2026 Hackathon: helpful info for the final week!

The deadline for submitting your hackathon project is August 31st at 11:59PM (Anywhere on Earth). Whether you’re still actively building or just polishing up your submission, here’s some information to help you reach the finish line.

Office hour

Join our live office hour this Friday at 5:45PM (GMT+2) to get feedback and support before you enter the final days of the hackathon. You can pre-register here or simply join the call using the meeting link in the schedule.

Ready to submit your work?

Be sure to refer back to the hackathon website for the full competition guidelines. Here is a cheat sheet to guide you through officially submitting your project.

1 - Prepare your project

  • Check that your project meets the challenge criteria: two or more composed Tesseracts, with end-to-end gradients solving a real problem.
  • Your code must have been written during the hackathon period with an Apache 2.0 license.
  • You must have a public GitHub repository with a README that lets others reproduce your results.
  • Include a short technical writeup (2–4 pages, or a detailed README) in your repo that names the track you’re competing in and makes the case for why the workflow needs Tesseract.
  • Optional: a demo video (5 minutes max) showing what you built and why it matters.

2 - Share with the world

Post about your project on LinkedIn, tagging Pasteur Labs & ISI and Tesseract. Be sure to include a link to your repo so the community can check out what you’ve made.

3 - Submit the form

Officially submit your project for prize consideration using this form.

That’s it! Best of luck and lots of energy to everyone in the final days :mechanical_arm: