PayPal AI Hackathon
Organized by PayPal
About the challenge PayPal already moves money for millions of people and businesses, every day, all over the world. This hackathon is us opening that platform up and asking what happens when you put AI behind the wheel. New agents, new ways to pay and get paid, tools nobody s built yet. We want to see what you make of it. AI is changing how people build, buy, sell, work, connect, and move money. Now it s your turn to imagine what comes next. Build What s Next with PayPal and AI is a global online hackathon inviting developers, designers, founders, students, and builders to create something new using PayPal and AI . There are no prescribed problem statements and no set of tracks. Build an agent, an app, an automation, a new payment experience, a business tool, a social product, or something we haven t thought of yet. The only fundamental requirement: your project must meaningfully use both PayPal and AI . Why Join? Build something ambitious — Turn an idea into a working project using P
- Deadline
- November 12, 2026
- Format
- Online
- Prize
- $67,500
Themes and skills
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