The latest articles on DEV Community by MoneyUpForGrabs (@moneyupforgrabs). https://dev.to/moneyupforgrabs https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4187621%2Ff42d8e0d-86e5-4517-8e0f-df6b6d3bdaaf.png https://dev.to/moneyupforgrabs en MoneyUpForGrabs Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:25:07 +0000 https://dev.to/moneyupforgrabs/the-biggest-open-crypto-ai-dev-hackathons-and-bounties-this-week-21m-up-for-grabs-4gih https://dev.to/moneyupforgrabs/the-biggest-open-crypto-ai-dev-hackathons-and-bounties-this-week-21m-up-for-grabs-4gih <p>Every week I check Devpost, Superteam Earn and GitHub/Algora bounties for open prize money. Here are the biggest crypto and AI dev hackathons, bounties and grants still open as of mid-October 2026. Always check eligibility and payout terms on the source page.</p> <h2> Big-ticket hackathons </h2> <div class="table-wrapper-paragraph"><table> <thead> <tr> <th>Event</th> <th>Prize pool</th> <th>Window</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://start-developer-competition-26.devpost.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Meta VR Start Developer Competition 2026</a></td> <td>$1,000,000</td> <td>until Nov 18</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://amazonappdev2026.devpost.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Build, Ship, Shape: Amazon Developer Hackathon</a></td> <td>$138,000</td> <td>until Oct 23</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://paypalaihackathon.devpost.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">PayPal AI Hackathon</a></td> <td>$67,500</td> <td>until Nov 12</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://nebiusglobalaihackathon.devpost.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nebius x NVIDIA Global AI Hackathon</a></td> <td>$50,000</td> <td>until Oct 30</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://gitlab-transcend.devpost.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Life After Code (GitLab)</a></td> <td>$45,000</td> <td>until Oct 27</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://aws-cds-partner.devpost.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">AWS CDS Agentic AI Partner Hackathon</a></td> <td>$40,000</td> <td>until Oct 28</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://qloo.devpost.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Qloo Agentic Hackathon</a></td> <td>$25,000</td> <td>until Oct 30</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://opencv26.devpost.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">OpenCV AI Competition 2026 (AWS)</a></td> <td>$20,250</td> <td>until Oct 27</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://eurekadev.devpost.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">EurekaDev 2026</a></td> <td>$19,122</td> <td>until Oct 20</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> <h2> Crypto bounties and grants (solo-friendly) </h2> <ul> <li> <a href="https://earn.superteam.fun/listing/vaultline-security-audit-grants-for-colosseum-projects-up-to-4000-usdc-each" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vaultline Security Audit Grants for Colosseum projects</a>: up to 4,000 USDC each (about $40K total). Closes Oct 31.</li> <li>Superteam Earn also lists many smaller Solana bounties ($200 to $2K). These are good for a weekend.</li> </ul> <h2> How I track these </h2> <p>I got tired of missing deadlines, so I wrote a small Python scraper. Each day it pulls Devpost, Superteam Earn and Algora GitHub bounties and normalizes them into one JSON feed with these fields: prize in USD, deadline, effort estimate, and whether solo builders can enter. It publishes a static site, so the whole thing costs $0 to run.</p> <p>The full filterable list (about 70 live listings, roughly $2.1M in prizes) is free and needs no signup: <strong><a href="https://moneyupforgrabs.vercel.app" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://moneyupforgrabs.vercel.app</a></strong></p> <p>Which sources am I missing? ETHGlobal, Gitcoin and DoraHacks are next on my list. Drop others in the comments.</p> hackathon web3 ai opensource