🇨🇭 Switzerland · 💻 Hackathons
Build something in a weekend: hackathons, challenges and build days, most of them free. 17 upcoming across 7 cities, 12 in October 2026.
36 hours of building. 50 engineers. Real hardware. The ERH Physical AI Hackathon brings 50 of the sharpest builders in Europe to Dare Campus for a weekend of building physical AI. You get the keys to the hardware: robot arms, mobile platforms, sensors and compute, all on site and all yours for the weekend. It starts Friday night. On Friday 16 October we kick off with an evening meetup: intro talks
Neural Wave brings together talented teams from Switzerland and abroad to the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) in Lugano for an intensive 48-hour AI hackathon. Moving beyond theoretical exercises, participating teams leverage machine learning and data science to tackle real-world challenges provided directly by project partners. To keep your energy high and focus sharp, food, snacks, and d
«Hack Apertus» Liebefeld eröffnet die 2. Etappe von «Hack Apertus», einer schweizweiten Hackathon-Serie rund um Apertus, das offene Grosssprachmodell der Schweiz – und die erste Etappe, an der man persönlich teilnehmen kann. Über 2 Tage hinweg nehmen sich Teams Challenges unserer Partner an und verwandeln sie in funktionierende Prototypen auf Basis von Apertus, entwickelt für souveräne Infrastrukt
Bern/Liebefeld on-site edition of «Hack Apertus», the hackathon series around Apertus, Switzerland's fully open large language model. On 18–19 October 2026 at WORKSPACE & MORE in Liebefeld, teams solve partner challenges and develop open, trustworthy blueprints for sovereign AI infrastructure.
👉🏼 Come and join us. On 19 October, the Top 6 Hack teams of the Liebefeld Hackathon bring their Apertus prototypes to the stage for the Liebefeld Finals at WORKSPACE & MORE. Over the hackathon, the teams built working prototypes on Apertus, Switzerland's open large language model. Now watch the top 6 pitch them live and compete for a spot at the Grand Finals. There's also the local community prese
Where technology, science, and AI research meet artistic innovation.
The event will run through our EDTH event platform — apply directly here to find the agenda, challenges, and team formation: https://events.eurodefense.tech/critical-infra-shield-hackathon-switzerland Europe’s critical infrastructure is increasingly exposed — from energy grids and transport hubs to data centers and communication networks. The threat landscape has changed: low-cost drones, hybrid c
Der Zentral Hack vereint bestehende Events und Hackathons zu einem gemeinsamen Grossevent für die Zentralschweiz. Wir bringen Bildung, Wirtschaft und Community an einem Ort zusammen und fördern so gezielt Innovation und Nachwuchs in der Region. An zwei intensiven Tagen entwickeln Studierende, Fachleute und Kreative in interdisziplinären Teams Lösungen für reale Herausforderungen aus Wirtschaft und
GOhack brings cybersecurity to life for developers, engineers and security enthusiasts. The two-day event in Zurich combines a Live Bug Bounty Challenge with hands-on workshops, practical talks, real-world insights and plenty of time to connect with the Swiss cyber community. Whether you already work in security or want to get started in ethical hacking, GOhack offers practical inspiration, new sk
The hackathon for the Basel region. A 48-hour hackathon full of innovation. Open topics, freestyle and sponsored challenges to innovate on - it's about teamwork, creativity, and turning ideas into prototypes.
## **🦋 Build What’s Next.** _A weekend building lab for **women and FLINTA+ people in STEM** in Zürich._ If you’ve ever felt like standard tech hackathons aren’t built for you, or that you need to be a senior ML engineer just to participate, this space is different. Whether you write code, design products, conduct research, or simply understand real-world problems that need solving, this one’s f
🦋 Build What’s Next. A weekend building lab for women and FLINTA+ people in STEM in Zürich. If you’ve ever felt like standard tech hackathons aren’t built for you, or that you need to be a senior ML engineer just to participate, this space is different. Whether you write code, design products, conduct research, or simply understand real-world problems that need solving, this one’s for you. Whether
The Zurich stop of the Hack Apertus series, 27–28 November 2026 at the AI Startup Center in Technopark. Teams build on Apertus, Switzerland's sovereign open LLM, solving partner challenges and producing open blueprints for sovereign infrastructure. Strong teams advance to the May 2027 Grand Finals.
On 28 November, 6 teams bring their Apertus prototypes to the stage for the Zurich Finals at the AI Startup Center / Technopark. Over the hackathon, the teams built working prototypes on Apertus, Switzerland's open large language model. Now watch the top 6 pitch them live and compete for a spot at the Grand Finals. There's also a Fireside Chat, the Award Ceremony, and time to connect with others o
The Basel stop of the Hack Apertus series, 4–5 December 2026 at uptownBasel, hosted in the Phoeniqs headquarters. Teams build on Apertus, Switzerland's sovereign open LLM, tackling partner challenges to produce open blueprints for sovereign infrastructure, with the best advancing to the 2027 finals.
A two-stage open-source hackathon community series. Teams build on Apertus to develop blueprints for sovereign infrastructure across the public & private sector
A three-stage open-source hackathon series to evaluate, align, and build on Apertus, Switzerland
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