monthly report · july 2026
AI Builder Opportunity Index
A live citation page for the TensorHack opportunity graph: hackathons, jobs, grants, bounties, programs, prize fields, deadlines and coverage gaps.
Live rows
472184 hackathons, 207 jobs, 81 opportunities
Listed prize fields
$5,255,01899 hackathons expose numeric source-stated prizes
Closing in 7 days
77hackathons with dated deadlines in the next week
Closing in 30 days
155hackathons with dated deadlines in the next month
deadline pressure
What closes soon
| Dataset | Within 7 days | Within 30 days |
|---|---|---|
| Hackathons | 77 | 155 |
| Opportunities | 4 | 15 |
opportunity mix
Grants, bounties and programs
| Type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bounty | 45 | 55.6% |
| Program | 21 | 25.9% |
| Grant | 15 | 18.5% |
category coverage
2026 AI theme coverage
| Theme | Listings | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic AI | 8 | covered | AGENTIC CINEMA: THE BLOCKBUSTER HACKATHON, BSM AGENTIC AI COMPETITION, ALL THINGS AGENTIC HACKATHON |
| AI infra | 0 | gap | No matching public listing tag or title in this snapshot. |
| Security | 1 | partial | HACK AWAY HUNGER: FOOD INSECURITY CHALLENGE |
| Robotics | 1 | partial | GENZ CAN HACK 2026 |
| Healthtech | 5 | covered | UNIVABIO, OPEN ATLAS - AI FOR SOCIAL GOOD HACKATHON 2026, UNIVABIO ($5K+ IN PRIZES!) |
| Climate | 1 | partial | THE RICE UNIVERSITY URBAN SUSTAINABILITY HACKATH |
| Hardware | 4 | covered | VOLTHACKS, KUKI DESIGNED GROUP, DEVNETWORK [API + CLOUD + AI] HACKATHON 2026 |
| Fintech | 2 | covered | RAMPAMBLE, OPEN ATLAS - AI FOR SOCIAL GOOD HACKATHON 2026 |
| Open source | 1 | partial | HACKBLOX AI & OPEN SOURCE HACKATHON |
| Research | 0 | gap | No matching public listing tag or title in this snapshot. |
| Web3 | 26 | covered | CREATIVE MINDS JAM #1: HONG KONG, ONE HACK: 8 HOURS WEB3 HACKATHON, NEW YORK 2025 |
| Data competitions | 5 | covered | AGENTIC CINEMA: THE BLOCKBUSTER HACKATHON, DIVE 2026, THE RICE UNIVERSITY URBAN SUSTAINABILITY HACKATH |
job geography
AI job region split
| Region | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Remote or global | 68 | 32.9% |
| India | 62 | 30% |
| United States | 46 | 22.2% |
| Other or mixed | 18 | 8.7% |
| Europe or EMEA | 8 | 3.9% |
| Asia, non-India | 3 | 1.4% |
| Canada | 2 | 1% |
work mode
| Mode | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| On-site | 126 | 60.9% |
| Remote | 68 | 32.9% |
| Hybrid | 13 | 6.3% |
methodology and downloads
How to cite this page
Stable URL: https://tensorhack.com/reports/ai-builder-opportunity-index. Generated from the same repo-layer read paths that power the live TensorHack boards. Last generated: Aug 18, 2026, 12:08 PM UTC.
- Counts are live rows returned by `getHackathons`, `getJobs` and `getOpportunities` from `lib/repo.ts`.
- Prize total sums positive numeric hackathon prize fields only. It does not verify payout timing, eligibility or non-cash credits.
- Closing windows count dated deadlines from today through day 7 or day 30. Rolling or unknown opportunity deadlines are not forced into a date.
- Category coverage matches public tags and titles against visible 2026 AI themes from the July competitor audit.
- Job regions are deterministic buckets from public location strings and work mode labels, with remote/global checked before country buckets.