Open Models Codefest 2026

Open Models Codefest 2026 is a virtual AI workshop and hackathon organized by NVIDIA in collaboration with Open Hackathons and Oracle. The event brings together developers, researchers, students, and AI innovators to build and adapt open AI models and agentic AI applications for public sector and regulated industry use cases. Participants receive hands-on mentorship from NVIDIA experts, access to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure powered by the latest NVIDIA GPUs, and practical experience in data curation, model training, and AI model evaluation. Outstanding teams may be invited to showcase their projects at NVIDIA GTC Berlin 2026.