PayPal AI Hackathon (Build What's Next with PayPal and AI)
PayPal Remote · open worldwide
Online hackathon open worldwide in which developers, designers, founders and students build AI-powered payment and commerce tools using PayPal's platform for cash prizes.
Free to start · no account needed
Get your application answers for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.
You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.
About
What it offers: $67,500 in cash prizes (1st place $12,000).
Who can apply: Adults (age of majority) in all countries except standard exceptions.
Next deadline: 2026-11-12.
How to apply: through Devpost (you need an account there).
What to prepare: project submission, demo video, code repository.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “Deadline: Nov 12, 2026 @ 12:00pm PST”
Who can apply
- Open to students, working professionals, creators and freelancers, founders
- Adults (age of majority) in all countries except standard exceptions.
What you will need
- Work samplesOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
- Product demo videoOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (devpost), which needs an account in your name. The deadline is 12 November 2026.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your application answers for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to PayPal without your tap.
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