence, Hackathons, Work
17 points by Tmkly 300 days ago | 33 comments
Join Super AI Agent Hackathon at Stanford, Hosted by HuggingFace and Nexa AI (twitter.com)
Artificial Intelligence, Hackathons, Stanford University, Hugging Face, Nexa AI
12 points by alanzhuly 304 days ago | 0 comments