Eligibility and key facts
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- Who may be interested
- Developers, Startup teams
- Team size
- Open to individuals of local majority age, teams and established organizations, excluding Brazil, Quebec, Russia, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and other restricted jurisdictions. Promotion-related personnel and conflicts of interest are restricted.
- Location
- Online
- Eligible regions
- To be confirmed; online does not imply worldwide eligibility
- Entry fee
- Free
- Prizes and support
- The official overview lists US$138,000 in cash prizes, plus AWS credits and meetings with Amazon's developer team.
All deadlines
Original date: Registration deadline | No separate registration closing time stated; Join hackathon remained visible.
The time is unconfirmed or the event is cancelled and cannot be added.
Original date: Project submission deadline | Submission Period: Monday, August 31, 2026 (10:15 am Pacific Time) – Friday, October 23, 2026 (12:00 pm Pacific Time) | Time zone: America/Los_Angeles | Pacific Time is UTC-07:00 on this date.
Original date: Optional AWS credit request | by October 21st at 12pm PT | Time zone: America/Los_Angeles | Optional US$150 credits, while supplies last; not the entry deadline.
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About this opportunity
Build a working application for Fire TV, Alexa+, Bee or Ring, with optional AWS Builder and open-source mini challenges. Open to individuals of local majority age, teams and established organizations, excluding Brazil, Quebec, Russia, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and other restricted jurisdictions. Promotion-related personnel and conflicts of interest are restricted. Entry is free. Hardware or service costs depend on the chosen track; entrants pay additional AWS usage. The Ring track permits simulators without a physical Ring device.
Rules and deliverables
Participation rules
- Open to individuals of local majority age, teams and established organizations, excluding Brazil, Quebec, Russia, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and other restricted jurisdictions. Promotion-related personnel and conflicts of interest are restricted.
- Build a new project or significantly update an existing one during the competition. Choose Fire TV, Alexa+, Bee or Ring and demonstrate it working.
- Bee entries require real data from a Bee device or Apple Watch running Bee. Alexa+ accepts MCP, Agent Skill or a simulated-experience path.
- Eligible jurisdictions worldwide excluding Brazil, Quebec, Russia, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and comprehensively sanctioned or legally prohibited jurisdictions.
- No separate registration cutoff is published. Complete registration before submitting and check the official rules.
What to prepare
- Project description, public GitHub repository with an open-source license, public English demo video under three minutes, product feedback, and track selection. Existing projects must explain their updates.
Sources
- Source platform
- Devpost
- Source domain
- amazonappdev2026.devpost.com
The organizer’s published schedule and rules take precedence.