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BUILD SMALL HACKATHON · 2026 · PRIZE LEDGERHF · build-small-hackathon

The prize ledger.

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Two size tracks, sponsor prizes from OpenBMB, NVIDIA, OpenAI and Hugging Face, and six special awards — logged here with every placement and prize.

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Two size tracks, sponsor prizes from OpenBMB, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Modal and Hugging Face, and six special awards — logged here with every placement and prize.

23winners
2size tracks
946apps built
817builders
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OpenBMB Prize — Thousand-Token Wood

sponsor prize · OpenBMB
No.04
1ST$2,500Grandpa's Bedtime Stories screenshot
Grandpa's Bedtime Stories★ 6

A WebXR bedtime storybook

by @tyressk
2ND$1,500Aether Garden screenshot
Aether Garden★ 46

A living storybook that grows new tales, one chapter at a time.

by @kavyabhand
3RD$1,000Tianwen screenshot
Tianwen★ 2

A small-model oracle for your biggest questions.

by @liuyd-dev

Special Awards

six builds the judges singled out
No.05
Bonus Quest Champion$2,000Sangue e Grafi screenshot
Bonus Quest Champion
Sangue e Grafi★ 16

Small-model agents put head-to-head on knowledge-graph tasks.

by @cyberandy
Tiny Titan Award$1,500Thousand-Token Theater screenshot
Tiny Titan Award
Thousand-Token Theater★ 3

MiniCPM improv troupe with a hard 1,000-token memory

by @HIMANSHUKUMARJHA
Off-Brand Award$1,500LoFinity screenshot
Off-Brand Award
LoFinity★ 7

A vending machine app that generates endless lofi beats

by @eloigil6
Judges' Wildcard$1,000The Mind of Tashi screenshot
Judges' Wildcard
The Mind of Tashi★ 10

A reflective, small-model character you can sit with.

by @Mandark-droid
Best Agent$1,000Eyas screenshot
Best Agent
Eyas★ 8

AI Security Camera Agent

by @JavRedstone
Best Demo$1,000Forgotten Lily screenshot
Best Demo
Forgotten Lily★ 1

A mystery told in tones. Learn Lily's language.

by @SucksToBeAnik
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NVIDIA Nemotron Quest

sponsor prize · one physical GPU for the standout Nemotron build
No.06
WinnerRTX 5080 GPUFigment screenshot
Winner
Figment★ 1

Offline protocol support for field clinics and disaster response.

by @ThomsenDrake
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OpenAI Codex Track

sponsor prize · OpenAI's own podium across all submissions
No.07
1ST$5,000Tiny Narrator screenshot
Tiny Narrator★ 11

An accessible AI screen reader with image understanding and narration.

by @yusufpraditya
2ND$3,000Blood Test Explainer screenshot
Blood Test Explainer★ 5

Private, offline blood-test interpretation using a fine-tuned 1.3B model.

by @r0m4k
3RD$2,000Uta Sensei screenshot
Uta Sensei★ 5

A local AI tutor that teaches Japanese through music.

by @mclpio
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Community Awards

chosen by the community & sponsors
No.08
Community Prize · Hugging Face$2,000PitchFight AI screenshot
Community Prize · Hugging Face
PitchFight AI★ 174

An AI founder pressure arena for practicing startup pitches.

by @Aspectgg
Community Choice · NVIDIARTX GPUSmall Talk screenshot
Community Choice · NVIDIA
Small Talk★ 131

An AI-to-AI robot podcast hosted by Reachy Minis

by @GauravGosain
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Still being decided

winners announced next week
3 PENDING

Three more prizes — the Modal podium — are still being judged. 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
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OpenAI Codex Track

sponsor prize · OpenAI's own podium across all submissions
No.07
1ST$5,000Tiny Narrator screenshot
Tiny Narrator★ 11

An accessible AI screen reader with image understanding and narration.

by @yusufpraditya
2ND$3,000Blood Test Explainer screenshot
Blood Test Explainer★ 5

Private, offline blood-test interpretation using a fine-tuned 1.3B model.

by @r0m4k
3RD$2,000Uta Sensei screenshot
Uta Sensei★ 5

A local AI tutor that teaches Japanese through music.

by @mclpio
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Modal Awards

sponsor prize · $20,000 in Modal credits for the top Modal-powered apps
No.08
1ST$10,000 creditsParry screenshot
Parry★ 3

Duel a 1.5B model running entirely in your browser — it learns your habits mid-fight and adapts.

by @Jainamshahhh
2ND$7,000 creditsYou Are A Bug screenshot
You Are A Bug★ 2

A bug-life TTRPG where a fine-tuned Qwen3-8B is your dungeon master, handling stats, HP and dice.

by @jnalv
3RD$3,000 creditsSmall-Talk screenshot
Small-Talk★ 136

Two Reachy Mini robots host a live podcast about small models, with five bickering personalities.

by @GauravGosain
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Community Awards

chosen by the community & sponsors
No.09
Community Prize · Hugging Face$2,000PitchFight AI screenshot
Community Prize · Hugging Face
PitchFight AI★ 174

An AI founder pressure arena for practicing startup pitches.

by @Aspectgg
Community Choice · NVIDIARTX GPUSmall Talk screenshot
Community Choice · NVIDIA
Small Talk★ 131

An AI-to-AI robot podcast hosted by Reachy Minis

by @GauravGosain
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