AI contest backed by OpenAI, DARPA, Cognition pays for solving open math problems
_sathvikr · x · 2026-09-05
An AI competition sponsored by 30 organizations including OpenAI, DARPA, Cognition, Cloudflare, a16z and Y Combinator has outlined its format.
- Main track: solve and explain an open mathematics problem, judged by independent academics with no sponsor involvement
- Sponsor tracks: Cognition, Cloudflare and others provide pre-written problems, from number-field-sieve-style algorithm improvements to superalignment
- The post mainly thanks sponsors and describes track logistics
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