Kilo Hackathon Partnership Program

Challenge the Kilo Community with your technology

We can handle the operations, promotion, and content. You will get high-quality projects, deep product feedback, and authentic developer engagement.

Hackathon Partnership Model

What Kilo Provides
What You Provide
Full event operations (planning, execution, judging)
Sponsorship funds (prize pool + ops)
Access to 750K+ user base for promotion
API credits/tokens for participants
Showcase of your model, tool, or technology within Kilo ecosystem
Judges (1-2)
Content creation (blog, video, social)
Technical instructions
Winner case studies and project highlights
Co-promotion to your community
Post-event metrics and impact report
Swag or hardware prizes (optional)

Why Partner with Kilo?

We have the infrastructure to turn hackathons into high-ROI promotional opportunities.

Massive Scale

Promote to our user base of 750,000+ developers that generate over 6.1 trillion tokens per month.

Content ROI

Every winning project becomes a marketing asset. We can produce recaps, videos, and social content featuring your technology.

Product Feedback

Get real developers stress-testing your model or API in production scenarios, providing invaluable product insights.

Challenge Design

We work with you to craft a challenge that highlights your unique capabilities. Our proven formula ensures high engagement and quality submissions.

The Formula

Partner Model+Kilo Feature+Outcome

“Build Your Own Fraud Prevention System using Gemini + Kilo

“Create an agentic DevTool using Claude + Kilo

Prize Structure

We invest heavily in our community. Our baseline prize pools are designed to attract top-tier talent and serious builders.

Baseline Prize Pool

1st Place
$5,000 Kilo/Partner Credits + Social Feature
2nd Place
$1,000 in Credits
3rd Place
$500

Start the Conversation

Ready to engage the Kilo Code community? Fill out the form below and our partnerships team will be in touch to discuss your event.

Partner Request Form

Tell us about your event and how we can support you.