README.md

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<div class="who">
<span><span class="caps">Hosted by</span> &nbsp;<b style="color:#f6efe1; font-family:Georgia,serif;">Gradio</b> · <b style="color:#f6efe1; font-family:Georgia,serif;">Hugging Face</b></span>
<span><span class="caps">Sponsored by</span> &nbsp;<span class="mono" style="color:#f6efe1; opacity:0.7;">[ coming soon ]</span>
<span><span class="caps">Cash Prizes</span> &nbsp;<span class="mono" style="color:#f6efe1; opacity:0.7;"><b>$15k</b></span></span>
</div>
<div class="dates"><b>May 29</b> – <b>June 8, 2026</b></div>
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<header class="header">
<div class="title-row">
<div style="flex:1; min-width: 0;">
<div class="eyebrow caps"><span class="dingbat">✦</span> The Build Small Hackathon <span class="dingbat">✦</span></div>
<h1 style="margin-top: 10px;">Making AI <em>Fun</em><br>Again.</h1>
</div>
<div class="seal" aria-hidden="true">
<div class="seal-inner">Build<br>Small<br>·<br>2026</div>
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<section class="section no-rule intro">
<div class="section-label caps"><span class="ornament">❋</span> Chapter Zero — Why this exists</div>
<p class="lede">The pace of AI over the last year has been anxiety-inducing. Labs release larger and larger models that do more of the things that make us feel human — writing, drawing, speaking, coding. No wonder more than half of us think the risks of AI outweigh the benefits.</p>
<div class="pull">We're sponsoring a hackathon to take things back to how they felt in 2021 — when models were small enough to tinker with, and the vibe was fun and hopeful about how this technology could improve our lives.</div>
<p style="margin-top: 14px;">This hackathon is different. Rather than using a giant LLM to ship yet another B2B SaaS, we want you to <b>think small</b>. Armed with only <b>32 billion parameters</b>, solve a problem someone you know is facing — or build something whimsical.</p>
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<div class="section-label caps"><span class="ornament">❋</span> Two Tracks · Pick your trail</div>
<h2>Choose your own adventure.</h2>

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<div class="track">
<span class="chap">Chapter One</span>
<div class="ico">🏡</div>
<h3>Backyard AI</h3>
<p>Solve a real problem for someone you actually know. Pick a person — a neighbor, a parent, a small-business owner on your street — and build something that makes their day measurably better.</p>
<div class="judged">
<span class="caps">Judged on</span>
<ul>
<li>Problem is specific and real</li>
<li>The person actually <em>used it</em></li>
<li>Honest fit between problem and the small-model constraint</li>
<li>Polish of the Gradio app</li>
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<span class="chap">Chapter Two</span>
<div class="ico">🍄</div>
<h3>An Adventure in Thousand&nbsp;Token Wood</h3>
<p>Build something delightful that wouldn't exist without AI. Wander somewhere weirder. A toy, a tiny game, a strange interactive story, an art experiment that surprises you. The AI should be doing the fun thing — not just helping you build it. Strange is good. Joyful is the bar.</p>
<div class="judged">
<span class="caps">Judged on</span>
<ul>
<li>Genuinely delightful (would you show a friend?)</li>
<li>AI is load-bearing for the experience</li>
<li>Originality of concept</li>
<li>Polish of the Gradio app</li>
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<div class="section-label caps"><span class="ornament">❋</span> The Constraints — Three rules of the trail</div>
<h2>Pack light.</h2>

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<div class="num">1</div>
<h3>Small Models Only</h3>
<p>Total parameters must be <b>≤ 32 billion</b>. The model fits on a laptop. So should your ambition.</p>
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<div class="num">2</div>
<h3>Built on Gradio</h3>
<p>Your app must be a <b>Gradio app</b>, hosted as a <b>Hugging Face Space</b>. That's the canvas.</p>
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<div class="num">3</div>
<h3>Show, Don't Tell</h3>
<p>A short <b>demo video</b> and a <b>social-media post</b> are part of the submission. Make it sing.</p>
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<div class="section-label caps"><span class="ornament">❋</span> Bonus Quests · Six earnable merit badges</div>
<h2>Stack 'em on your sash.</h2>
<p class="lede" style="margin-top: 6px;">None required. Each one grants extra points for your submission. Hover a patch to see it lift.</p>

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<div class="patch sun">🔌</div>
<div class="meta">
  <div class="name">Off the Grid</div>
  <div class="desc">No cloud APIs. The whole thing runs on the model in front of you.</div>
  <span class="tag">Local-first</span>
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<div class="patch moss">🎯</div>
<div class="meta">
  <div class="name">Well-Tuned</div>
  <div class="desc">Your app uses a fine-tuned model you've published on Hugging Face.</div>
  <span class="tag">Fine-tuned</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="badge">
<div class="patch rust">🎨</div>
<div class="meta">
  <div class="name">Off-Brand</div>
  <div class="desc">A custom frontend that pushes past the default Gradio look.</div>
  <span class="tag">Custom UI</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="badge">
<div class="patch copper">🦙</div>
<div class="meta">
  <div class="name">Llama Champion</div>
  <div class="desc">Your model runs through the llama.cpp runtime.</div>
  <span class="tag">llama.cpp</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="badge">
<div class="patch cream">📡</div>
<div class="meta">
  <div class="name">Sharing is Caring</div>
  <div class="desc">You shared your agent trace on the Hub for everyone to learn from.</div>
  <span class="tag">Open trace</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="badge">
<div class="patch olive">📓</div>
<div class="meta">
  <div class="name">Field Notes</div>
  <div class="desc">You wrote a blog post or report about what you built and what you learned.</div>
  <span class="tag tentative">Tentative</span>
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</div>
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<div class="section-label caps"><span class="ornament">❋</span> How to Participate</div>
<h2>Four steps. No application. No waitlist.</h2>

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<div class="n">I</div>
<div class="body">
<div class="name">Register</div>
<div class="desc">Join this org on Hugging Face. <a href="https://huggingface.co/spaces/build-small-hackathon/registration"><span>Register on the app.</span></a></div>
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<div class="row">
<div class="n">II</div>
<div class="body">
<div class="name">Find your people</div>
<div class="desc">Hop into the Gradio Discord. AMAs. Connect with Gradio and HF folks. Potential teammates live there.</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="n">III</div>
<div class="body">
<div class="name">Build &amp; ship</div>
<div class="desc">Build your Gradio app and host it as a Space under this org.</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="n">IV</div>
<div class="body">
<div class="name">Submit</div>
<div class="desc">Drop your Space link, a short demo video, and a social post by the deadline.</div>
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<div class="section-label caps"><span class="ornament">❋</span> How to Get Started · Tools for the trail</div>
<h2>Useful trailheads.</h2>
<div class="resources">
<a href="https://github.com/huggingface/ml-intern"><span>📓 &nbsp;ML Intern</span><span class="arr">→</span></a>
<a href="https://www.gradio.app/guides/quickstart"><span>📚 &nbsp;Gradio Guides</span><span class="arr">→</span></a>
<a href="https://huggingface.co/blog/introducing-gradio-server"><span>🛠 &nbsp;Gradio's gr.Server — fully custom UIs</span><span class="arr">→</span></a>
<a href="https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp"><span>🦙 &nbsp;Getting Started with Llama.cpp</span><span class="arr">→</span></a>
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</section>

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<div class="section-label caps"><span class="ornament">❋</span> Timeline · A hand-drawn map</div>
<h2>Two weekends in the woods.</h2>

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<div class="map-head">
<span class="caps muted">Trail map</span>
<span class="compass" aria-hidden="true">✦ N ✦</span>
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<div class="stop">
<div class="pin">I</div>
<div class="when">May 07, 2026</div>
<div class="what"><b>Registration opens.</b><span class="note">Sign up, join Discord, start sketching.</span></div>
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<div class="stop">
<div class="pin">II</div>
<div class="when">May 29, 2026</div>
<div class="what"><b>Hack window begins.</b><span class="note">Two weekends to build, ship, and demo.</span></div>
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<div class="stop">
<div class="pin">III</div>
<div class="when">Mid-window</div>
<div class="what"><b>Live AMA.</b><span class="note">Ask the sponsors and Gradio team anything.</span></div>
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<div class="stop">
<div class="pin">IV</div>
<div class="when">June 8, 2026</div>
<div class="what"><b>Submissions close.</b><span class="note">Space, demo video, social post locked in.</span></div>
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<div class="stop">
<div class="pin">V</div>
<div class="when">[date TBD]</div>
<div class="what"><b>Winners announced.</b><span class="note">Per track, plus bonus-quest leaderboard.</span></div>
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<h2>Build something <em>small</em>.</h2>
<p>Two weekends. Two tracks. The model on your laptop. The neighbor next door.</p>
<a href="https://huggingface.co/spaces/build-small-hackathon/registration" class="button">→ &nbsp; Register on Hugging Face &nbsp; ←</a>
<p class="registration_info" style="color: rgba(255,255,255,0.65);">
  Registrations are open till May 27!
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<div class="links">
<a href="https://discord.gg/YHECTft87Z">Join the community on Discord</a> · <a href="https://www.gradio.app/docs">Gradio docs</a>
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