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Writing from the Iterate team on hackathons, hiring, and research.
Engineering Work Trials: How to Evaluate Developers Before Making an Offer
Learn how to design a paid engineering work trial, choose realistic tasks, and evaluate developers’ technical judgment, code quality, and collaboration.
AI-Assisted Coding Interviews: How to Assess Engineers Who Use AI Tools
A candidate generates a working endpoint in six minutes. The code looks clean, the tests pass, and the demo runs. Then you ask what happens if the same request arrives twice. They turn back to the AI assistant. That response could lead to a useful investigation or another patch they cannot explain. The distinction matters […]
Himalaya Robotics Hackathon: Building Robots for Extreme Conditions
A robot can perform well on a flat floor with a strong internet connection and a nearby operator. Put that same machine on ice, expose it to mountain weather, and interrupt its connection, and the engineering problem changes. The Himalaya Robotics Hack brought those constraints into a two-day event in San Francisco on August 29–30, […]
How to Hire a Founding Engineer: Skills, Sourcing, and Interviews
Learn how to hire a founding engineer, define the role, find strong candidates, assess technical ownership, and build a clear interview process.
AI Engineer Hiring Scorecard: How to Evaluate Candidates Consistently
An AI engineer can build an impressive demo in an afternoon. That tells you something about their speed and curiosity. It tells you much less about what happens when the model gives inconsistent answers, the data changes, or users start relying on the feature every day. That gap makes AI engineering interviews difficult. One candidate […]
What Should Engineers Look for in a Computer When Joining an AI Company?
Starting a new role at an AI company can mean stepping into a different technical environment from a typical software engineering job. Engineers may work with large datasets, machine learning frameworks, local development environments, containers, simulations, or GPU-intensive workloads. The computer you use can have a direct effect on how you work. A machine that […]
6 Google DeepMind Robotics Projects Built at RoboHacks
See how six RoboHacks teams used Gemini, Gemma, vision models, and spatial memory to build robots that navigate and act in the physical world.
How Hackathon Teams Fine-Tuned and Deployed Small Mistral Models
See how hackathon teams fine-tuned, quantized, routed, and deployed small Mistral models with LoRA, QLoRA, vLLM, Jetson hardware, and local inference.
RoboHacks 2026: Winners and Best Physical AI Projects
Explore the winners and standout robotics projects from RoboHacks 2026, where 120 builders used 25 MARS robots to create physical AI systems.
Agentic GTM Hackathon 2026: Winners and Best AI Projects
Explore the winners and standout AI sales projects from the 2026 Agentic GTM Hackathon at Station F, including Gravity, Zorro, and Net-Work.
25 AI Hackathon Ideas for Companies in 2026
Explore 25 practical AI hackathon ideas for agents, security, research, internal tools, and industry-specific challenges companies can build in 2026.
How to Organize an AI Hackathon: 10 Essential Steps
Learn how to organize an AI hackathon, from challenge design and builder sourcing to judging, demos, and post-event project development.
From Hackathon Winner to Y Combinator in 74 Days
See how three AI builders won two major hackathons before George Jefferson and Art Freibrey entered Y Combinator with Revnu.
Computer Use Agent Security: How PLVA Protects Data?
Explore computer use agent security risks and see how PLVA protects screenshots, credentials, and PII before data reaches a cloud AI model.
What Is a Research Hackathon? 5 AI Projects From Paris!
See how a research hackathon helps teams test competing AI methods quickly through five projects from the Iterate Paris Research Hackathon.
7 AI Hackathon Projects Built With Mistral AI
Explore seven AI hackathon projects built with Mistral, from dynamic LoRA weights and faster inference to model security and verified math proofs.
How to Participate in a Hackathon ?
Learn how to participate in a hackathon, choose the right event, find teammates, prepare a workable idea, build an MVP, and deliver a strong final demo.
AI Hackathons Explained: How Teams Build and Test AI Solutions
What is an AI hackathon? Explore its format, participants, judging criteria, AI project ideas, and value for innovation and technical recruitment.
What Is a Hackathon? Meaning, Format, and Business Value
What is a hackathon? Learn how these fast-paced events work, who takes part, what teams build, and why companies use them to innovate and hire.
How to Build a Tech Team (2026 Guide)
Learn how to build a tech team from the first engineering hire to a scalable structure. Define roles, recruit proven engineers, assess skills, and build remote teams that ship.