Join the nation's largest challenge-driven hackathon @ API World 2026!

DevNetwork [API + Cloud + AI] Hackathon 2026

Join the largest challenge-driven in-person & online hackathon, co-located with API World 2026!

Our hackathons regularly attract over 300+ participants -- and we are inviting the international developer community to converge in-person & online this year for the DevNetwork [API + Cloud + AI] Hackathon 2026!

In Person & Awards - Santa Clara Convention Center - September 2-3, 2026

Online -  August 17 - September 3, 2026

1. Create a DevPost account and click Register on the DevPost DevNetwork [API + Cloud + AI] Hackathon 2026 page.

3. DevNetwork [API + Cloud + AI] Hackathon 2026 Kicks off August 17, 2026!

 Check out the full DevNetwork [API + Cloud + AI] Hackathon 2026 schedule!

4. Review full Hackathon Instructions here!

Requirements

Age - 18 years and older. 

Citizenship - Participants from any country are allowed to participate. 

 

August 17 - September 3, 2026 - Online

September 2-3 - Santa Clara Convention Center - Santa Clara, CA - In person + Awards

 View Step by Step Instructions here!

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

1 non-cash prize
DevNetwork [API + Cloud + AI] Hackathon 2026 Overall Winner
1 winner

1st Place Prize:
- Amazon Echos (Up to 5)
- DevNetwork Premium All-Access Passes to all 2027 conferences - Announcement in our email to 60,000 subscribers listing your team and project

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Geoffrey Domoracki

Geoffrey Domoracki
Founder @ DevNetwork

Timothy Spann

Timothy Spann
SR SE @ Snowflake

Sureshkumar Karuppuchamy

Sureshkumar Karuppuchamy
Ebay

Saurabh Phaltane

Saurabh Phaltane
Senior Engineer @ Google

Him Raj Singh

Him Raj Singh
Manager, Software Engineering @ PayPal

Aman Sardana

Aman Sardana
Senior Manager @ Capital One

Garvit Kataria

Garvit Kataria
Senior Software Engineer @ Intuit

Indranil Jha

Indranil Jha
Principal Solutions Engineer @ Okta

Jatin Taneja

Jatin Taneja
Lead member of technical staff @ Salesforce

Jeremy Glassenberg

Jeremy Glassenberg
Product Management Director @ Salesforce

Siri Varma Vegiraju

Siri Varma Vegiraju
Senior Software Engineer @ Mircosoft

Alex Bit

Alex Bit
Co-founder & CEO @ Codemod

Oleksandr Kondratiuk

Oleksandr Kondratiuk
CTO @ akirolabs

Rakshana Balakrishnan

Rakshana Balakrishnan
Product Leader @ Oracle

Arun Padmanabhan Narasimhan

Arun Padmanabhan Narasimhan
Senior Software Engineer @ Google

Apurva Godghase

Apurva Godghase
Lead Computer Vision Engineer

Jason Tan

Jason Tan
Chief AI Officer @ Ascendnce

Rakesh Datta

Rakesh Datta
Senior Technical Lead

Advait Patel

Advait Patel
Senior Site Reliability Enginner @ Broadcom

Ajita Kanchivakam Ananth

Ajita Kanchivakam Ananth
Staff TPM @ Google

Vishwas Manral

Vishwas Manral
Precize

Tracy Adams

Tracy Adams
Executive Director @ Sudoku Foundation

Shruti Tiwari

Shruti Tiwari
AI Product Leader @ Dell

RENJITH RAMACHANDRAN

RENJITH RAMACHANDRAN
Senior Solutions architect

Judging Criteria

  • Progress
    How much progress did you make?
  • Concept
    Does it solve a real problem?
  • Feasibility
    Could this become a startup or company?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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