Our Hackathons

Where Texas builders ship real products.

10+Hackathons
1000+Builders
$50K+Total Prize Value
Partners Include
Meta
AWS
Google
Groq
Cursor
Codex
Atlassian for Startups
PASTSEP 19, 2026

AITX + Cursor Austin Hackathon

In collaboration with Cursor

100+ AttendeesThe Pershing

A one-day build sprint with Cursor Austin where builders turned ideas into working software with Cursor, shipping apps, agents, tools, and automations solo or in teams of up to four. Supabase was the sponsored backend.

AITX Houston Community Hackathon hackathon
PASTSEP 19, 2026

AITX Houston Community Hackathon

50 AttendeesPOST Houston

The first AITX Community hackathon in Houston. Builders spent the day on apps, agents, tools, and automations with no required theme or stack, then demoed to judges. Supported by Supabase and Featherless.

PASTAUG 15, 2026

AITX + Cursor Austin Grok Hackathon

In collaboration with Cursor

150 Attendees

A one-day hackathon with Cursor Austin where builders shipped apps with Grok in Cursor across three paths: cool factor, business use case, and agentic orchestration. Top three teams presented and took home cash prizes.

PASTJUL 17–19, 2026

AITX Community + NVIDIA Claw Agent Hackathon

In collaboration with NVIDIA

130 AttendeesAntler VC (ATX Offices)

A hands-on hackathon with NVIDIA where builders created autonomous agents that do more than chat: they take action, coordinate tools, and ship a working demo by the end of the event.

PASTMAY 8–10, 2026

AITX Community x Codex Hackathon

In collaboration with Codex

130 AttendeesAntler VC, ATX

AITX Community teamed up with Codex for a 48-hour hackathon in Austin, bringing together engineers, systems builders, founders, designers, and students to ship working AI projects.

Moltathon ATX hackathon
PASTFEB 13, 2026

Moltathon ATX

In collaboration with AITX Community, HackAI, Applied AI Society, Organized AI

94 AttendeesAntler VC (ATX Offices)

A grassroots hackathon focused on building with OpenClaw, bringing together builders from across the Austin AI community. Supported by Linkt AI and Gradient.network.

PASTDEC 13–14, 2025

NVIDIA DGX Spark Hackathon

In collaboration with NVIDIA

100+ AttendeesTBD

The 4th AITX Community Hackathon in partnership with NVIDIA, focusing on edge AI applications and local compute solutions powered by the new DGX Spark platform.

PASTOCT 24–26, 2025

3rd AI Austin Community Hackathon

In collaboration with NVIDIA

110 AttendeesAntler VC (ATX Offices)

Weekend-long hackathon focused on building with NVIDIA's Nemotron models, AI Agents, and Open Source projects—with an official Nemotron track, Hack Fair, and awards.

PASTFEB 28–MAR 1, 2025

2nd AI Austin Community Hackathon

In collaboration with webAI

157 Attendees

Presented by webAI & AITX at Antler ATX, this weekend-long event challenged hackers across 5 tracks (Open Source, Llama, Agents, etc.) with cash and AWS prizes.

PASTNOV 23–24, 2024

Llama Impact Hackathon: Austin

In collaboration with Meta, Cerebral Valley

187 Attendees

Co-hosted with Meta and Cerebral Valley, teams built products on Meta's Llama models—culminating in a reception, two-day hackathon, and top prizes like RayBans & Tesla Cyberquad.

PASTJULY 18–20, 2023

The Inaugural Austin AI Community Hackathon

In collaboration with AI Tinkerers, Lambda Labs

50+ Attendees

Where AI Dreams Became Reality—our very first Austin AI Community Hackathon, co-hosted with Austin AI Tinkerers, brought together local engineers for a 48-hour sprint of creativity (and coffee!).

Hackathon Partners & Sponsors

NVIDIA
Meta
AWS
Google Cloud
Akash
Red Hat
Groq
Arm
ASUS
Lambda Labs
DataStax
Weights & Biases
NVIDIA
Meta
AWS
Google Cloud
Akash
Red Hat
Groq
Arm
ASUS
Lambda Labs
DataStax
Weights & Biases