# Hackathon

Concept · [Programs and community](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/community)

Also called: hackathons, hack day, hack night, buildathon, game jam

An event, often a day or a weekend, where people form teams and build a working project from scratch, then show it at the end.

**For example:** At a weekend hackathon, a team of three builds a [prototype](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/prototype) app that texts residents when their trash pickup is delayed.

## Connects to (16)

- [Prototype](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/prototype): An early, rough version of a product made to test an idea or show others what you mean.
- [Meetup](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/meetup): An informal, recurring gathering of people with a shared interest.
- [Civic tech](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/civic-tech): Technology built to serve the public good or improve how people interact with government, often by volunteers or nonprofits.
- [Demo day](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/demo-day): The event at the end of an accelerator where each company in the cohort presents to an audience of investors.
- [Projection mapping](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/projection-mapping): Projecting video onto an uneven surface, such as a building, and shaping the image to fit it, sometimes so people can interact with it.
- [Developer relations](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/developer-relations): A role, often at platform companies, that helps outside developers use the company's tools through docs, examples, talks and community…
- [Build with AI](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/build-with-ai): A global series of community-led events, run by local organizers with technical content from Google, that teach developers to build with…
- [Cerebral Valley](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cerebral-valley): An AI community that runs hackathons and events around the world for AI labs, companies and builders, and publishes a weekly newsletter…
- [Google Developer Groups on Campus](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google-developer-groups-on-campus): Google's program for student developer groups at universities and colleges.
- [Codex Ambassadors](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/openai-codex-ambassador): An OpenAI volunteer program for people who build communities around Codex, its coding agent.
- [WOMPA](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wompa): A creative compound in a historic Tulsa warehouse with coworking, private offices, studios, galleries and six event venues for small to…
- [Oklathon](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklathon): Techlahoma's free open-source hackathon in Oklahoma City, a weekend of pitching ideas, forming teams, building and demoing projects with…
- [Hacklahoma](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hacklahoma): The student-run hackathon at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.
- [HackOKState](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hackokstate): Oklahoma State University's 24-hour hackathon in Stillwater, open to students from any college and to beginners as well as experienced…
- [Hurricane Hackathon](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hurricane-hackathon): A 24-hour hackathon for University of Tulsa students, run by the university's AI and machine learning student club and sponsored by its…
- [The Summer Startup](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/summer-startup): A weekend event in Oklahoma City where participants try to build a startup from zero to one in 54 hours, with mentorship, cash prizes and…

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