4 months ago
And the winners are…
Congratulations to the outstanding participants of the OpenAI Open Model Hackathon!
Check out the winning projects along with all of the awesome submissions in the OpenAI Open Model Hackathon Project Gallery!
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Best Overall | Sponsored by Hugging Face
RoboChef: GPT-OSS Powered Kitchen Assistant | RoboChef is an AI-powered kitchen assistant that uses natural language processing to understand and execute cooking instructions. The system employs GPT-OSS to break down commands into sequential steps, which are then carried out by an NVIDIA Isaac GR00T-powered robotic arm. A live user interface allows for real-time tracking of the robot's progress as it prepares…
4 months ago
Off to the judging panel!
Congratulations to everyone who submitted a project!
What's next? Judges are busy reviewing submissions until September 26th. Sit back and relax! You've done an amazing job getting to this point in the hackathon. We’ll publish the gallery soon, so stay tuned!
The winner announcement is scheduled for October 1st! Good luck to everyone!
4 months ago
Only 3 days left to enter your submission to the OpenAI Open Model hackathon!
Submissions are due September 11th.
Don’t Forget: Submission checklist:
- Did you create a working application built for one of the categories that uses either the gpt-oss 20mb or gpt-oss-120mb models?
- Are all of your teammates added to your submission form? Remind them to accept the invitation (before the deadline) so that they’re listed on the project submission!
- Did you create a submission video? Is your video public, coherent and shows your app working? Reminder that any content over three minutes may not be viewed by judges.
- Did you provide a public link to your code repository? Don’t forget to…
4 months ago
Submission Checklist: It’s Go Time!!
There is just one week left to enter your submission to the OpenAI Open Model Hackathon. Submissions are due September 11th.
The submission deadline is fast approaching, so whether you're almost done or just starting, it's time to finalize your project! Review our submission form process for helpful tips. Use the checklist below to ensure everything is complete by the deadline.
Submission checklist:
- Did you create a working application built for one of the categories that uses either the gpt-oss 20mb or gpt-oss-120mb models?
- Are all of your teammates added to your submission form? Remind them…
5 months ago
Meet the Open AI Open Model Hackathon Judges
This hackathon features judges from our sponsors Hugging Face, NVIDIA, Ollama and vLLM and we’d love to introduce them to you, plus you get to hear from some of them on why they’re excited about seeing YOUR PROJECTS in this hackathon!
Dmitry Pimenov - OpenAI - Most excited to see how you leverage the unique characteristics of an open model from OpenAI: running inference on-device, doing deep model customization. Let your hacker creativity run wild!
Dominik Kundel - OpenAI - I’m most excited to see people really unlock the agentic capabilities of gpt-oss. The models are great at function calling…
5 months ago
2 weeks left - Speed Up Your GPT-OSS Hackathon Build with Groq
Hey builders,
Two weeks left in the OpenAI Open Model Hackathon. If your GPT-OSS project needs fast inference and more compute, we have a cool update: $25 in Groq API credits.
Why Groq for GPT-OSS:
- 1000+ tokens/sec for gpt-oss-20b, 500+ tokens/sec for gpt-oss-120b
- Built-in browser search & code execution enabled
- 128K context with consistent sub-millisecond latency
Get your credits:
- Sign up for free at console.groq.com
- Upgrade to developer tier at https://console.groq.com/settings/billing/plans
- Go to console.groq.com/settings/billing/promo
- Enter code: OPENAIOSSGROQ2025
Quick Start:
- Generate your Groq API key at https://console.groq.com/keys
- Choose your model:
- openai/gpt-oss-20b
- openai/gpt-oss-120b
- Use the Python or TypeScript SDKs and OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions and Responses APIs for your build:
curl https://api.groq.com/openai/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer…
5 months ago
Did someone say….Prizes?
Whether it’s your first time applying an AI model, or a long-time member of the OpenAI Dev Community, or integrating the models into a production product—the prizes are, of course, an important incentive for this hackathon. The prizes are a mix of cash and GPUs—and we’ve partnered with NVIDIA to award some of the most powerful GPUs on the market.
Here’s a reminder of them:
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Best Overall | Sponsored by Hugging Face
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$10,000 in cash
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Best in Robotics | Sponsored by NVIDIA
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NVIDIA RTX 6000 PRO GPU
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Weirdest Hardware | Sponsored by Ollama & NVIDIA
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$5,000 USD sponsored by…
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5 months ago
Give yourself a schedule
Hi there,
Winning projects require a bit of planning. To ensure we have the opportunity to review your project in the OpenAI Open Model Hackathon, we have some Tips for Planning Your Project and the below rough timeline for when to start different activities:
Brainstorm (Today)
Pick an idea (Tomorrow)
Quick design and how it might work (by mid-late August)
Start building (August 25th)
Start your submission (by the end of August)
Finish up your project (over the weekend September 5th - 7th)
Record your demo video (September 8th)
Finish submission (September 11th)
Continue making updates if you have…