Updated: Sep 30, 2026 at 4:28 AM PT

# Hackathons at SF Tech Week 2026

> SF Tech Week 2026 has 72 hackathons from Monday, Oct 5 to Sunday, Oct 11, and the peak is Wednesday, Oct 7, with 14, so a weekend build won't clash with most weekday events.

Chancity tracks 1,832 SF Tech Week events (updated Sep 30, 2026); this page lists 72. Sources: the official Tech Week calendar (https://www.tech-week.com/calendar/sf) and each event's own page.

## At a glance

- A daytime format: 25% start in the evening, against half of all events this week.
- 18 of 72 run into the evening, so most wrap before night events begin.
- SoMa hosts 14 of the 72.

## Subscribe

- Calendar feed (ICS, new events appear automatically): https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/hackathons/calendar.ics
- Webcal: webcal://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/hackathons/calendar.ics

## Events

Columns: Time is Pacific time. Access: RSVP means a plain RSVP, Apply means the host approves each guest. Status: open, waitlist, closed or sold out, from the official Tech Week calendar. Food and Drinks: the host's own words ("mentions", not a promise). Price: only where the listing shows a price; a dash means no price listed. Featured: featured on the official Tech Week calendar.

| Date | Time | Event | Host | Area | Access | Status | Food | Price | Featured | RSVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Oct 5 | 9 AM to 12:45 PM | Physical AI Hackathon: From Idea to Factory | One Culture Foundation, xinye lin, echo | Embarcadero | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ng6oAlWJQrqtoCB65Vem?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 10 AM | Frontier Science AI Hackathon | Cinnamon Sipper, Cinnamon | Dogpatch | Apply | open | Breakfast | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/fniFPh8cMNuqmMzWm0fL?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 2 PM to 9 PM | Trader Buildathon & Happy Hour | True Markets | Rincon Hill | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/8PO9l7A731C69kpsHfoe?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 4 PM to 9 PM | /build-with-AI Buildathon | Mem0, Aishwarya Srinivasan, Zuny Molano | Palo Alto | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/R8tmSQnj89DXbVe4Ghr9?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 4:30 PM | Airwallex Agentic Banking Hackathon Kickoff | Airwallex, Rahul Kumar, Michael Morgenstern | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/1JAefpTDOKW7UwVwH6gT?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 5 PM to 9 PM | Hack Alcatraz with Cloudflare and Kling AI | Cloudflare | Embarcadero | RSVP | waitlist | - | - | yes | [View](https://partiful.com/e/eCaHdWFnG2wup28XcOHi?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 5 PM | Model Training Night by Overmind, Daytona & Doubleword | Overmind, Daytona, Doubleword | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/zVfEE2R1zoj8WUlJCwqj?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6 PM to 9 PM | Automate Your SF Tech Week with n8n | Melinda Varga, Willie Macharia, Kaila Love, Matt (Murtuza) Haryanawalla | SoMa | RSVP | open | Snacks | Free | - | [RSVP](https://luma.com/n8n-ntlt?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:30 PM to 10 PM | Shark Tank: Most “Ethical” Hackathon & Pitch Competition | IRL Fandoms, Brent Chase | Mission Bay | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/hYZO0CD3vARVS1DIICdg?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 7 PM | NEXT.BIO 2026 - The AI x BIO Dev Summit -#StartUp Battlefield | Next Sequence, Loretta TIOIELA | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Etk7CF9PcQZUhrXmJIof?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 10 AM | Conversational AI x Gaming Hackathon | Mano Games, Max Giang, Christopher K, Olin Geimer | Downtown | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/W25eAHOwujJeD9lJKTat?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 4:30 PM | Hacking AI For Fun and Profit | Snyk, AI Security Engineers SF, Javier Garza | FiDi | RSVP | waitlist | Snacks | - | - | [View](https://partiful.com/e/HUcfjcLJXP0WlhnHJ6I3?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5 PM to 9 PM | Marathon Mode Hackathon (No Compaction Allowed) | Subconscious, Jack O’Brien | Marina | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/s3bUQ8Pis81pPefbZA9C?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM | Ship an AI Voice Agent Workshop | Leverage, Modulate, Shir Chorev, Caitlin Stuewe, Greta Ernst | Civic Center | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/7O725PQ56Ki4P8gHKyiM?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:30 PM to 9 PM | AI Heist Challenge with Cogent x Modal x LangChain | Cogent, LangChain, Modal, Vicky, Amada Echeverria, Grace H, Andrew Hinh, Steven Do | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/CQdFO5si7fnkMcfXet7q?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 10 AM | The Coast-to-Coast Startup Lab™ - SF DEMO DAY | Rocket Mixer | Union Square | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/WYFzwIE7crZF6mKoHWYW?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 11 AM | Embodied Intelligence Challenge | Cinnamon Sipper, Cinnamon | Embarcadero | Apply | open | Breakfast | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/PY0xU0oX4W5FSQI8qgyq?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 11 AM to 4 PM | Ship Like a Baddie: Build an AI Product or Automate a Workflow in 5 Hours | AI Founder Playbook by Byte&Chord, Inc, Alisha Outridge (Lish), Natalie Pan, Elizabeth Swaney, Shircara Stewart | - | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/LWLwNu1IOgyHjy9oJrt9?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 12 PM | Agent Hackathon: Voice Mode On - Sponsored by Anthropic | Cresta | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/bq3rFJ5Lfqyjtryj5v9I?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 12 PM to 6 PM | Build Personal AI with Coding Agents | Timing, Eva, tiffany, Pop Pop Tech, Anthony Bonvino | Mission | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ueTU4FKbsep0oN5MAtU8?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 12 PM to 6 PM | CTRL Escape Room Hackathon | Center for The Future (Hack Week), HCB by Hack Foundation, Hack Week | Alamo Square | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/8LTIdLAmYyxfse2BueCB?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 12 PM to 5 PM | The Musa Labs Hackathon | Musa Capital, Stonebyte, Tokenly, Allen Smith, Selina | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/tjiOWQ6R0REOGWjUZ3Kf?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 2 PM to 7:30 PM | Build a Company Brain: AI Agents with Memory, Context and Secure Access | ScaleKit, Cognee, Tamilselvi Ramasamy, Dave Nielsen, Hendrix Liu | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/0x6c9gSKGDZi9mYMESyl?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 3 PM to 7 PM | Build Mode: HubSpot's Hands-On AI Agent Lab for Real Work | HubSpot, Jennifer Nixon, Sarah Jane (sj) Morris, Chris Riley, Chris Strom | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/4WQdY1gbpYneZpydPYPV?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 3 PM to 6 PM | Pax Silica Hackathon | BuilderBase, Sean Chiu, Sam Karri, Claire Xie, Miranda, Sean C | FiDi | RSVP | open | - | Free | - | [RSVP](https://luma.com/builde-q0bj?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 4 PM to 7 PM | Don't Let Your LLM Go Rogue: AI Security & Guardrails | TrackIt, AWS, Chris Marchitelli, Gavin, Kilian Congard | Union Square | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/fHer6PjhixDwF2nmRfMY?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5 PM to 8 PM | Morph-a-thon : Describe Your App, Close Your Laptop | Morph Systems, Akshay Sharma | Mountain View | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/zzBdMAvPjNtxI8r2aVB7?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5 PM to 6:30 PM | Transformation, Unstuck: A Hands-On Leadership Hackathon | Propeller | Rincon Hill | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/xb2kaFfUFts87eiMlQr3?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6 PM to 9 PM | Multiplayer Hackathon by Party (SoMa) | Maitai, Inc, Julian Alberts | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/NkIXWEbYpOfes5rgixkn?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 9 AM to 9 PM | Inception Studio AI Buildathon | Inception Studio, Michael Liu, Mike, John Whaley | SoMa | Apply | closed | - | - | - | [View](https://partiful.com/e/jk3zDlm0AwWEAkfe82jK?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 11 AM to 8 PM | Tripothon S1 World-Building Demo Day @San Francisco | AI Tripo | SoMa | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/9uqdi8bv?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 11 AM to 12 PM | ​Lunch & Hack: The Latest SF Tech Trends | The AI Collective, RoryPlans.ai, Adelina Martiniuc | Virtual | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/EVxTzpl5RO32hXw0nLjT?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM | 2036: A Day at the Office - A Design-Fiction Hackathon | Aura Ventures, Australian American Chamber of Commerce, Build Club, sabrina ☁️, Annie L | Union Square | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/dczGF7S4gsUC9chmeXBh?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5 PM to 10 PM | Everesteer Hedge Fund Hackathon | Everesteer | - | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/746fSrcbaXQIpqqpRZ8j?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5 PM | Vibe Coach Hack Night | HackerSquad, AJ | Hayes Valley | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Bf0TMraTNeY26TPeNebe?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5 PM | Vibe Night - Come Cook with Us at OBC | Ocean Beach Cafe, Joshua James | - | Apply | open | Dinner, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/jl2VkVgiwFTioL3C8jaE?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 9:30 AM to 7:30 PM | Cyberdefense Hackathon | Team tokens&, AWS Builder Loft, Alessandro Amenta, Jacopo Piazza | FiDi | Apply | open | Lunch | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/cyberhack?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 10 AM | AI Native Summit | Toby Founder @ AINative.Studio, Ayori Selassie, Karsten Wade | FiDi | RSVP | open | - | From $25 | - | [RSVP](https://luma.com/3t95uj7s?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 11 AM | AI Video Hackathon: Build with Qwen × Vizard Agent | Vizard.ai, Alibaba, Yao | Presidio Heights | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/vNAXc4Qo8Nj45hPdKAyX?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 11 AM to 2:30 PM | Make Content Hackathon | founderledmedia.com, Founder-Led Media | Lower Nob Hill | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Nx5qyeoprhZJ6NvxRtyT?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 11 AM to 2 PM | MiHu AI Hackathon & VC Panel | MiHu AI | Union Square | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/xGbCfUmtnRAuxArIgycb?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 2 PM to 6 PM | Sunset Neighborhood Build-a-thon | Josh Nesbit, Anna Spisak | Outer Sunset | RSVP | open | Breakfast, Soft drinks | Free | - | [RSVP](https://luma.com/tzyvkp9j?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 4 PM to 10 PM | AI x Medicine: Hackathon + Speaker Night | Shravan Balaji, Arya Kulkarni, Prathamesh Trivedi | - | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/x5xg03hJ5CsA7Pu5IhWD?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 4 PM to 10 PM | Builders & Brews SF | Tavily Events, Xaviera Ho, Replit Events, Merge | Union Street | Apply | open | Soft drinks | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/tavily-u13g?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 4 PM | Future of Work Hackathon: Building from the Farm @Stanford University | Stanford GSB India Association, Debanjan Nayak, Astha, Susmit Roy, Chinat Yu, Chenchen | Stanford | Apply | open | Lunch | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/KQMn96XCewsPMX3AZ6p4?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM | Sip & Startup with ProtoLive.xyz | ProtoLive.xyz, ProtoLive | SoMa | RSVP | open | Snacks | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/5yzby81z8jHwItEt8tbU?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5 PM to 9 PM | The AI Said It Was Done - AI Agent Divergence Hackathon | Morfa AI, Inc, Jan, Kevin Mello | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/R6YZn1T4nalVJEwRxlY9?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6 PM to 9 PM | Find a Cofounder, Help or Join a Tech Startup | Robert Maddox | Civic Center | RSVP | open | Snacks, Drinks | Free | - | [RSVP](https://luma.com/8nu6vfk9?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7 PM | GTM Hackathon | AceMakers, Matt Laker | Mission Bay | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/opQLftQWGrkPjTZqlJkC?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 9 AM | AI x Pre-Construction Hackathon | Blueprints AI, Coco Cao, Al | SoMa | Apply | open | Breakfast | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/LrP0CRpP78s082KsGciu?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 9 AM | Build For Her | RoamHer, Glow Girl Social Club, Jaki Williams | - | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/YZxUe2n2J63HD57dVsOA?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 9 AM to 9 PM | Oasis Multi-Agent Hackathon | Oasis, Aaron Zhang | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/5y1cutDBiOHnkmngq1Y2?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 9 AM to 10 PM | Talk to Users Hackathon | Stripe, Base44, Cognition, Sense AI, Daytona, FishAudio, MongoDB, BrightData, Clerk, Elanu, Val, Patrick Steyn, Ore Segal | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/0FqprP2FJcBX3ogGRJmd?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 9:30 AM | AI Hackathon | UC Santa Cruz Gen AI Center, Yi Zhang, Preet Karia, Jason Tao | Mountain View | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/GVAGHxWG1np8sOJB2ueX?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 9:30 AM to 6 PM | Multiplayer Hackathon by Party | Maitai, Inc., Julian Alberts | Palo Alto | Apply | open | Breakfast, Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Yli5RTuTNef8W1sIOzYN?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 10 AM to 5 PM | Build an AI-Native Company (In a Day) | Kylon, Christina Bowllan | SoMa | Apply | open | Lunch | Free | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/nUMPNO6T9kmX0atQ32rx?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 10 AM to 8 PM | Creative Data Hackathon | Cala | Mission | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/4Nry0dbtCjTQvjewRNx3?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 10:30 AM to 3:30 PM | Decision-Grade AI @ Stanford ⚡️ A Buildathon on LLM Trust | Ezio, TokenRouter, Avishi Agastwar, Arushi Agastwar, Amitesh Gargapati, Ricky Mo | Stanford | RSVP | open | Soft drinks | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/VVaPHqxrY0UYMInN3HZY?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 11 AM | INTERFACE: Hack the Space Between | Field Lab, Sissi Wang, Iana Lin | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/AkfcAYRQeMprRyPklVKe?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 12 PM to 8 PM | Make Your Store ChatGPT-Famous | Mervia AI, Zhuowei Bao | SoMa | Apply | open | Lunch, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/mBcigql3ElnmayngEByH?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 1 PM to 6 PM | Build a BankGPT | interface.ai, Gil Acedillo | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/4rLfbkxeEzzjePbKFTqp?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 3 PM to 6 PM | Renaissance Collective | SoCo, Laasya Goriparti | East Bay | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/eTGyT4UoGjeAzzXKqFpk?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 4 PM | Forward Deployed Engineer: Hear From Experts, Then Try It | Stanford University, Angelica Ly, Cheyoung Ahn, Bekhruz Malikov | Palo Alto | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ngZCgIwIkuNT1ekTG74j?ref=chancity) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 9 AM to 8 PM | AI-Native Startup Hackathon | Vin Wanfan, Sahar Mor (Bond AI), Finch ai, Aria Shi, articuler.ai, Dwayne Campbell, Mansi More, Ada L | Lower Haight | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/jrtd50a7?ref=chancity) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 9 AM to 9 PM | SpeedHacks: The Official speedrun Hackathon | speedrun + speedrun Alpha, Mei, Katia Ameri, AJ | Jackson Square | Apply | open | - | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/tthQk11QYKKZJRKvLGBQ?ref=chancity) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 9 AM to 8 PM | The Harness Engineering & Model Wrangling SF Hackathon | MongoDB, Patrick Steyn, Alexis Piligian, wania gondal, Gina Namkung | Embarcadero | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/SLKAGzRbpQ3d3TGM8pAU?ref=chancity) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 10 AM to 8 PM | B@BHacks 2.0 ($10k+ in prizes) | Hackathon Company, Mason Arditi | East Bay | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/FESXDGMiAnHSWMztsBHP?ref=chancity) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 10 AM to 8 PM | Recursive Self Improvement Hack: Evals | Autolab.ai, Gabriela Torres, Serge, Felix Orwa | Civic Center | Apply | open | Lunch | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/1lLMxvbQTi8A4xbLBQv6?ref=chancity) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 10 AM to 6 PM | Shopping 3.0: the AI Commerce Hackathon with Arcade | Arcade AI, Kelley Lawson, Mariam Naficy, Aayush Jain, Spencer Kim, Kosi, Tuvana Soronzonbold, Noah Lin | Union Square | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/GmB2RWwfd99JotCPG2C3?ref=chancity) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 10 AM to 10 PM | touch ./GRASS: The Outdoor Voice Agent Hackathon 🌿 | Openbase, Maritime, Sundai Club, Zoky Zhou, Gabriela Torres, Gabe Montague, Maria Gorskikh, mandy | Palo Alto | Apply | open | Breakfast | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/9LIzPkFXp0xQpzjqryNJ?ref=chancity) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 1 PM to 4 PM | UC Berkeley Innovation Intelligence Hackathon | UC Berkeley SCET Innovators in Residence Program, Danica, Ronit, Ayushi Deokule, Yushan Li, Matthew Chan, Hannah | East Bay | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/RooXgfy6sLQdTwi53NXi?ref=chancity) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 7 PM to 9:30 PM | Musical Hack Night | Eli Willis Music, Eli | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/o3TycEu5OgGn8jTnVoKm?ref=chancity) |

## Who is there

- Hosting: AJ (2) ([X](https://x.com/itsajchan)); Cinnamon (2); Cinnamon Sipper (2); Gabriela Torres (2); Julian Alberts (2); Patrick Steyn (2); Aaron Zhang (1); Aayush Jain (1); AceMakers (1); Ada L (1) ([Website](https://adalagent.ai/?ref=chancity), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/li-yin-ai), [X](https://x.com/adalagent)); Adelina Martiniuc (1); AI Founder Playbook by Byte&Chord, Inc (1)
- Speaking: Eleanor Ketter; Kayci Bi; Fred Schott; Marissa Phul; Sunil Pai; Aadit Narayanaswamy; Ben Narasin; Benjamin Torrero; Vinit Bhansali; Sarah Romanko; Karishma Raj; Julian Weisser; Adelina Martiniuc; Marton Peter Price; Henry Heng; Sujee Maniyam; Sarah Li; Matthew Feroz; Kieran John Keenan; Abel Dagne; Alspencer Omondi; Gal Dayan; Omri Ben Shoham; Ana Yoon Faria de Lima; Anthea Guo; Nick Walter; Kiana Jafari; Bryant McCombs; Clark Barrett; Wesley Deng; Sarath Swaminathan; Kirsten Green; Mariam Naficy; Ash Herr
- Featured guests: Vin Gupta; Swayam Pandya; Yas Khalil; Touko Ursin; Viktor Klasson; Anders Vestrum; Aniket Maurya; Dylan Ler; James Jacobs; Matej Hamaš; Phillip An; Prem Babu Kanaparthi; Jelle Demeulenaere; Lokesh L K S; Diana Hlinska; Azita Darvishi; Mark Villacampa; Adam Levi; Angelea Rombeiro; Raphaël Vullierme Groth; Rehema Nkisi; John Sandoval; Jiaying Fu; Pavina Adunratanasee; Mark Miller; Danil Kislinskiy; Sarah Hack; Jack Mielke; Gorka Aranzabal; Sung Eun Choi; Arseniy Seroka; Mary Pavlenko; Soorya Parameswaran; Tran My; Arnav Pagidyala; Alex Kekulov

## FAQ

### Which hackathons can I join without applying?

12 of the 72 are open RSVP; the other 60 ask you to apply. Hack Alcatraz with Cloudflare and Kling AI (Mon 5 PM, Cloudflare); AI Native Summit (Fri 10 AM, Toby Founder @ AINative.Studio); Hacking AI For Fun and Profit (Tue 4:30 PM, Snyk); Shark Tank: Most “Ethical” Hackathon & Pitch Competition (Mon 6:30 PM, IRL Fandoms); Sunset Neighborhood Build-a-thon (Fri 2 PM, Josh Nesbit).

### What do hosts ask when you apply?

Across 56 hackathons with an application form, 55 ask for a job title, 55 for a company, 56 for LinkedIn and 49 for GitHub.

### Do SF Tech Week hackathons cost money?

Some do. 12 list a price and 11 are marked free on their event pages.

### What are the main hackathons on Wednesday, Oct 7?

14 hackathons are listed for Wednesday, Oct 7, led by Build Personal AI with Coding Agents and The Musa Labs Hackathon. Among them are Build Personal AI with Coding Agents (Wed 12:00 PM), The Musa Labs Hackathon (Wed 12:00 PM), Agent Hackathon: Voice Mode On - Sponsored by Anthropic (Wed 12:00 PM), Pax Silica Hackathon (Wed 3:00 PM) and Build Mode: HubSpot's Hands-On AI Agent Lab for Real Work (Wed 3:00 PM).

### What are the main hackathons on Friday, Oct 9?

13 hackathons are listed for Friday, Oct 9, led by AI Native Summit and Builders & Brews SF.

### Which hackathons have food?

29 of the 72 mention food (17 snacks, 6 breakfast, 5 lunch). Among them are AI Video Hackathon: Build with Qwen × Vizard Agent (Fri 11:00 AM), "Food and drinks"; Model Training Night by Overmind, Daytona & Doubleword (Mon 5:00 PM), "Drinks and food"; Hacking AI For Fun and Profit (Tue 4:30 PM), "grab food and drinks, meet fellow AI builders"; touch ./GRASS: The Outdoor Voice Agent Hackathon 🌿 (Sun 10:00 AM), "Arrival, breakfast, and networking"; Trader Buildathon & Happy Hour (Mon 2:00 PM), "Drinks and Food 6-9".

### Which hackathons have drinks?

8 mention drinks: 4 alcohol, 4 coffee or soft drinks.

### Which hackathons have the most RSVPs?

AI Native Summit has the most, 438 RSVPs.

## Same page at the other tech week

- At LA Tech Week (Oct 12 to 18): 27 Hackathons: https://www.chancity.ai/events/la-tech-week/hackathons
  Both weeks: https://www.chancity.ai/events/tech-week/hackathons

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