Anthropic and OpenAI back first global math hackathon with $2M API credits for 100 teams
_sathvikr · x · 2026-09-05
- The world's first math hackathon, partnered with Anthropic and OpenAI: three days, 40 hours, $2M in compute to solve, understand, and present an open problem.
- Friday features an Anthropic workshop on AI agents for mathematicians; Saturday–Sunday is hacking; Sunday evening brings oral presentations to expert judges.
- 100 top teams worldwide (10 IMO/IOI medals, 15+ Annals papers, 5 textbook authors) receive $1M of Fable API credits and $1M of Astra API credits. Prizes come in two waves, with a second in early 2027 after formal verification of results.
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