National Security Hackathon 2026 - General Interest
Scale AI · San Francisco, CA; New York, NY; Washington, DC · Washington, DC
CHECKED 15H AGO
Infrastructureonsite$227k–$284k
At a glance
Highlights
- Help develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions.
- Support advances in generative AI, defense, robotics and autonomous systems.
- Partner with leaders like Meta, Mayo Clinic, Army and Air Force.
What they offer
- comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
- retirement benefits
- learning and development stipend
- generous PTO
- equity based compensation for eligible roles
- commuter stipend for eligible roles
Ideal candidate
Hackathon attendee passionate about advancing AI and machine learning for national security and real-world impact, excited by mission-focused technical challenges and staying connected with Scale's team.
Lab profile
About Scale AI
AI data foundry providing high-quality data for training, fine-tuning, and evaluating AI systems.
What they build
- Training, fine-tuning, and evaluation data for frontier models
- Multimodal and coding data for audio, image, video and world models
- Custom AI applications for enterprise and global public sector
Known for
- Leading data partner for frontier model developers
- Trusted across enterprise, defense and public sector
- Depth in multimodal, coding and physical AI
- End-to-end capability from strategy to delivery and evaluation
Key facts
- Founded in 2016
- Headquartered in San Francisco, California
- Private company backed by Accel, Founders Fund, Index Ventures, Nvidia and Meta