Agentic AI Hackathon: AWS Community Day Bay Area 2026
Agentic AI Hackathon at AWS Community Day Bay Area 2026
Build an agent that does real work on AWS. Two weeks. One track. Eight teams demo live on stage at AWS Community Day in front of 500+ builders. Up to $3,200 in AWS credits for the winners.
How it works
Register here by September 28. Every team member registers individually on this page and enters the same team name.
Build from September 29 to October 11. The top 8 submissions get a 5-minute live demo slot on October 13 at the AWS Builder Loft in San Francisco, judged on the spot, with winners announced at the closing session.
Who should join
Anyone building with Bedrock, Bedrock AgentCore, Strands Agents SDK, SageMaker, or any other AWS AI service. Teams of 2 to 4. Solo builders welcome; register anyway and we'll match you with a team before September 29.
The rules in brief
Work starts September 29, not before
At least two AWS services, one of them an AI service
Public GitHub repo, MIT or Apache 2.0 license
No production data, PHI, or PII
You keep your IP
Submit by October 11, 11:59 PM PT: public repo, 3-minute demo video, one-page writeup. Submission link goes out in the September 29 start announcement.
Judging: technical depth (30%), real-world usefulness (25%), responsible AI (20%), demo and communication (15%), completeness (10%). Judges score all submissions asynchronously on October 12, then re-score the 8 finalists live.
Prizes: 1st place gets $500 in AWS credits per team member (up to 4). 2nd place gets $300 per team member (up to 4). All 8 finalists get their demo featured on the AWS Community Bay Area YouTube channel.
Full participant guide: https://www.aws-aicd.com/hackathon/
Questions: Post in the Event Chat (you're added when you register) or use Contact the Host for anything private. Reply target is 24 hours.
You must also be registered for AWS Community Day at https://events.builder.aws.com/mevA9Z and present in person on October 13.
Hosted by AWS User Group Bay Area.