Merge pull request #62 from RECTOR-LABS/feat/hackathon-radar

feat: June 2026 Hackathon Radar — interactive journal post (draft)

Author: rz1989s

content/journal/june-2026-hackathon-radar.md

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+title: "June 2026 Hackathon Radar — 22, Verified"
+slug: june-2026-hackathon-radar
+date: 2026-06-05
+summary: "A point-in-time, individually-verified snapshot of 22 June 2026 hackathons — AI agents, Solana, security — with deadlines, fit, and the errors the viral tier list got wrong."
+tags: [hackathons, ai-agents, solana, security]
+draft: false
+---
+
+A viral "June 2026 Hackathon Tier List" made the rounds, so I did the boring part: opened all 22, read each page, and checked the dates and prizes myself. The table below is what survived that pass — sortable, filterable, and stamped **as of June 4, 2026** (deadlines move; treat this as a snapshot, not a live feed).
+
+By default it shows the **enterable** ones (open or upcoming). Flip "Show closed/dead" to see the rest, and the corrections box at the bottom lists what the original list got wrong.
+
+<!--RADAR-->
+
+## How to read the fit column
+
+"Fit" is a neutral relevance score for a builder working in **AI agents, security, and Solana** — 🎯🎯🎯 means it sits squarely in that lane, ➖ means it's off it. It's a lens, not a verdict; a $2M XPRIZE is still a $2M XPRIZE regardless of how many targets it has.
+
+## What jumped out
+
+- **The deadlines cluster.** Three of the strongest land on June 15 — worth planning around if you only have one build in you.
+- **"Headline prize" ≠ "cash."** A couple of the biggest numbers are mostly software credits or whole-program totals; the corrections box untangles those.
+- **Verify before you commit.** Four entries on the original list were already closed or didn't exist. A tier list is a starting point, not a source of truth.
+
+*Source: the original tier list by [@kenn_ronin](https://x.com/kenn_ronin/status/2062254584228389286). All deadlines/prizes re-checked against each hackathon's own page on June 4, 2026.*

data/hackathons.yml

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+# June 2026 Hackathon Radar — single source of truth.
+# Snapshot verified 2026-06-04 against each hackathon's live page.
+asOf: "2026-06-04"
+source:
+  label: "@kenn_ronin — June 2026 Hackathon Tier List"
+  url: "https://x.com/kenn_ronin/status/2062254584228389286"
+hackathons:
+  - name: "Somnia Agentathon"
+    prize: "$5,000"
+    prizeValue: 5000
+    deadlineLabel: "Jun 11, 5:00pm BST"
+    deadlineWIB: "Jun 11, 11:00pm"
+    deadlineSort: "2026-06-11T16:00:00Z"
+    fit: 1
+    location: "Remote"
+    theme: "Onchain AI agents (Somnia L1)"
+    status: "open"
+    link: "https://www.encodeclub.com/programmes/agentathon"
+    platform: "Encode Club"
+    eligibility: "Open; apply via Encode Club; teams allowed"
+    about: "A 3-week builder programme for agent-native apps on Somnia's new Agentic L1 (EVM-style); judged on autonomy and real-world utility, and doubles as a hiring funnel."
+    correction: null
+  - name: "Google Cloud Rapid Agent"
+    prize: "$60,000"
+    prizeValue: 60000
+    deadlineLabel: "Jun 11, 2:00pm PDT"
+    deadlineWIB: "Jun 12, 4:00am"
+    deadlineSort: "2026-06-11T21:00:00Z"
+    fit: 2
+    location: "Remote"
+    theme: "Autonomous agents + MCP"
+    status: "open"
+    link: "https://rapid-agent.devpost.com"
+    platform: "Devpost"
+    eligibility: "All levels; legal age; some countries excluded"
+    about: "Build an autonomous agent with Gemini + Google Cloud Agent Builder that integrates one partner's MCP server; you compete within your chosen partner bucket."
+    correction: "Tier list said $50K; the live page shows $60K (six partner buckets), and June 11 is the deadline, not the start date."
+  - name: "Arbitrum Open House (Buildathon)"
+    prize: "$115,000"
+    prizeValue: 115000
+    deadlineLabel: "~Jun 14 (register by ~Jun 12)"
+    deadlineWIB: "—"
+    deadlineSort: "2026-06-14T12:00:00Z"
+    fit: 0
+    location: "Hybrid"
+    theme: "Onchain apps (Arbitrum/EVM)"
+    status: "open"
+    link: "https://arbitrum-london.hackquest.io"
+    platform: "HackQuest"
+    eligibility: "Open global; register by ~Jun 12"
+    about: "A 3-week online buildathon to go idea-to-launch on Arbitrum, with an Agentic AI track; strong projects can apply to the separate in-person London Founder House."
+    correction: "The '$415K' figure is the whole Open House program; this online Buildathon is $115K, and the in-person Founder House (Jul 10–12) is separate."
+  - name: "ETHGlobal New York"
+    prize: "$200,000+"
+    prizeValue: 200000
+    deadlineLabel: "Jun 14 (apply by Jun 10 ET)"
+    deadlineWIB: "—"
+    deadlineSort: "2026-06-14T16:00:00Z"
+    fit: 0
+    location: "On-site"
+    theme: "Ethereum / onchain"
+    status: "upcoming"
+    link: "https://ethglobal.com/events/newyork2026"
+    platform: "ETHGlobal"
+    eligibility: "Apply + get approved; teams 1–5; in-person NYC; visa letter available"
+    about: "ETHGlobal's flagship 36-hour in-person NYC hackathon (Jun 12–14); new for 2026 you may extend an existing repo instead of starting from scratch."
+    correction: null
+  - name: "Mantle Turing Test"
+    prize: "$100,000"
+    prizeValue: 100000
+    deadlineLabel: "Jun 15, 15:59 UTC"
+    deadlineWIB: "Jun 15, 10:59pm"
+    deadlineSort: "2026-06-15T15:59:00Z"
+    fit: 1
+    location: "Remote"
+    theme: "Agents on Mantle (EVM)"
+    status: "open"
+    link: "https://dorahacks.io/hackathon/mantleturingtesthackathon2026"
+    platform: "DoraHacks"
+    eligibility: "Open global AI hackathon"
+    about: "A two-phase 'Human vs AI' competition benchmarking agents on-chain (decisions recorded on Mantle, ERC-8004 agent identities); six tracks spanning DevTools, agentic wallets and consumer dApps."
+    correction: "Tier list said $100K; it's $120K total ($100K is the current Phase 2). Deadline is Jun 15, 15:59 UTC."
+  - name: "Splunk Agentic Ops"
+    prize: "$20,000"
+    prizeValue: 20000
+    deadlineLabel: "Jun 15, 12:00pm EDT"
+    deadlineWIB: "Jun 15, 11:00pm"
+    deadlineSort: "2026-06-15T16:00:00Z"
+    fit: 2
+    location: "Remote"
+    theme: "Agentic ops — Security + MCP"
+    status: "open"
+    link: "https://splunk.devpost.com"
+    platform: "Devpost"
+    eligibility: "Open most countries; free Splunk dev license"
+    about: "Build AI agents for observability, security or developer experience on Splunk; a dedicated Security track plus bonus prizes for the Splunk MCP Server and hosted models."
+    correction: null
+  - name: "FIND EVIL! (SANS)"
+    prize: "$22,000+"
+    prizeValue: 22000
+    deadlineLabel: "Jun 15, 11:45pm EDT"
+    deadlineWIB: "Jun 16, 10:45am"
+    deadlineSort: "2026-06-16T03:45:00Z"
+    fit: 3
+    location: "Remote"
+    theme: "Security + AI agent (Claude Code)"
+    status: "open"
+    link: "https://findevil.devpost.com"
+    platform: "Devpost"
+    eligibility: "Open all countries; age of majority; solo or team ≤5"
+    about: "Turn SANS' Protocol SIFT into a fully autonomous incident-response agent (built with Claude Code, OpenClaw, a custom MCP server or a multi-agent framework) that triages disk/memory/log/network evidence at machine speed."
+    correction: null
+  - name: "Band of Agents"
+    prize: "$10,000+"
+    prizeValue: 10000
+    deadlineLabel: "Jun 19, 10:00pm WIB"
+    deadlineWIB: "Jun 19, 10:00pm"
+    deadlineSort: "2026-06-19T15:00:00Z"
+    fit: 2
+    location: "Remote"
+    theme: "Multi-agent orchestration"
+    status: "upcoming"
+    link: "https://lablab.ai/ai-hackathons/band-of-agents-hackathon"
+    platform: "lablab.ai"
+    eligibility: "Open to all; MIT-licensed original work; kickoff Jun 12"
+    about: "Build a cross-framework system where at least three agents collaborate through 'Band' (plan, execute, review, hand off) on a real enterprise workflow."
+    correction: null
+  - name: "World Product Day"
+    prize: "$10,000"
+    prizeValue: 10000
+    deadlineLabel: "Jun 20, 5:00pm GMT"
+    deadlineWIB: "Jun 21, 12:00am"
+    deadlineSort: "2026-06-20T17:00:00Z"
+    fit: 0
+    location: "Remote"
+    theme: "Ship-any-product (PM)"
+    status: "open"
+    link: "https://mindtheproduct.devpost.com"
+    platform: "Devpost"
+    eligibility: "Open; project must be new (started on/after May 20)"
+    about: "An 'Everyone Ships Now' sprint to build any new product in ~a month with the AI tool of your choice; mandatory Novus.ai install for prize eligibility."
+    correction: null
+  - name: "qvac Edge AI (Tether)"
+    prize: "$21,000"
+    prizeValue: 21000
+    deadlineLabel: "Jun 21, 23:59 UTC"
+    deadlineWIB: "Jun 22, 6:59am"
+    deadlineSort: "2026-06-21T23:59:00Z"
+    fit: 1
+    location: "Remote"
+    theme: "Edge / on-device AI"
+    status: "open"
+    link: "https://dorahacks.io/hackathon/qvac-unleach-edge-ai-i/detail"
+    platform: "DoraHacks"
+    eligibility: "Open; must use the QVAC SDK; MIT/Apache OSS; bring your own hardware"
+    about: "Tether's first QVAC hackathon: build apps that run entirely on consumer hardware with zero cloud, using the QVAC SDK for on-device inference, RAG and P2P model sharing."
+    correction: null
+  - name: "UiPath AgentHack"
+    prize: "$48,000"
+    prizeValue: 48000
+    deadlineLabel: "Jun 29, 11:45pm PDT"
+    deadlineWIB: "Jun 30, 1:45pm"
+    deadlineSort: "2026-06-30T06:45:00Z"
+    fit: 0
+    location: "Remote"
+    theme: "Enterprise RPA agents"
+    status: "open"
+    link: "https://uipath-agenthack.devpost.com"
+    platform: "Devpost"
+    eligibility: "Open; teams 1–4; UiPath Labs access"
+    about: "Build production-grade agentic automations on the UiPath Platform across three tracks (Maestro Case, Maestro BPMN, Test Cloud); bonus points for building with coding agents."
+    correction: "Devpost lists $50K; UiPath's own materials state $48K."
+  - name: "UXmaxx"
+    prize: "$15,000+"
+    prizeValue: 15000
+    deadlineLabel: "~late Jul (outline due Jun 29)"
+    deadlineWIB: "—"
+    deadlineSort: "2026-07-20T00:00:00Z"
+    fit: 1
+    location: "Remote"
+    theme: "Crypto UX (Arbitrum/EVM)"
+    status: "upcoming"
+    link: "https://www.encodeclub.com/programmes/uxmaxx-hackathon"
+    platform: "Encode Club"
+    eligibility: "Open; original work; you keep IP; starts Jun 22"
+    about: "Make crypto 'invisible': build consumer apps with seamless chain-abstraction UX (Particle Network Universal Accounts + EIP-7702) on Arbitrum; a 6-week programme with the most runway."
+    correction: null
+  - name: "Build with Gemini XPRIZE"
+    prize: "$2,000,000"
+    prizeValue: 2000000
+    deadlineLabel: "Aug 17, 1:00pm PDT"
+    deadlineWIB: "Aug 18, 3:00am"
+    deadlineSort: "2026-08-17T20:00:00Z"
+    fit: 1
+    location: "Hybrid"
+    theme: "AI-agent business"
+    status: "open"
+    link: "https://xprize.devpost.com"
+    platform: "Devpost"
+    eligibility: "Open, age of majority; some countries excluded; LA finals for finalists"
+    about: "A $2M XPRIZE to launch a real business operated by AI agents — with actual users and revenue — using at least one Google Cloud product; a ~90-day build, not a code sprint."
+    correction: null
+  - name: "HackerNoon Proof of Usefulness"
+    prize: "$150,000+"
+    prizeValue: 150000
+    deadlineLabel: "Jun 5"
+    deadlineWIB: "—"
+    deadlineSort: "2026-06-05T00:00:00Z"
+    fit: 0
+    location: "Remote"
+    theme: "AI / data tooling"
+    status: "open"
+    link: "https://hackernoon.com/buildathon"
+    platform: "HackerNoon"
+    eligibility: "Open; rolling submissions"
+    about: "A rolling buildathon rewarding products with real adoption (API calls, GitHub activity), judged on usefulness rather than pitch decks."
+    correction: "The '$150K+' headline is mostly software credits — only about $20K is cash."
+  - name: "Tatum x Sui Walrus"
+    prize: "$2,000"
+    prizeValue: 2000
+    deadlineLabel: "Jun 6, 17:00 UTC"
+    deadlineWIB: "Jun 7, 12:00am"
+    deadlineSort: "2026-06-06T17:00:00Z"
+    fit: 0
+    location: "Remote"
+    theme: "Sui + Walrus storage"
+    status: "open"
+    link: "https://tatum.io/tatum-x-walrus-hackathon"
+    platform: "Google Form"
+    eligibility: "Open globally; teams 1–3; Tatum API key required"
+    about: "A short sprint to build on Sui with meaningful Walrus decentralized-storage integration; small pool, fast turnaround."
+    correction: null
+  - name: "USAII Global AI"
+    prize: "$15,000"
+    prizeValue: 15000
+    deadlineLabel: "Jun 21 (reg by Jun 6)"
+    deadlineWIB: "—"
+    deadlineSort: "2026-06-21T00:00:00Z"
+    fit: 0
+    location: "Remote"
+    theme: "AI for good (students)"
+    status: "ineligible"
+    link: "https://usaii-global-ai-hackathon-2026.devpost.com"
+    platform: "Devpost"
+    eligibility: "Students only, ages 14+, teams 2–5; mandatory qualifier"
+    about: "A students-only 'AI for good' hackathon across three education tracks, gated behind an AI-readiness qualifier."
+    correction: null
+  - name: "LaunchHacks V"
+    prize: "$17,575"
+    prizeValue: 17575
+    deadlineLabel: "Jun 19–22"
+    deadlineWIB: "—"
+    deadlineSort: "2026-06-19T00:00:00Z"
+    fit: 0
+    location: "Remote"
+    theme: "Student / beginner"
+    status: "ineligible"
+    link: "https://launchhacks-v.devpost.com"
+    platform: "Devpost"
+    eligibility: "Students only; beginner-friendly"
+    about: "A beginner-friendly student hackathon; broad CS/STEM scope with small cash tiers."
+    correction: "Dates are Jun 19–22 (not 20–22); the '$17K' headline is mostly placeholder — real cash tiers are $50–$200."
+  - name: "Microsoft Agent Academy"
+    prize: "$12,000"
+    prizeValue: 12000
+    deadlineLabel: "Jun 2 (closed)"
+    deadlineWIB: "—"
+    deadlineSort: null
+    fit: 0
+    location: "Remote"
+    theme: "Copilot agents"
+    status: "closed"
+    link: "https://microsoft.github.io/agent-academy/events/hackathon"
+    platform: "Microsoft"
+    eligibility: "Open to all, 18+; gift-card payout"
+    about: "A self-paced Copilot agent-building programme across four tracks (paid in Microsoft Store gift cards)."
+    correction: "Already closed — submissions ended June 2."
+  - name: "Sui Overflow 2026"
+    prize: "$1,000,000+"
+    prizeValue: 1000000
+    deadlineLabel: "Closed (winners late Jun)"
+    deadlineWIB: "—"
+    deadlineSort: null
+    fit: 0
+    location: "Remote"
+    theme: "Sui / Move"
+    status: "closed"
+    link: "https://overflow.sui.io"
+    platform: "DeepSurge"
+    eligibility: "Open to all; University track for students"
+    about: "Sui's flagship global hackathon across 11 tracks (Agentic Web, DeFi, infra, Walrus and more)."
+    correction: "Tier list said '$500K+ / June 30'; the real pool is ~$1M+ and submissions already closed — June 30 is the winner announcement."
+  - name: "Casper Agentic Buildathon"
+    prize: "—"
+    prizeValue: 0
+    deadlineLabel: "—"
+    deadlineWIB: "—"
+    deadlineSort: null
+    fit: 0
+    location: "Remote"
+    theme: "(does not exist)"
+    status: "dead"
+    link: null
+    platform: "—"
+    eligibility: "—"
+    about: "No event by this name could be found — the link is dead. The closest real Casper hackathon closed in January 2026."
+    correction: "Doesn't exist: there is no '$150K Casper Agentic Buildathon' closing June 30 — the closest real Casper event closed Jan 2026."
+  - name: "Vara Agents Arena"
+    prize: "$8,000"
+    prizeValue: 8000
+    deadlineLabel: "Closed (froze Jun 2)"
+    deadlineWIB: "—"
+    deadlineSort: null
+    fit: 0
+    location: "Remote"
+    theme: "Vara / Rust agents"
+    status: "closed"
+    link: "https://agents.vara.network/hackathon"
+    platform: "Vara Registry"
+    eligibility: "Open; deploy on Vara Mainnet"
+    about: "An on-chain AI-agent competition deployed to Vara Mainnet across four agent-economy tracks."
+    correction: "Closed — Season 1 froze June 2 and is in judging; the tier list's 'June 6' was wrong."
+  - name: "Poker Arena (devfun x Monad)"
+    prize: "$50,000"
+    prizeValue: 50000
+    deadlineLabel: "Qualifier ~Jun 11"
+    deadlineWIB: "—"
+    deadlineSort: "2026-06-11T00:00:00Z"
+    fit: 0
+    location: "Remote"
+    theme: "Monad — AI poker agent"
+    status: "open"
+    link: "https://x.com/devfun"
+    platform: "dev.fun"
+    eligibility: "Open to all; researcher track invite-only"
+    about: "A staged competition to build an AI agent that plays 6-max no-limit hold'em on Monad, culminating in a human-vs-AI finale."
+    correction: null