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New HACKATHONS to help students advance their skills

By Jessica

Devpost has a few new hackathons underway, open to a variety of skill levels and interests. 

These hackathons provide a great opportunity to build impactful solutions, learn new technologies, and get a shot at a pretty amazing prize pool.

AWS Graviton Hackathon

  • GOAL: Build or migrate an application to Amazon EC2 instances powered by Arm-based AWS Graviton2 processors.
  • PRIZES: $50,000 in prizes
  • DEADLINE: Oct 13, 2021 5:00pm EDT
  • THEMES: Enterprise, Gaming, Machine Learning/AI
  • DETAILS + REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/awsgravitonU 

IGNITION | A Global Solana Hackathon

  • GOAL: Build software using Solana Blockchain that fits in one of the below categories. (DeFi, Web3, Gaming, Digital Art/Collectibles).
  • PRIZES: $5,000,000 in prizes
  • DEADLINE: October 15 11:45PM PDT
  • THEMES: Blockchain
  • DETAILS + REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/solana21U 

PyTorch Annual Hackathon 2021

  • GOAL: Build a project using PyTorch in one of the three categories: PyTorch Responsible AI Development Tools & Libraries, Web and Mobile Applications powered by PyTorch, PyTorch Developer Tools & Libraries
  • PRIZES: $39,000 in prizes
  • DEADLINE: Nov 3, 2021 5:00pm EDT
  • THEMES: Machine Learning/AI
  • DETAILS + REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/PyTorch21U 

Please feel free to reach out to cassie@devpost.com with any questions.

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