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Aug 7, 2026

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Zerops Challenge — Aug 8–9 2026; submit Sun Aug 9 — MacBook Neo + Logitech MX Master 3 + $5k Zerops credits — remote (solo-only) — India-friendly 48h ship-on-Zerops; any stack + agent/ZCP path — wemakedevs.org/hackathons/zerops

IBM Bob 2.0 hackathon — Sep 25–27 2026; submit end of weekend — $10k ($5k/$3k/$2k) — remote — second IBM Bob AI-coding event; challenge tracks still TBA — lablab.ai/ai-hackathons/ibm-bob-2-hackathon

Monad Blitz Belgrade — one-day Aug 22 2026 — up to $2k — in-person (Tenderly office, Belgrade) — low fit for remote India solo — x.com/monad_dev/status/2085403180398260695

Sweep notes

  • Tracked deadlines re-checked: Push to Prod (Aug 8), BasePaint (Aug 8), Arc (Aug 9), Cleanverse (Aug 9), Solana Blitz V7 (Aug 9), DataHub (Aug 10), Celo (Aug 10 GMT), Adaption Part 2 (Aug 10) — no changes. Raingentic still NYC IRL weekend; Sarvam page sparse.
  • Major labs (OpenAI/Anthropic/Google/xAI): no new open challenge in the 24h window; OpenAI Build Week already ended.
  • Encode / ETHGlobal / Akindo / Dora / Devpost: no other material new remote crypto/AI pools beyond the three above (overlap with known list).