# Build Small Hackathon

- **When:** Jun 5 at 12:00 AM – Jun 15 at 12:00 AM (UTC)
- **Where:** Location TBA
- **Hosts:** [Yuvi](https://cerebralvalley.ai/u/Yuvii), [Hannah](https://cerebralvalley.ai/u/fusillihannah)
- **Registration:** Closed (the event has ended) — https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/build-small-hackathon
- **Page:** https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/build-small-hackathon

## Build Small Hackathon

The pace of AI over the last year has been anxiety-inducing. Labs release larger and larger models that do more of the things that make us feel human — writing, drawing, speaking, coding. No wonder more than half of us think the risks of AI outweigh the benefits.

*We're sponsoring a hackathon to take things back to how they felt in 2021 — when models were small enough to tinker with, and the vibe was fun and hopeful about how this technology could improve our lives.*

This hackathon is different. Rather than using a giant LLM to ship yet another B2B SaaS, we want you to **think small**. Armed with only **32 billion parameters**, solve a problem someone you know is facing — or build something whimsical.

### 🤑 Prizes worth more than $15k in cash are on offer. To participate: 1) Join the Huggingface Org here: [https://huggingface.co/build-small-hackathon](https://huggingface.co/build-small-hackathon) and 2) Register here: [https://huggingface.co/spaces/build-small-hackathon/registration](https://huggingface.co/spaces/build-small-hackathon/registration)

**You can participate under Two Tracks: **

**Track One : **🏡**Backyard AI**

Solve a real problem for someone you actually know. Pick a person — a neighbor, a parent, a small-business owner on your street — and build something that makes their day measurably better.

**Track Two : **🍄 **An Adventure in Thousand Token Wood**

Build something delightful that wouldn't exist without AI. Wander somewhere weirder. A toy, a tiny game, a strange interactive story, an art experiment that surprises you. The AI should be doing the fun thing — not just helping you build it. Strange is good. Joyful is the bar.

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