San Francisco Bay Area hackathons

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hackathons in San Francisco Bay Area 2026

upcoming hackathons in San Francisco Bay Area: campus, city and online events, with listed prizes and deadlines.

As of November 2026, Tensor Hack lists 34 open hackathons naming San Francisco Bay Area: all in person or hybrid. The next listed event starts Thu, 5 Nov 2026 (Lightning Mesh Hackathon). One lists a prize, worth $5K at the source.

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01 / in-person / < starts nov 5 · in 2d >

Lightning Mesh Hackathon

Personal · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

02 / in-person / < starts nov 5 · in 2d >

Mixpanel x Replit - Ship It: The Product Builders' Hackathon

Mixpanel · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

03 / in-person / < starts nov 6 · in 3d >

Hack the Feed: Creator Tools Hackathon with Oriane, GMI Cloud & Lovable at Amplitude HQ!

Personal · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

04 / in-person / < starts nov 7 · in 4d >

AIE Code Summit Hackathon

Fetch.ai Innovation Lab · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

05 / in-person / < starts nov 7 · in 4d >

Anything Applied Agentic Hackathon - hackathons.team

Builderbase Hackathons · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

06 / in-person / < starts nov 7 · in 4d >

Commit to the Bit - A Plethora Game Creation Hackathon for everyone

Plethora · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

07 / in-person / < starts nov 7 · in 4d >

Growth Engineering Hackathon SF / Win 8K$

Personal · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

08 / in-person / < starts nov 7 · in 4d >

MakerMods Physical AI Hackathon

Founders, Inc. Events · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

09 / in-person / < starts nov 7 · in 4d >

Ship Happens: A Seldon Hackathon

Seldon Community · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

10 / in-person / < starts nov 7 · in 4d >

Zero To Demo By: NemulAI X Hack District

Personal · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

11 / in-person / < starts nov 11 · in 8d >

Agents Need Solid Ground: An Archil Hackathon

Archil · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

12 / in-person / < starts nov 13 · in 10d >

Bay Area Hackathon

Personal · california, united states

prize TBA

13 / in-person / < starts nov 13 · in 10d >

DMBA x TDP AI Hackathon

Personal · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

14 / in-person / < starts nov 13 · in 10d >

SF Frontier Hackathon: Build your Autonomous Code Factory

Obvious Community Events · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

15 / in-person / < starts nov 13 · in 10d >

The Multimodal Hackathon

AdaL · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

16 / in-person / < starts nov 14 · in 11d >

AI Research Hackathon

Iterate · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

17 / in-person / < starts nov 14 · in 11d >

Diwali Festiverse Agent to Agent Hackathon (SF Edition) - Kickoff

AI House · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

18 / in-person / < starts nov 14 · in 11d >

Drexathon: Nace AI's Decision Model Hackathon (win Mac Mini!!)

Nace AI · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

19 / in-person / < starts nov 14 · in 11d >

Hardware for Good · UXDuck Hackathon (YC F26)

Personal · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

20 / in-person / < starts nov 14 · in 11d >

On-Device AI Hackathon: Cleared for Takeoff ✈️

Liquid AI · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

21 / in-person / < starts nov 14 · in 11d >

Physical AI Hackathon 🦾 [with X Square Robot]

Personal · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

22 / in-person / < closes nov 14 · 12d left >

SearchHack: Build the next layer of AI search

Telem AI · sunnyvale

prize TBAMACHINE LEARNING/AI · WEB

23 / in-person / < starts nov 14 · in 11d >

She Builds: A Women in AI × Lovable Hackathon

Women in AI · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

24 / in-person / < starts nov 14 · in 11d >

VexoHacks: An AI Wearables Hackathon

Personal · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

25 / in-person / < starts nov 17 · in 14d >

Zero to Hundred: GTM Vibe Coding Hackathon

Personal · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

26 / in-person / < starts nov 20 · in 17d >

Personal Agents Hackathon

tokens& · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

27 / in-person / < closes nov 20 · 18d left >

Snowglobe

Hack Club · san francisco

prize TBASTUDENT

28 / in-person / < starts nov 25 · in 22d >

SF Non-Slop Hackathon | Pangram x Kino

Pangram · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

29 / in-person / < starts nov 28 · in 25d >

Physical AI Hack

tokens& · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

30 / in-person / < starts dec 12 · in 39d >

🎄 Christmas Game Hackathon SF - By Hackathons.team

Personal · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

31 / in-person / < starts dec 12 · in 39d >

AI Hackathon: Sales Copilot AI

TatianaSF · san francisco, ca

prize TBA

32 / in-person / < starts dec 15 · in 42d >

Agentic AI Hackathon 2.0 - SF

Devnovate · san francisco, california

prize TBA

33 / in-person / < closes jan 17, 2027 >

HackStorm 3.0: Sense, Think and Act

HackStorm · san francisco, california, usa

$5K prizeDEVOPS · IOT

34 / in-person / < starts feb 19, 2027 >

SF Hacks

Major League Hacking · san francisco, ca

prize TBASTUDENT · CAMPUS

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hackathons in san francisco bay area 2026

this page collects hackathons whose listing names San Francisco Bay Area: events held at San Francisco Bay Area campuses and venues, plus online hackathons run by San Francisco Bay Area-based hosts. The Bay Area here includes San Francisco, Berkeley, Palo Alto, Stanford, Mountain View, Oakland and San Jose.

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faq

how do i find hackathons in San Francisco Bay Area?

this page lists every hackathon in the Tensor Hack index whose name, host or location mentions San Francisco Bay Area, sorted by date. the usa page covers the rest of the country.

are San Francisco Bay Area hackathons in person or online?

both. campus hackathons are usually in person, while some hosts run their events online. each card shows the format the source lists.

can students from other cities join?

many university hackathons welcome students from other schools, and some are limited to enrolled students or a region. eligibility is set by the host, so read the rules on the source page.

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