Vals AI hosts first hackathon: 150 hackers, 24 hours to benchmaxx small models on purpose
evijit · x · 2026-10-22
Vals AI announced its first hackathon on November 14–15 in San Francisco, giving 150 hackers 24 hours and heavy compute.
- Track 1: post-train a small model and climb three Vals benchmarks, with a live leaderboard and sponsor-provided compute
- Track 2: build your own eval on Valkyrie for tasks that still stump frontier models, with model and compute costs covered
The event includes prizes, guest speakers, and an optional cybersecurity CTF. The quoter is curious whether "controlled open benchmaxxing" will yield real scientific insights.
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