Name: Pinch Me! I Want 50K: A Nationwide Australian Payments & Fintech Hackathon
Start: 2026-06-23T01:15:00.000-04:00
End: 2026-07-22T03:00:00.000-04:00
Location: Pinch Me! I Want 50K: A Nationwide Australian Payments & Fintech Hackathon

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Our current online AI hackathons

LUMA Hackathon (July 3rd - 10th)

Pitch your idea, win $130 in subscription prizes guaranteed!

Non-monetary prizes

758 participants

Deadline: Jul 10, 2026 July 10 at 11:45pm EDT to submit

Online

Kaya AI India Hackathon 2026

Build the AI that moves the world's infrastructure.

₹ 350,000 in prizes

1397 participants

Deadline: Jul 10, 2026 July 10 at 11:45pm EDT to submit

Online

NeuroX1.0 - Online Qualification Round

Build the Agentic Layer of Business: Autonomous Agents for B2B Operations

$490 in prizes

37 participants

Deadline: Jul 12, 2026 July 12 at 2:30am EDT to submit

Online

vsHacks 2026

vsHacks is a global virtual hackathon organized by students for students.

Non-monetary prizes

401 participants

Deadline: Jul 12, 2026 Starts in July 11 at 11:30am EDT

Online

Daybot Commerce Hackathon

Build AI tools, automations, and e-commerce stores that make dropshipping faster, smarter, and easier to launch.

Non-monetary prizes

13 participants

Deadline: Jul 12, 2026 Starts in July 11 at 9:00am EDT

Online

TechCommons Hacks

Help create innovative solutions to enhance the lives of those in your community and around the world.

Non-monetary prizes

3 participants

Deadline: Jul 13, 2026 Starts in July 11 at 12:00am EDT

Online

Agentic AI Innovation Challenge 2026

Build autonomous AI agents that reason, plan, and act to solve real-world challenges across healthcare, education, business, sustainability, and more

Non-monetary prizes

227 participants

Deadline: Jul 15, 2026 July 15 at 7:30am EDT to submit

Online

Hoobit Hacks 2026

A global student hackathon. Four weeks. One challenge.

Non-monetary prizes

453 participants

Deadline: Jul 18, 2026 July 18 at 2:00pm EDT to submit

Online

Global AI Hackathon Series with Qwen Cloud

Build your own AI Agent on Qwen Cloud - compete for $70K in prizes across five tracks.

$45,000 in prizes

7561 participants

Deadline: Jul 20, 2026 July 20 at 5:00pm EDT to submit

Online

OpenAI Build Week

Join a global week of building with Codex

$100,000 in prizes

4845 participants

Deadline: Jul 21, 2026 Starts in July 13 at 12:00pm EDT

Online

BuunieX Hackathon

Build innovative AI solutions that solve real-world problems.

Non-monetary prizes

34 participants

Deadline: Jul 22, 2026 July 22 at 7:30am EDT to submit

Online

Global Tech Innovation Challenge

An international student hackathon innovating software and electrical engineering solutions for real-world impact.

Non-monetary prizes

4 participants

Deadline: Jul 24, 2026 Starts in July 17 at 12:00am EDT

Online

DevsUnite Hiring Hackathon

Build something real. Start a career that matters.

₹ 3,000 in prizes

15 participants

Deadline: Jul 25, 2026 Starts in July 24 at 11:30pm EDT

Online

Prometheus July AI Challenge

The Prometheus July AI Challenge is an online hackathon that brings together the next generation of AI and Machine Learning!

$1,500 in prizes

131 participants

Deadline: Jul 30, 2026 Starts in July 17 at 10:00am EDT

Online

ML Empowerment Build Challenge 2.0

Learn AI, build real-world projects, and create impact through guided resources, mentorship, and a global community of student innovators.

$1,000 in prizes

189 participants

Deadline: Jul 31, 2026 July 31 at 2:45am EDT to submit

Online

India High School Exoplanet Data Challenge

Build a classification model using real NASA data. Get published. Change how the world sees the stars.

$10,300 in prizes

266 participants

Deadline: Jul 31, 2026 July 31 at 7:30am EDT to submit

Online

Galuxium Nexus V2

Build profitable SaaS platforms that real users will pay for. Launch the next generation of AI, creator, and automation tools at Galuxium Nexus V2.

₹ 100,000 in prizes

117 participants

Deadline: Aug 1, 2026 Starts in July 15 at 12:00am EDT

Online

Backblaze Generative Media Hackathon: Build with Genblaze on B2

Build the next generation of AI media apps. Generate with Genblaze. Store on Backblaze B2.

$10,000 in prizes

694 participants

Deadline: Aug 3, 2026 August 03 at 5:00pm EDT to submit

Online

NextGen Innovation2026

Innovate • Collaborate • Transform

Non-monetary prizes

24 participants

Deadline: Aug 8, 2026 Starts in July 11 at 12:00am EDT

Online

IncludAI - The Neurodiversity Hackathon, in Partnership with Stanford NNEA

Build AI tools that actually work for neurodivergent learners — by the community, for the community.

$3,000 in prizes

40 participants

Deadline: Aug 9, 2026 Starts in August 01 at 3:00am EDT

Online

Iris Hacks IV

A 2-day hackathon where students will learn about the various ways AI can create a real impact! Stay tuned for more information on awards; updates on those will be coming out soon!

$400 in prizes

38 participants

Deadline: Aug 9, 2026 Starts in August 08 at 3:00pm EDT

Online

Build with DataHub: The Agent Hackathon

Build AI agents with DataHub's open-source Context Platform.

$20,500 in prizes

456 participants

Deadline: Aug 10, 2026 August 10 at 5:00pm EDT to submit

Online

Arm Create: AI Optimization Challenge

One challenge. Three frontiers of AI. All powered by Arm.

$8,000 in prizes

1170 participants

Deadline: Aug 14, 2026 August 14 at 7:00pm EDT to submit

Online

AceSAT Education AI-Agent

Build for Impact

$100 in prizes

123 participants

Deadline: Aug 15, 2026 August 15 at 5:00pm EDT to submit

Online

CS Girlies Annual Hackathon - Technology For Wellness

Build tools to help support wellness, health, and happiness.

$5,000 in prizes

220 participants

Deadline: Aug 16, 2026 Starts in August 14 at 6:00pm EDT

Online

Reverie Hacks 2026

A hackathon built by students, for students—empowering creative minds to bring their dream projects to life across six unique tracks.

$50 in prizes

23 participants

Deadline: Aug 17, 2026 Starts in August 02 at 1:00am EDT

Online

YouCam API Skin AI & Apparel VTO Hackathon

Join YouCam API to Build the Future of Skin and Fashion Retail - Compete for $6,000 in prizes

$6,000 in prizes

124 participants

Deadline: Aug 17, 2026 August 17 at 11:45am EDT to submit

Online

Build with Gemini XPRIZE

$2,000,000 in prizes. Build with Gemini. Ship products that impact the world.

$2,000,000 in prizes

18842 participants

Deadline: Aug 17, 2026 August 17 at 4:00pm EDT to submit

Online

Win4AISafety - Open Research Summer Challenge

Research AI Safety

Non-monetary prizes

37 participants

Deadline: Aug 17, 2026 August 17 at 5:45pm EDT to submit

Online

CockroachDB × AWS Hackathon - Build with Agentic Memory

Agents that think. Agents that act. Agents that remember; reliably, globally, at any scale.

$8,750 in prizes

1182 participants

Deadline: Aug 18, 2026 August 18 at 5:00pm EDT to submit

Online

Pixel Forge AI Hackathon

Create apps and web with AI powered tools and coding

Non-monetary prizes

87 participants

Deadline: Aug 22, 2026 Starts in August 15 at 12:00am EDT

Online

NeuralSprint

The future is being built by people just like you. Bring your ideas, your curiosity, and your code — and sprint toward something nobody's built before.

$150 in prizes

154 participants

Deadline: Aug 24, 2026 August 24 at 2:45am EDT to submit

Online

Africa Deep Tech Challenge 2026

The Laptop LLM Challenge: Build On-Device AI for the Hardware Africa Actually Has

$16,500 in prizes

866 participants

Deadline: Aug 25, 2026 August 25 at 2:45am EDT to submit

Online

AI Builders Hackathon

Building the Future of Intelligent Systems. The Internet Needs Better AI.

$4,000 in prizes

607 participants

Deadline: Aug 25, 2026 Starts in August 01 at 9:00am EDT

Online

AI YES :International Youth AI Competition

AI YES ! EVERY YES!

Non-monetary prizes

66 participants

Deadline: Sep 1, 2026 September 01 at 3:00pm EDT to submit

Online

Hack for Humanity | Summer 2026

AI for Mental and Physical Health

Non-monetary prizes

304 participants

Deadline: Sep 4, 2026 Starts in August 07 at 12:00pm EDT

Online

VoltHacks

Design. Build. Power the Future.

$2,905 in prizes

655 participants

Deadline: Sep 5, 2026 September 05 at 5:00pm EDT to submit

Online

Global Innovation Build Challenge V2

A hackaton designed for general invention

Non-monetary prizes

12 participants

Deadline: Sep 21, 2026 Starts in July 11 at 12:00am EDT

Online

LUMA Hackathon (September 20th - 28th)

Pitch your idea, win subscription prizes guaranteed!

Non-monetary prizes

12 participants

Deadline: Sep 28, 2026 September 28 at 5:00pm EDT to submit

Online

OneAquaHealth IEEE Global Hackathon

Healthy Waters Healthy Ecosystems.Healthy Communities

$3,000 in prizes

300 participants

Deadline: Oct 1, 2026 Starts in September 14 at 12:00pm EDT

Online

LaunchHacks V

The fifth iteration of LaunchHacks: LaunchHacks inspires people to be creative, innovative, and LAUNCH their own initiatives through the power of technology and programming.

$17,575 in prizes

973 participants

Deadline: Dec 15, 2026 Starts in December 11 at 9:00pm EST

Online

Brewing Codes 4.0

"Brewing Codes 4.0- Where Innovation Meets Code!"

₹ 100,000 in prizes

42 participants

Deadline: Mar 27, 2028 Starts in March 12 at 6:45am EDT

Online

DEMOKHE

THIS IS A DEMO FOR KENT HACK ENOUGH

Non-monetary prizes

34 participants

Deadline: Mar 24, 2030 March 24 at 5:00pm EDT to submit

Online

Our current in-person AI hackathons

GenZ Can Hack 2026

An in-person hackathon where teens aged 13 to 19 in Toronto design and build robots to support innovative garbage management solutions.

$1,000 in prizes

145 participants

Apr 1 - Aug 22, 2026 August 22 at 2:00pm EDT to submit

Toronto, Canada

Pinch Me! I Want 50K: A Nationwide Australian Payments & Fintech Hackathon

Build with the Pinch Payments API and compete for $50,000 cash.

$50,000 in prizes

113 participants

Jun 23 - Jul 22, 2026 July 22 at 3:00am EDT to submit

Haymarket, Australia

HTCJ Aviation Futures Innovation Challenge

Build the next 100 years of flight through AI, aviation, aerospace, mobility, workforce innovation, and entrepreneurship.

Non-monetary prizes

10 participants

Jun 25 - Jul 21, 2026 July 21 at 8:00pm EDT to submit

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Orchidhackx

From ideas to innovation

$855 in prizes

1 participant

Jul 10 - Jul 11, 2026 July 11 at 11:45pm EDT to submit

Kathmandu, Nepal

AI for Social Good: Hack with MLH & DigitalOcean

Calling all developers! Major League Hacking (MLH) and DigitalOcean are hosting an AI hackathon in San Francisco on July 10-11, and we’d love to see you there!

$5,250 in prizes

10 participants

Jul 10 - Jul 11, 2026 July 11 at 8:00pm EDT to submit

San Francisco, California, USA

Enterprise Agents Hackathon

A day to build the next generation of enterprise-grade AI agents - with hands-on workshops, a full day to build, and judging from Emergence and Nebius engineers.

Non-monetary prizes

2 participants

Jul 11 - Jul 11, 2026 Starts in July 11 at 12:00am EDT

New York, NY, USA

OpenAI x START Warsaw

A one-day AI hackathon where Warsaw's best builders turn real business challenges into working products.

Non-monetary prizes

89 participants

Jul 11 - Jul 11, 2026 Starts in July 11 at 5:00am EDT

Warszawa, Poland

AI Healthcare Hack NYC - by Arya Health & Twilio AI Startup Searchlight

Come build the conversational AI that healthcare actually needs.

Non-monetary prizes

3 participants

Jul 11 - Jul 11, 2026 Starts in July 11 at 10:00am EDT

New York, NY, USA

AI Healthcare Hack NYC - by Arya Health & Twilio AI Startup Searchlight

Come build the conversational AI that healthcare actually needs.

Non-monetary prizes

3 participants

Jul 11 - Jul 11, 2026 Starts in July 11 at 11:00am EDT

New York, NY, USA

GDG Windsor - Build with Gemma Hackathon

Teams are invited to build with Gemma!

Non-monetary prizes

2 participants

Jul 14 - Jul 24, 2026 Starts in July 14 at 12:00am EDT

Windsor, Canada

Build With AI Hack Days @RU

Building something cool using Gemini API

Non-monetary prizes

7 participants

Jul 16 - Jul 16, 2026 Starts in July 16 at 12:00am EDT

Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Hackathon New Delhi: Build AI Agents

In a world of AI hype, be the one who actually builds it.

Non-monetary prizes

9 participants

Jul 18 - Jul 18, 2026 Starts in July 18 at 3:30am EDT

Gurugram, India

Rampamble

Build innovative solutions, showcase your creativity, and compete with talented developers from around the world.

$50,000 in prizes

16 participants

Jul 22 - Aug 20, 2026 Starts in July 22 at 12:00am EDT

Kolhapur, India

DIVE 2026

A real-world data and AI hackathon in Busan, where teams solve challenges provided by public institutions and private companies.

$2,900 in prizes

8 participants

Jul 25 - Jul 26, 2026 Starts in July 25 at 12:00am EDT

APEC-ro, South Korea

⚡ Build Fast. Launch Loud. ⚡

One day. One room. Real shipped products- built by prompt, not by patch.

$1,000 in prizes

3 participants

Jul 25 - Jul 25, 2026 Starts in July 25 at 12:00pm EDT

Palo Alto, CA, USA

Canal Startup Sprint Hackathon

Turn your idea into a startup in just 17 days with expert mentorship, MVP building, and Demo Day.

$800 in prizes

2 participants

Jul 26 - Aug 14, 2026 Starts in July 26 at 2:00am EDT

El Sheikh Zayed, Egypt

Build with Gemma NYC: On-Device AI for Healthcare

A one-day, in-person hackathon building the next generation of healthcare tools with Google's open Gemma 4 models.

$1,995 in prizes

5 participants

Aug 1 - Aug 1, 2026 Starts in August 01 at 10:00am EDT

USA

MarinHacks

Marin Catholic High School's First Ever Hackathon!

Non-monetary prizes

2 participants

Aug 2 - Aug 2, 2026 Starts in August 02 at 12:00am EDT

Kentfield, CA, USA

Hack Days in Bansal

Build fast. Learn together. Ship something awesome

₹ 1,000 in prizes

3 participants

Aug 2 - Aug 2, 2026 Starts in August 02 at 12:30am EDT

Bhopal, India

DevNetwork [API + Cloud + AI] Hackathon 2026

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

$3,000 in prizes

181 participants

Aug 17 - Sep 3, 2026 Starts in August 17 at 1:00pm EDT

Santa Clara, CA, USA

CloudHacks 2026

Build innovative cloud, AI, and software solutions with students from across Pakistan in a 24-hour innovation challenge.

Non-monetary prizes

12 participants

Aug 24 - Aug 24, 2026 Starts in August 24 at 12:00am EDT

Lahore, Pakistan

MunichTech EXPO

Build What Europe Needs.

Non-monetary prizes

51 participants

Sep 1 - Sep 20, 2026 Starts in September 01 at 12:00am EDT

Munich, Germany

MYHack: ISNA 2026

From Ideas to Impact - build tech for good at ISNA 2026.

$500 in prizes

1 participant

Sep 5 - Sep 6, 2026 Starts in September 05 at 11:00am EDT

Detroit, MI, USA

Southwest MN Hacks

A beginner-friendly 24-hour hackathon for students in Southwest Minnesota

Non-monetary prizes

5 participants

Sep 12 - Sep 13, 2026 Starts in September 12 at 12:00am EDT

Marshall, MN, USA

SC Quantathon v3

A student-led quantum hackathon at Clemson University built around hands-on learning, team problem solving, and industry connection.

Non-monetary prizes

8 participants

Sep 26 - Sep 27, 2026 Starts in September 26 at 10:00am EDT

Clemson, SC, USA

codeLinc 11 with Lincoln Financial & AWS

Showcase your development skills to solve real-world technical challenges - $200 TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT available

$10,000 in prizes

71 participants

Oct 3 - Oct 4, 2026 Starts in October 03 at 11:30am EDT

Greensboro, NC, USA

RecT Solutions Hackathon: Beyond the CV 2026

Skip the CV. Build the Future. Hire the Proof.

€2,000 in prizes

3 participants

Oct 10 - Oct 11, 2026 Starts in October 10 at 4:00am EDT

Lisboa, Portugal

AI Hackathon 2026 by LA Hacks

AI Hackathon 2026 by LA Hacks - apply now at ai.lahacks.com!

Non-monetary prizes

5 participants

Oct 17 - Oct 18, 2026 Starts in October 17 at 1:00pm EDT

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Since AI 2026

Build real AI. Solve real challenges. Ship working prototypes.

€50,000 in prizes

10 participants

Nov 6 - Nov 8, 2026 Starts in November 06 at 10:00am EST

Turku, Finland

BioHacks

Love healthcare? Love building? BioHacks brings together students from all disciplines to create bold solutions in biomedical engineering, health, and technology.

Non-monetary prizes

12 participants

Nov 7 - Nov 8, 2026 Starts in November 07 at 8:00am EST

Hamilton, Canada