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Anduril and Palmer Luckey won the Wildfire XPRIZE for developing technology to detect and suppress wildfires within 10 minutes of ignition.

swyx announced a $10,000 weekend competition to kill his SaaS using any coding agent and model, with up to $500 in token spend; the finish line is extended to Wednesday.

Protegrity is hosting a U.S.-only virtual hackathon challenging developers to build AI applications that securely handle sensitive data, with a $10k top prize.

Dr. Julie Elie of UC Berkeley won the 2026 Coller-Dolittle Prize for decoding the core vocabulary of zebra finches, identifying 11 distinct calls by combining observation, machine learning, and behavioral experiments. Her work marks a significant step in interspecies communication.

Telegram is launching a $200,000 contest for content creators to promote digital freedom, with prizes for videos that gain 10,000+ organic views on social media.

A one-day hackathon in San Francisco co-hosted by Cognition, Mercor, Etched, and Anthropic AI with a $50k top prize and $100k total awards. Registration closes June 12.

EazoAI launches a global hackathon with a $300K prize pool, enabling participants to build and publish apps instantly without code or DevOps, emphasizing real user adoption over polished demos. The event spans San Francisco, NYC, Shanghai, and online.

Announcement of HUD's RL environments for the RSI hackathon in San Francisco on June 20-21, offering over $100,000 in prizes and compute credits.