About the challenge

ProduHacks 2026 is a product-focused hackathon where students come together to design and build products that solve real problems. Challenging participants to think like real product teams, participants collaborate across roles — Product Managers, Designers, and Developers — to identify a meaningful problem, define a product vision, and create a solution that delivers clear value to users. Throughout the weekend, teams will move through the full product development process: problem discovery, product strategy, design, prototyping, and iteration. With guidance from industry professionals, participants will transform ideas into tangible products.

Note: Registration on Devpost alone does not grant access to the event, you must have been admitted to ProduHacks 2026 through our application process.

Requirements

What to Build

There are no streams. Be creative!

What to Submit

Please submit the following deliverables:

  • Public GitHub repository 
  • Product Requirement Document (upload a PDF version)
  • Slide-deck presentation (upload a PDF version)
  • 2 minute video if you want to be considered for sponsor stream prizes

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$CAD 3,100+ in prizes
+ other prizes
1st Place
$CAD 800 in cash
1 winner

Prize: $800 + Coffee Chat with Founder of Opal

2nd Place
$CAD 300 in cash
1 winner

3rd Place
$CAD 200 in cash
1 winner

vidIQ - Best AI One-Shot of PRD
$CAD 500 in cash
1 winner

Submit your PRD and all submissions will be entered by vidIQ into Claude Code. Top submissions will be selected based on clarity, structure, and innovation.

Prize: $500 Amazon giftcard

Spring – Most Likely to Become a Startup
2 winners

Turn your idea into a startup. We are looking for teams with the most investable concept, clear market opportunity and strong potential to scale, especially in health and climate. Top teams may be considered for investment and introduced to investors.

Prizes:
1st Place: Coffee Chat with Spring team at their office, guaranteed Build cohort admission (Spring VC’s Accelerator program), LMS (online courses)

2nd Place: Guaranteed Build cohort admission (Spring VC’s Accelerator program), LMS (online courses)

Notion Prize – Reinventing Productivity
2 winners

Submission Requirements
To qualify for the Notion Stream, teams must submit minimum ONE OF:
1. A productivity-focused project
2. A shareable Notion workspace used during the hackathon, including:
Planning board or roadmap, Project documentation, Task tracking or brainstorming notes
3. A demo explaining how Notion supported their build process

Prizes:
1st Place: Notion Swag Kit (Notion tote bag, mouse pad, mug, stickers, socks)

2nd Place: Notion mugs

Google – Best Use of Google Gemini AI
1 winner

Create a project that deeply integrates Google Gemini AI to enhance core product functionality, enable smarter decision-making, or deliver more intelligent, intuitive user experiences.

Prize: Prize: Swag kit (Google notebooks, pens, keychain, toque)

Fetch.ai - Best Use of Fetch AI
$CAD 650 in cash
2 winners

Build with Fetch.ai to create intelligent, autonomous systems that can act, coordinate, and make decisions on their own. We are looking for projects that leverage our product in a creative and impactful way.

Prizes:
1st Place: $400 + interview opportunity

2nd Place: $250 + interview opportunity

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

UBC BizTech

UBC BizTech

Judging Criteria

  • Product Thinking & Documentation
  • Technical Execution
  • User Experience
  • Presentation & Pitch

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