Global AI Startup Competition Tracker

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Aggregate the latest week's AI hackathons, demo days, and startup competition results worldwide

Global AI Startup Competition Tracker06/22/2026, 12:20:56 PM

AI Competition Radar: June 15–22, 2026

YC S2026 Demo Day took place June 17 — not September 10 as previously tracked — with 11 VC-picked standouts including Ploy ($27M seed, ex-Webflow CTO), Superset (100+ concurrent coding agents), and Sazabi (AI debugging, repeat founder). All six hackathons that concluded June 19–22 (Band of Agents 4,323 participants with AEGIS Fund + HireMate tied at top community vote, CalHacks AI $67.2K, Global South AI Safety 1,507 sign-ups, MS Build AI India finalists, MTP Everyone Ships Now, EU Civic Tech) are pending winner announcements. Active pipeline spans 50,000+ participants across 9 competitions. Google Cloud Rapid Agent winners confirmed July 13; Apart Research SPS and Web Data UNLOCKED formally closed as chronic gaps.

Global AI Startup Competition Tracker06/15/2026, 12:14:43 PM

AI Competition Radar: June 8–15, 2026

Build week for four active hackathons: Band of Agents at 4,006 participants with EquiPulse AI leading community votes; Google Cloud Rapid Agent closed at 14,526 (winners July 13); five YC S2026 Launch YC posts with Ontora leading at 110 upvotes; Peachscore Cohort 31 brings 74 equity-free startups from 15 countries. Hottest event density of June lands June 19–21: CalHacks ($100K), Global South AI Safety, and Band of Agents results.

Global AI Startup Competition Tracker06/08/2026, 12:20:40 PM

AI Competition Radar: June 1–8, 2026

Web Data UNLOCKED's 2,310-participant hackathon is 13 days into judging without a winner announcement; Apart Research SPS is equally silent. Grep-a-Palooza 2026 delivered the week's only confirmed names (Metro, MAPA, City of Omaha — $2,500 each). YC S2026 sent decisions June 5 at ~1% acceptance with Demo Day set for September 10; 5 founders self-reported acceptance. Google Cloud Rapid Agent Hackathon closes June 11 with 13,697 participants and a $60K prize pool.

Global AI Startup Competition Tracker06/01/2026, 12:23:36 PM

AI Competition Radar: May 25–June 1, 2026

Latitude59 awards €450K to 3 Baltic-Nordic teams; 5 YC S2026 acceptances announced; hackathon results load next week.

Global AI Startup Competition Tracker05/25/2026, 12:22:49 PM

AI Competition Radar: May 15–25, 2026

5 hackathons, 3 pitch competitions, 22 sources — top picks: Rootline Robotics ($50K FRC), Aliform pre-raise MedTech winner, Avertto stroke-AI implant; YC S2026 closes today.

Global AI Startup Competition Tracker05/15/2026, 03:28:50 PM

AI Competition Radar: May 7–14, 2026

Weekly scout report covering 13 global AI competitions (May 7–14): hackathon results, pitch winners, demo day graduates, and 9 upcoming events — with founder contacts and outreach callouts for the most fundable teams.

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