🚀 About the Challenge

Welcome to Trojan Hacks 2026, where builders, dreamers, and problem-solvers come together to create impactful solutions across three exciting verticals: Finance, Social Good, and AI Data Governance.

This 24-hour challenge is designed to push your creativity and technical skills to the next level. Participants will collaborate, experiment, and build innovative solutions that address real-world problems with bold thinking and practical execution.

Whether you're a beginner attending your first hackathon or an experienced developer ready to ship something ambitious, this is your opportunity to:

• Turn ideas into working prototypes

• Solve meaningful, real-world challenges

• Collaborate with talented peers

• Learn from mentors and industry experts

• Compete for exciting prizes

We’re looking for projects that are innovative, impactful, technically strong, and user-focused. Think big. Build boldly. Ship something you’re proud of.

🛠️ Get Started

Ready to build? Here’s how to begin:

1. Register for Trojan Hacks 2026 on Devpost.

2. Form your team (or join one!), teams of up to 4 members are allowed.

3. Review the rules, judging criteria, and submission guidelines.

4. Start building during the official 24-hour hackathon period.

5. Submit your project before the deadline, including:

   • Project description

   • Demo video

   • Source code repository

   • Any additional documentation

Need inspiration? Choose a vertical, identify a real problem, and focus on building a solution that delivers clear, measurable value to users.

Most importantly : have fun, experiment, and don’t be afraid to try something ambitious.

There are three verticals for TrojanHacks. You may choose to compete in only one:

How can technology improve financial management, access, or understanding of financial resources?

What inefficiencies in financial systems could be reduced through better tools or automation?

How can we make financial services more accessible, secure, transparent, or user-friendly?

Projects might explore areas such as personal finance, financial literacy, fraud detection, budgeting, investing, payments, fintech, or tools that improve access to financial services.

 What social challenges can we address through technology?

How can we promote sustainability, improve accessibility, or support underserved communities?

What tools can create measurable and meaningful impact within our communities?

Think about education, equity, environmental impact, financial inclusion, and community empowerment.

How can we build or use AI systems in ways that are responsible, transparent, secure, and trustworthy?

How can we better manage the data used to train, evaluate, or deploy AI systems?

What tools could help address challenges such as privacy, bias, misinformation, explainability, or responsible data use?

This vertical welcomes projects covering topics like AI safety, data privacy, model transparency, consent and data ownership, secure data management, responsible AI deployment, or tools for auditing and monitoring AI systems.

• Innovation & Originality
  
• Technical Implementation
  
• Impact & Relevance to Vertical
  
• Design & User Experience
  
• Presentation & Demo Quality