COMMA_HACK 7
comma.ai · COMMA_HACK 7
Prize breakdown
First Place
comma four + chestnut + $2,500
$2,500Second Place
comma four + chestnut + $1,500
$1,500Third Place
comma four + chestnut + $750
$750
Timeline
- Submissions openSep 19, 2026
- Submission deadlineSep 20, 2026
About
September 18–20, 2026
Friday 6 PM – Sunday 6 PM
In person at comma HQ in San Diego, CA
COMMA_HACK is back for a weekend with big models and big GPUs.
Come see what openpilot can do with more compute, hack alongside the comma team, and build something worth demoing on Sunday.
Chestnut is the easiest way to throw real GPU compute onto your embedded projects. It connects to any device with a USB port, all the way down to USB2—including your laptop, Raspberry Pi, comma four, and Android phone.
Build with chestnut, work on openpilot, or make something entirely new.
We bring-
chestnuts and comma hardware
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Desktop GPUs
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Food, drinks, and workspace
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The comma team
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Your laptop
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Your favorite agent
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A good idea
Schedule
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Friday, 6 PM — Doors open
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Friday, 7 PM — Chestnut kickoff
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Friday–Sunday — Hacking
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Sunday, 3 PM — Demos and judging
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Sunday, 6 PM — Winners announced and wrap-up
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1st place: comma four + chestnut + $2,500
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2nd place: comma four + chestnut + $1,500
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3rd place: comma four + chestnut + $750
Apply here by September 8. We’re handpicking the strongest applicants on a rolling basis until then. Great GitHub profiles, leaderboard submissions, and openpilot contributions are a plus.
Want us to fly you out? We’ll cover flights for the first two people who get a top-three score on any active leaderboard challenge.
Requirements
Build a project during COMMA_HACK 7 that is ready to demo on Sunday.
Your project may:
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Build with chestnut
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Work on openpilot
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Be something entirely new
Projects will be demoed on Sunday afternoon and judged by the comma team on quality and creativity.
- Submissions open
- Sep 19, 2026
- Deadline
- Sep 20, 2026
- First seen
- Aug 26, 2026
- Last seen
- Sep 17, 2026