{
  "id": 19108752,
  "title": "Open hackathons this week (Nov 09): biggest prizes, India picks, closing soon",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/open-hackathons-this-week-nov-09-biggest-prizes-india-picks-closing",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-09T07:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/kineticforge/open-hackathons-this-week-nov-09-biggest-prizes-india-picks-closing-soon-4hak"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "This week's biggest open hackathons, according to Devpost, Unstop, Devfolio, and MLH, are closing soon. The Meta VR Start Developer Competition 2026 boasts a $1,000,000 prize pool and is an online event, closing on Nov 18. Codegeist 2026, focusing on building with context and shipping with confidence, offers a $120,000 prize and is also online, with a deadline of Dec 22. Kiroween 2026, another online competition, has a $100,000 prize pool and closes on Dec 4. The Arcticathon, yet another online hackathon, features a $100,000 prize and concludes on Jan 31. Anna AI OS Founding Builder Challenge 2026, an online event, offers $80,000 and wraps up on Nov 30. PayPal AI Hackathon and AWS MSP AI Hackathon, both online, have $67,500 and $64,000 prizes respectively, with deadlines of Nov 12 and Dec 11. QNX Global Hackathon, an online competition, features a $50,000 prize and closes on Dec 15.",
  "summary": "A weekly list of open hackathons from Devpost, Unstop, Devfolio and MLH, sorted by prize pool. Biggest online prize pools Meta VR Start Developer Competition 2026 | $1,000,000 | Online | closes Nov 18 Codegeist 2026: Build with context. Ship with confidence. | $120,000 | Online | closes Dec 22 Kiroween 2026 | $100,000 | Online | closes Dec 04 The Arcticathon | $100,000 | Online | closes Jan 31…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}