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Opportunities for Students - Build for Top Companies using the Latest Tech

By Jessica

Devpost recently launched a new batch of exciting challenges! From cryptocurrency to Alexa skills, open source and gaming on Twitch, there are so many opportunities to come up with awesome and innovative solutions! They are all virtual hackathons and no cost to enter, with cash and prizes on the line. Not only is this a chance for participants to learn and improve skills, but also to connect with the developer community and potentially win some prizes! 

Twitch Dev Jam 2019 


 -Goal: Build game-matched Twitch Extensions that bring more game content, better functionality, and tailored interactivity to some of our favorite games.
- Prizes: over $60,000 in cash prizes
- Deadline: October 22, 2019
- Registration: twitchdevjam.devpost.com

Kin Crypto Challenge
- Goal: Build or integrate your app with at least one social feature using the Kin SDK and allow user-to-user earning and spending of Kin.
- Prizes: $75,000 in cash prizes + a chance to earn Kin
- Deadline: October 14, 2019
- Registration: kinchallenge.devpost.com

Alexa Skills Challenge: In-Skills Purchasing
- Goal: Build (or update) and publish a skill that integrates In-Skill Purchasing. Note: Skills must be published in at least one of the Skill Stores that currently support ISP: US, UK, DE, and JP.
- Prizes: over $120,000 in cash prizes (including a participation prize)
- Deadline: November 12, 2019
- Registration: alexaisp.devpost.com

Red Hat ReBoot CX Hackathon 
- Goal: Use the power of Red Hat’s open source technology to ReBoot Customer Experience with the app, service, frameworks or programming languages of your choice.
- Prizes: €29,500 in prizes including passes to the Red Hat Summit 2020
- Deadline: October 31st at 13:00 CET (8:00am EDT)
- Registration: redhat.devpost.com

Kyber DeFi Hackathon 
- Goal:  Build (or update) a functioning decentralized app or platform that integrates the Kyber Protocol to power instant and secure token exchange. 
- Prizes: up to $35,000 in cash prizes
- Deadline: October 21, 2019
- Registration: kyber.devpost.com

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