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Gloo AI Hackathon 2026

Gloo hosts its 2026 AI Hackathon at the Limelight Hotel in Boulder, Colorado, under the theme "Building Together: Humans, Agents and the Future of Flourishing." The company frames the event around applied AI for nonprofits, churches, minist

Starts

2026-10-06T00:00:00+00:00

Ends

2026-10-08T00:00:00+00:00

Organizer

Gloo

Location

Limelight Conference Center, Boulder, United States

Gloo hosts its 2026 AI Hackathon at the Limelight Hotel in Boulder, Colorado, under the theme "Building Together: Humans, Agents and the Future of Flourishing." The company frames the event around applied AI for nonprofits, churches, ministries, Bible organizations, universities, and mission-driven communities. The structure is hybrid: a 30-day virtual pre-build period opens in September, followed by a 48-hour in-person finale from October 6 to 8. Gloo has announced 250,000 US dollars in cash prizes split across three challenge tracks, an Agents track built on Gloo AI Studio, a Ministry Resourcing track powered by Masterworks, and a Bible track powered by YouVersion. Organizers expect more than 700 developers, engineers, and builders to take part. Registration and full rules are published on Gloo's hackathon page. The 2026 edition follows earlier Gloo hackathons that awarded six-figure prize pools for values-aligned AI projects, and it pairs the in-person finale with a longer remote build window so distributed teams can prepare before traveling to Boulder.