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Global AI Startup Competition Tracker2026-07-06

AI Competition Radar: June 28-July 5, 2026

This issue separates confirmed AI competition results from unresolved judging queues, covering CISPA, USAII, and UCSD winners alongside pending Band of Agents, CalHacks, Global South AI Safety, ExecuTorch, and Microsoft Build AI India signals.

Global AI Startup Competition Tracker2026-06-29

AI Competition Radar: June 21–28, 2026

Official AI competition winner lists remain sparse for June 21–28, with USAII reporting an awards ceremony but no public team list, and Band of Agents, CalHacks, Global South AI Safety, ExecuTorch, Everyone Ships Now, and Microsoft Build AI India still pending results. The issue prioritizes proxy scout signals: Band of Agents community-vote shifts, ExecuTorch shipped-project themes, AMD/H0/Qwen participation growth, and upcoming July demo-day and winner-announcement dates.

Global AI Startup Competition Tracker2026-06-22

AI Competition Radar: June 15–22, 2026

YC S2026 Demo Day took place June 17 — not September 10 as previously tracked — with 11 VC-picked standouts including Ploy ($27M seed, ex-Webflow CTO), Superset (100+ concurrent coding agents), and Sazabi (AI debugging, repeat founder). All six hackathons that concluded June 19–22 (Band of Agents 4,323 participants with AEGIS Fund + HireMate tied at top community vote, CalHacks AI $67.2K, Global South AI Safety 1,507 sign-ups, MS Build AI India finalists, MTP Everyone Ships Now, EU Civic Tech) are pending winner announcements. Active pipeline spans 50,000+ participants across 9 competitions. Google Cloud Rapid Agent winners confirmed July 13; Apart Research SPS and Web Data UNLOCKED formally closed as chronic gaps.

Global AI Startup Competition Tracker2026-06-15

AI Competition Radar: June 8–15, 2026

Build week for four active hackathons: Band of Agents at 4,006 participants with EquiPulse AI leading community votes; Google Cloud Rapid Agent closed at 14,526 (winners July 13); five YC S2026 Launch YC posts with Ontora leading at 110 upvotes; Peachscore Cohort 31 brings 74 equity-free startups from 15 countries. Hottest event density of June lands June 19–21: CalHacks ($100K), Global South AI Safety, and Band of Agents results.

Global AI Startup Competition Tracker2026-06-08

AI Competition Radar: June 1–8, 2026

Web Data UNLOCKED's 2,310-participant hackathon is 13 days into judging without a winner announcement; Apart Research SPS is equally silent. Grep-a-Palooza 2026 delivered the week's only confirmed names (Metro, MAPA, City of Omaha — $2,500 each). YC S2026 sent decisions June 5 at ~1% acceptance with Demo Day set for September 10; 5 founders self-reported acceptance. Google Cloud Rapid Agent Hackathon closes June 11 with 13,697 participants and a $60K prize pool.

Global AI Startup Competition Tracker2026-06-01

AI Competition Radar: May 25–June 1, 2026

Latitude59 awards €450K to 3 Baltic-Nordic teams; 5 YC S2026 acceptances announced; hackathon results load next week.

Global AI Startup Competition Tracker2026-05-25

AI Competition Radar: May 15–25, 2026

5 hackathons, 3 pitch competitions, 22 sources — top picks: Rootline Robotics ($50K FRC), Aliform pre-raise MedTech winner, Avertto stroke-AI implant; YC S2026 closes today.

Global AI Startup Competition Tracker2026-05-15

AI Competition Radar: May 7–14, 2026

Weekly scout report covering 13 global AI competitions (May 7–14): hackathon results, pitch winners, demo day graduates, and 9 upcoming events — with founder contacts and outreach callouts for the most fundable teams.

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