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3 proven plays to accelerate AI tool adoption

How to drive adoption through hackathons across your developer communities, employees, and customers.

Hackathon planning

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Hackathon planning

What is a customer hackathon? A new approach to AI product adoption

Learn about the competitions designed to turn customer engagement into real, measurable AI usage.

Participant resources

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User story: How a former ship navigator and a Snapchat veteran built a VR world in one week

Discover how Pavlo Tkachenko and Artem Maslov turned a physics prototype into a winning Meta Horizon entry in just 168 hours.

Business impact

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How internal hackathons drive AI transformation

Transform your business in 2026 with internal AI hackathons.

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Hackathon planning

The ultimate internal hackathon planning kit

Get the tools and templates you need to kick-start your next company hackathon.

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Hackathon planning

A 48-hour hackathon example for engineering teams… exactly how we ran ours

An inside look at how our dev team used an internal learning hackathon to explore new AI integration paths and build functional features in just 48 hours.

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User story: How a former ship navigator and a Snapchat veteran built a VR world in one week

Discover how Pavlo Tkachenko and Artem Maslov turned a physics prototype into a winning Meta Horizon entry in just 168 hours.

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Business impact

3 proven plays to accelerate AI tool adoption

How to drive adoption through hackathons across your developer communities, employees, and customers.

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Hackathon planning

Is it time to run a customer hackathon?

Discover 3 signs your accounts are primed for deeper AI product integration and how to get there with customer hackathons.

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Hackathon planning

Don’t let your AI tool become shelfware: Use customer hackathons to drive measurable adoption

A practical guide to using customer hackathons to identify power users, secure executive buy-in, and drive product adoption.

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Hackathon planning

How a customer hackathon works: Inside a high-impact AI event

Learn how to run a customer hackathon that boosts AI product adoption and turns dormant accounts into power users.

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Hackathon planning

What is a customer hackathon? A new approach to AI product adoption

Learn about the competitions designed to turn customer engagement into real, measurable AI usage.

Participant resources

Build next-generation cloud apps in the AI Partner Catalyst hackathon

Create innovative AI solutions with Google Cloud, Datadog, Confluent, and ElevenLabs in the AI Partner Catalyst hackathon on Devpost.

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Hackathon planning

How to scale AI adoption with customer hackathons and Devpost for Teams

Customer hackathons turn AI interest into adoption—and Devpost for Teams makes them easy to run.

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Ignite innovation in the AI Accelerate Google Cloud Multi-Partner Hackathon

Explore the future of AI in the cloud and build innovative solutions with Google Cloud, Elastic, and Fivetran in the AI Accelerate Hackathon on Devpost.

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Turn ideas into reality in the AWS AI Agent Global Hackathon

Build the next wave of intelligent solutions with over $45,000 in prizes.

Hackathon planning

Hackathon planning

A guide to planning internal hackathons for your entire company

Learn how to plan and manage company-wide hackathons to boost employee engagement and spark innovation.

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Hackathon planning

What is a hackathon? Types, history, and how they work

Master these hackathon fundamentals to help you get ready to plan a successful event.

Hackathon planning

The Ultimate Hackathon Webinar [Recap]

Get 10+ years of hackathon insights and learnings from this webinar recap.

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Hackathon planning

Inside Devpost’s internal hackathon: Exploring AI with OpenAI

Get an inside look at how Devpost developers ran an internal hackathon to experiment with AI.

Hackathon planning

How to Host a Hackathon That Stands Out [Webinar Q&A]

Catch up on the Q&A from Devpost’s recent webinar on how to host a hackathon that stands out.

Hackathon planning

6 Tips to boost post-hackathon results

Learn what to do after your internal hackathons to maximize success.

Hackathon planning

7 Tips to make your next virtual hackathon a success

Find out how to organize your event and stand out to developers.

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Hackathon planning

Why it’s time to host an internal AI hackathon

Learn how to use hackathons as a tool in your AI transformation strategy.

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Hackathon planning

How to improve hackathons (according to devs)

Find out what developers actually want from hackathons, and what Devpost is doing to deliver.

Hackathon planning

5 AI Hackathons Hosted on Devpost

Get ideas for your next AI hackathon with this look at other AI events hosted on Devpost.

Participant resources

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User story: How a former ship navigator and a Snapchat veteran built a VR world in one week

Discover how Pavlo Tkachenko and Artem Maslov turned a physics prototype into a winning Meta Horizon entry in just 168 hours.

Participant resources

Build next-generation cloud apps in the AI Partner Catalyst hackathon

Create innovative AI solutions with Google Cloud, Datadog, Confluent, and ElevenLabs in the AI Partner Catalyst hackathon on Devpost.

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Participant resources

Ignite innovation in the AI Accelerate Google Cloud Multi-Partner Hackathon

Explore the future of AI in the cloud and build innovative solutions with Google Cloud, Elastic, and Fivetran in the AI Accelerate Hackathon on Devpost.

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Turn ideas into reality in the AWS AI Agent Global Hackathon

Build the next wave of intelligent solutions with over $45,000 in prizes.

Participant resources

User story: Abhishek’s journey from hackathon winner to Red Hat Principal ML Engineer

With 65+ hackathons under his belt, Abhishek Nandy turned a Red Hat and Intel AI Hackathon win into a career-defining opportunity at Red Hat.

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Dive into innovation: The AI in Action Google Cloud Multi-Partner Hackathon is here

Learn how to register, access key resources, and build innovative projects with Google Cloud, MongoDB, and GitLab.

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User story: Oleksandr's secret to winning 7 out of 15 hackathons

Get to know Oleksandr and learn his tips and tricks for winning nearly half the hackathons he’s entered.

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Hack hackathons: Join the Devpost Discord server

Learn about the benefits of joining the Devpost Discord to take your hackathon experience to the next level.

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User story: Increase’s hackathon win took him from Nigeria to the USA

Get to know Increase and learn how winning a hackathon took him to the US for the first time!

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User story: How Yash hacked his way to Google

Get to know Yash and learn how hackathons helped him land a job at Google.

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Understanding hackathon submission and judging criteria: What really counts

Dive deeper into what it takes to understand a hackathon’s submission and judging criteria.

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How to win a hackathon: Advice from 5 seasoned judges

Take a look inside the inner workings of the judging process from some of our most experienced hackathon judges.

Business impact

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Business impact

3 proven plays to accelerate AI tool adoption

How to drive adoption through hackathons across your developer communities, employees, and customers.

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4 Ways to use hackathons in your developer marketing strategy

Learn how to boost your developer marketing, drive product adoption, get product feedback, and build stronger developer relationships with hackathons.

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How internal hackathons drive AI transformation

Transform your business in 2026 with internal AI hackathons.

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Advice from expert internal hackathon organizers

Get insider tips and best practices from leading hackathon organizers for your next event.

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5 Challenges your business can solve with hackathons

Learn about using public and internal hackathons to solve some of the biggest business challenges.

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Driving AI innovation with internal hackathons [Webinar]

Learn how to build your AI strategy with hackathons.

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5 Reasons private hackathons drive customer engagement

Here’s how private customer hackathons reduce churn and drive revenue growth.

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2023 Year in review at Devpost

Get an insider look at last year’s key hackathon statistics and see what’s trending for 2024.

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How AI is changing the world of hackathons [Q&A recap]

Hear from a panel of developer marketing experts on AI’s impact on their hackathons.

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How to inspire a culture of innovation in light of AI

Learn how to promote innovation in the workplace to help tackle AI-related challenges.

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6 Reasons to host a hackathon

Hackathons inspire innovative, creative solutions—here’s why you should host one.

Make a real impact on customer retention with hackathons

Here are 5 reasons to run customer hackathons.