BUILD SMALL HACKATHON · 2026 · PRIZE LEDGERHF · build-small-hackathon
The prize ledger.
Two size tracks, sponsor prizes from OpenBMB, NVIDIA and Hugging Face, and six special awards — logged here with every placement and prize.
23winners
2size tracks
946apps built
817builders
🏡No.01
Backyard AI — Track
the flagship track · most polished, useful builds
🍄No.02
Thousand-Token Wood — Track
the featherweight track · big ideas on a tiny token budget
🐼No.03
OpenBMB Prize — Backyard AI
sponsor prize · OpenBMB
🐼No.04
OpenBMB Prize — Thousand-Token Wood
sponsor prize · OpenBMB
✨No.05
Special Awards
six builds the judges singled out
🖥️No.06
NVIDIA Nemotron Quest
sponsor prize · one physical GPU for the standout Nemotron build
💛No.07
Community Awards
chosen by the community & sponsors
⏳6 PENDING
Still being decided
winners announced next week
Six more prizes, across two sponsor programs, are still being judged — the Modal and OpenAI podiums. We'll stamp the winners into the ledger next week.
To be announced
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Modal Awards
$20,000 in Modal credits for the top Modal-powered apps.
- 1st First Place$10,000 credits
- 2nd Second Place$7,000 credits
- 3rd Third Place$3,000 credits
To be announced
🌀
OpenAI Track
$10,000 total — OpenAI's own podium across all submissions.
- 1st First Place$5,000
- 2nd Second Place$3,000
- 3rd Third Place$2,000