# PyTorch Helion Hackathon

- **When:** Sat, Mar 14 at 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM (PDT)
- **Where:** Shack15, San Francisco, CA
- **Hosts:** [Cerebral Valley](https://cerebralvalley.ai/u/cv), [PyTorch](https://cerebralvalley.ai/u/pytorch)
- **Format:** Hackathon
- **Registration:** Closed (the event has ended) — https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/helion-hackathon
- **Page:** https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/helion-hackathon

Join us to push the boundaries of GPU performance with **Helion** — PyTorch's new kernel authoring language. Alongside fellow kernel hackers and researchers, you'll get hands-on with the new Python-embedded DSL that compiles to Triton with innovative built-in autotuning — delivering higher performance in fewer lines of code. Performant GPU programming has never been this accessible.

Helion is the latest innovation from the PyTorch team. **Just as PyTorch revolutionized deep learning with its flexible Pythonic design, Helion brings that same design philosophy to kernel development with its intuitive programming model: PyTorch with Tiles**. If you know PyTorch, you already know most of Helion.

**In addition, you will get a preview of NVIDIA's CompileIQ, which enables bespoke optimizations and code generation for higher performance.**

Learn directly from PyTorch, Meta, and NVIDIA experts and compete to **write the fastest Helion kernels on the GPU Mode leaderboard**. Showcase your skills, help shape the future of the language with your feedback, and win some cool prizes!

  
**Winning prizes include:**

- NVIDIA DGX Spark, RTX 5090, and RTX 5080 GPUs
- GTC exhibit passes to demo your project at the Meta booth during NVIDIA GTC
- Ray-Ban Meta glasses

**The judges will be:**

- Jana van Greunen, Director of PyTorch Engineering, Meta
- Luis Ceze, Vice President of AI Systems Software, NVIDIA
- Ujval Kapasi, Vice President of AI & HPC Frameworks and Libraries, NVIDIA
- Horace He, Member of Technical Staff, Thinking Machines Lab

This hackathon is organized in partnership with Meta, PyTorch, GPU Mode, NVIDIA, and Nebius.

*Note: This event is a fully in-person event in San Francisco, CA. Space is limited. Maximum team size is four. All attendees must submit an application for approval and be approved to attend.*

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