National Security Hackathon (by Army xTech)
Awards $50,000 in cash prizes to top teams at a national-security hackathon backed by the US Army.
Hosted by Shield Capital and Cerebral Valley with the US Army as an official RFI partner, alongside Stanford's Gordian Knot Center, Berkeley's Defense Tech Society and other military stakeholders, this is an in-person, two-day hackathon in San Francisco. Mentors and judges from the US government, military and private industry review the work, and the top 5 teams split $50,000 in cash prizes courte…
Open to builders working on command & control, sensor integration, edge compute, cybersecurity, drones and related national-security problems. Applicants must be at least 18 years old, apply and be approved to attend, and compete in teams of up to four.
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