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App ownership · for the hackathon entrant

Show up to the race with an app that already runs.

“The deadline is in nine days and I have slides.”

The hackathon entrant: Wants to enter a hackathon or grant round and is short on time before the deadline.

Judges and reviewers fund what they can click.

There are working apps already fitted to live races and grant tracks.

See the races closing soonRead why
What you were told

Pitching an idea

What is actually possible

Showing something that runs

The thing nobody tells you

Judges and reviewers fund what they can click.

A hackathon gives you a few weeks and a blank screen. Most entries are slides with a promise, and most entrants run out of time before the building is done.

Starting from something that already works changes the race. You spend the weeks on your twist, your users and your story, not on the plumbing.

The race board lists live hackathons and grant rounds with their countdowns, and for each track, the working apps that fit it and why. Each program's own rules decide what you may submit, so we link them.

How it works

4 steps, no guesswork

  1. Open the race board and sort by closing soon.
  2. Open a race and read the fitted apps, one note per track.
  3. Own the one that fits your idea.
  4. Spend your time on your twist, then submit under the program's rules.

Our promise: Each live race shows which apps fit its tracks and why; the app you own is yours to extend and submit under that program's rules. No win is promised.

The evidence

Every claim, labelled

Live is read from the site as you look. Fact is fixed, with its date. Estimate is ours, and says so.

  • LiveThe race board lists live hackathons and grants with countdowns.Source: /hackathons (tracks, /api/closing)
  • Fact · 2026-11-12Each fitted app carries a note explaining why it fits that track.Source: products.fits
Your first move

Start it here. Find it here later.

Fair questions

What you are probably wondering

Is it allowed to start from an existing app?

It depends on the program. Each race links its own rules; read them before you enter, and build your own work on top.

Will I win?

Nobody can promise that. You will arrive with something that runs, which is more than most entries.

Not quite you?

Try a different door

The same idea, written for someone else. One of these might be you, or someone you know.

Show up to the race with an app that already runs.

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