Hack for Humanity: Portland, Oregon
Saturday, October 24, 2026, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM PT
The AI Collective Portland presents Hack for Humanity, part of a global civic hackathon running across 120+ chapters in 50+ countries this fall.
Spend a Saturday building with Google Gemini to take on meaningful human and community challenges. This event continues the Humans in AI Week conversations from this summer, where communities named the problems that matter most to them. Every project should create impact close to home, with the purpose of benefiting humanity.
Local action, global impact
We're gathering here in Portland, to act locally and think globally by building alongside partners and communities around the world. What you make on Saturday in Octber can serve your neighbors and reach a town thousands of miles away. That connection is the heart of this event.
Pick your lane
Every team chooses to build locally or globally focused on a very specific use case!
The Solution:
Transparency dashboard: A public dashboard that shows how funds and project phases are moving for a Portland nonprofit or relief work in Colombia.
Who should come: Engineers, designers, PMs, researchers and curious beginners. No team we'll help you find one.
Why Pijao | Columbia relief
Inspired by our partners rebuilding after the earthquake in Pijao, Colombia. Working with Espejo de Agua, our nonprofit partner, and Esto es Quindío, two of today's lanes build tools the Pijao community needs to recover: a way to count who needs help, and a way to map the damaged land. Everything built here stays open for them to use.
Provided: Food and drinks throughout the day.
Recognition: Winning projects may be featured in The AI Collective newsletter, reaching 300,000+ subscribers.
Schedule
10:00 Check-in
10:30 Welcome and lane briefings
11:00 Build time (lunch around 1:30)
3:30 Project submissions
3:45 Demos
4:30 Judging
4:45 Winners and closing
Space is limited to about 60 builders, and registration requires host approval. This is an 18+ event.
Sponsored by Google. Presented by The AI Collective, in partnership with Espejo de Agua and Esto es Quindío.
Special thanks to MLH (Major League Hacking) for sponsoring the credits!
Please be advised: Space is very limited at these community events and we can not always accept everyone we would like to. If you are not accepted to this event, please keep applying! We appreciate your application tremendously and we are looking forward to seeing you at a future event very soon!
The AI Collective is a global non-profit building the human layer for the AI era. We unite 200,000+ leaders, builders, and stakeholders across 100+ forums worldwide to democratize the frontier, build trust, and coordinate how society navigates the rapid acceleration of technological progress.
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