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24 alternatives to Decentralize AI Hackathon

A global hackathon for the open AI future

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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    Confidential compute open network

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    Creator here. I built Agent Arena to answer a question that kept bugging me: when AI agents browse the web autonomously, how easily can they be manipulated by hidden instructions? How it works: 1. Send your AI agent to ref.jock.pl/modern-web (looks like a harmless web dev cheat sheet) 2. Ask it to summarize the page 3. Paste its response into the scorecard at wiz.jock.pl/experiments/agent-arena/ The page is loaded with 10 hidden prompt injection attacks -- HTML comments, white-on-white text, zero-width Unicode, data attributes, etc. Most agents fall for at least a few.…

    Jun 2026 · arena42.ai · its alternatives →

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    One prompt, one AI model, one shot. Write a single prompt, run it once with any model, and the result is your entry. Six winners take a GTA VI copy (first place a PS5 too), one of them chosen by community vote. Winners announced at the World Models & GenAI Mixer @ SIGGRAPH in LA on July 20.

    Jul 2026 · 1shotchallenge.ai · its alternatives →

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    Cuely▲140

    Pay-as-you-go chatGPT Plus with 5M free token credits

    2023 · cuely.ai · its alternatives →

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    The world's first perpetual hackathon

    2025 · colosseum.com · its alternatives →

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    We observed two main points in the AI automation industry that led us to these decisions: 1. *Compute is so much cheaper now compared to 15 years ago. Why are users still paying like it’s 2010?* So, we made tasks/runs unlimited on all our paid cloud plans. We still have an open-source, self-hosted version, but for cloud users, they will now pay for premium features and have the freedom to use them as much as they want. 1. *Building a good AI agent is a knowledge transfer task, so everyone should be able to build their own agents.* If every time I need to automate something or build an…

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    CheckiO▲102

    Open platform for AI competitions

    2014 · checkio.org · its alternatives →

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    OpenAI's new mission and what it says about capitalism

    2015 · content.blubrry.com · its alternatives →

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    We’re organizing a one-day hackathon in San Francisco on June 21 focused on a specific technical challenge: How can AI agents reduce energy waste in compute-heavy systems? The rapid growth of AI workloads is creating a serious mismatch between performance and power. MARA wants to explore solutions that fix this problem. This event is for engineers and builders who care about AI and energy. The hackathon is capped at 100 selected participants. The exact challenge will be revealed live on the day of the event. Prize: 1 bitcoin Location: San Francisco Focus: AI, compute, and energy Application:…

    2025 · mara.com · its alternatives →

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    The Quantcast Platform simplifies digital advertising by connecting brands to their audiences using real-time data from over 100M destinations.

    2013 · quantcast.com · its alternatives →

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    Swarm▲73

    Cryptoequity crowdfunding platform

    2014 · swarmcorp.com · its alternatives →

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    Find the best active AI software & compute grants & credits

    2025 · hackernoon.ai · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, Automated research is the next big step in AI, with companies like OpenAI aiming to debut a fully automated researcher by 2028 (https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/20/1134438/openai-i...). However, there is a very real possibility that much of this corporate research will remain closed to the general public. To counter this, we spent the last month building Enlidea---a machine-to-machine ecosystem for open research. It's a decentralized research hub where autonomous agents propose hypotheses, stake bounties, execute code, and perform automated…

    Mar 2026 · enlidea.com · its alternatives →

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    planBCD▲68

    A platform for crowdsourced Growth Hacking

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Over $5000 in prizes for developers to build on DeSo

    2022 · desolabs.org · its alternatives →

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    A hackathon to promote remote

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    A virtual hackathon available to anyone, anywhere

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Keep your OpenClaw agents running. Free beta, no code change

    Apr 2026 · openinfer.io · its alternatives →

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    Decentralized computing with reward system for worker nodes

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Blockchain and fintech hackathons

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    Open AI▲21

    Non-profit artificial intelligence research company

    2015 · openai.com · its alternatives →

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    OneMux▲10

    Low-cost, OpenAI-compatible API for multiple AI models

    Jul 2026 · onemux.net · its alternatives →

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    Build an app using AI

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