The Apify $1M Challenge Hackathon in Prague
💥 Join the Apify $1M Challenge Hackathon! This is your chance to build, deploy, and monetize Actors—serverless cloud programs for web data extraction and automation. The $1M Challenge rewards published Actors with a $1,000,000 prize pool and a clear path to recurring passive income. Form a team or work solo and start building your monetizable tool today!
➡️ What to expect
Hands-on hacking with Apify
Workshop and real-world use cases
Networking
Money and credit prizes, demos, and lots of swag for everyone!
💡 Not sure what Actor to build and how?
Here are some ideas, and here is how to find some more.
Building Actors is easy, you can do it in Node.js, Python, or even shell scripts. Here's a quick start, including instructions on how to use AI coding tools.
🏆 Win $3k+ in prizes on the spot
Best project overall: $1,000 cash + $1,000 Apify credits + $5000 in proxies (by Massive)
Best AI tool or agent: $500 cash + $500 Apify credits $5000 in proxies (by Massive)
Best idea: Special merch + $500 Apify credits $5000 in proxies (by Massive)
+ shot at more prizes as part of the Apify $1M Challenge
📝 Jury
Yaroslav Polyakov, AI at Google
Petr Kovacik, Founding investor
Joseph Fleming, CRO Featherless AI
Dušan Vystrčil, AI Product Manager at Apify
Agenda (9:00 AM –7:30 PM)
9:00 AM – Doors open and breakfast
10:00 AM – Team finalizing
10:20 AM – Apify fundamentals, Apify $1M challenge details, judging criteria & inspiration for projects
11:00 AM – Start hacking!
Actor building workshop with Patrick [optional]
1:00 PM – Lunch
1:30 PM – Expert office hours [optional]
5:00 PM – Finish hacking & submit projects
5:10 PM - Dinner time
5:30 PM – Project demos (finalists pitch live!)
7:00 PM – Demo wrap-up and time for judging
7:30 PM – Winners announcement! 🏆
About Apify
Apify is the world's largest marketplace for tools that enable web scraping, data extraction, and AI agents. It allows you to get up-to-date data from social media sites, search engines, online maps, or any other website.
On the Apify platform, developers can build their own tools (called Actors), then publish and monetize them. It’s trusted by enterprises like Siemens, Intercom, Groupon, and Microsoft, as well as 25,000+ customers around the world.
Join the Apify $1M Challenge, open until January 31, 2026 → apify.com/challenge