NVIDIA DGX Spark Frontier Hackathon
AITX Community is excited to partner with NVIDIA, ASUS, and Arm to bring the DGX Spark Frontier Hackathon to Austin.
With our supporting sponsors: AutoHDR, webAI, GlĪd, and Symby AI
The future of AI belongs to engineers who can move from silicon to systems to software. This Hackathon brings together the strongest frontier builders and engineers in Texas to push the boundaries of what’s possible on next-generation NVIDIA compute — powered by ASUS Ascent GX10 units configured with NVIDIA’s DGX Spark architecture leveraging power-efficient Arm CPU cores.
All teams will receive access to ASUS Ascent GX10 units featuring Arm-based and NVIDIA DGX Spark compute.
Hardware Sponsor: ASUS
Compute Architecture: NVIDIA DGX Spark + Arm Compute Platform
Over the weekend, 25 teams will work hands-on with ASUS Ascent GX10 hardware, curated datasets, and open-ended Build Challenges provided by NVIDIA, ASUS, and local partner companies. There will be prize packages for each Challenge winner as well as the overall Best Build.
This is a team-based Hackathon. Full team applications will be prioritized over individual applications. Minimum team size is 2 and maximum team size is 5. If you apply as an individual, we'll try our best to match you into a team, and you'll be required to compete with the team we match you with if accepted. We highly encourage you to form and apply as a team.
With Support From
Austin’s fastest-growing AI startup, AutoHDR, is giving $5K cash prize to the winner(s) of thier challange. No hardware or prior ML experience required. AutoHDR edits 1 in 10 U.S. real estate listings using AI. They scaled from $0 to $8M ARR in under one year, and now they’re looking for the next wave of talent to join them- people with creativity, grit, and willingness to build. https://www.autohdr.com/
webAI builds, deploys, and operates custom AI on your local infrastructure with low latency, full ownership, and predictable costs.
Glīd
Glīd is on a mission to innovate the transportation sector by developing autonomous road-to-rail solutions that enhance efficiency and safety. They aim to address the challenges faced by marginalized communities affected by transportation systems, striving for a greener future and improved railway infrastructure.
Companies
If you are interested in sponsoring a Challenge or getting hackers building on your infrastructure, please reach out to [email protected]
Find a team
If you applied and are still looking for a team, you can join the AITX Community discord and head to the channel called "🤝│find-a-team" to meet other people and form one.
Channel Invite Link: https://discord.gg/NPMVSHFGtr
Resources to get started
Event Hardware — Provided On-Site
All teams will receive access to ASUS Ascent GX10 units featuring NVIDIA DGX Spark compute. These systems will serve as the primary hardware platform throughout the hackathon for model training, multi-agent simulation, RAG pipelines, GPU data engineering tasks, and more.
Hardware Sponsor: ASUS
Compute Architecture: NVIDIA DGX Spark
Build Challenge Previews - more to come!
LINL TO BUILD CHALLENGES & JUDGING CRITERIA
*These are subject to modification up until the hackathon