Competition
ARC Prize 2026
ARC Prize Foundation
At a glance
- Deadline
- Closes 2 November 2026, 11 days leftThe posting gives a date, not a time. Days left are counted in Lagos time.
- Fee
- No fee to apply
- Who may apply
- strong machine-learning and programming skill
- Where
- Online, on Kaggle
A global AI research competition to build systems that solve novel reasoning puzzles (ARC-AGI). Free to enter, run on Kaggle, no country restriction stated, but you must open-source your solution. 2,000,000 USD in prizes across three tracks. This is a demanding machine-learning contest for experienced builders and researchers.
The facts
- What you get
- 2,000,000 USD total across three tracks (ARC-AGI-2, ARC-AGI-3 and a Paper Award); per-track amounts are on the individual track pages
- Where
- Online, on Kaggle
- How long
- Runs 25 Mar to 2 Nov 2026; results 4 Dec 2026
Where you stand
This one is free. There is no fee to apply, and nobody should ask you for money at any point.
What they ask for
- strong machine-learning and programming skill
- must open-source your solution under a permissive licence; no internet access during Kaggle evaluation
Get ready to apply
Built only from what this listing states.
A long application, by our reading.
1. What to get ready
It asks for something outside the usual documents; read it below.
In their words: “Code and methods open-sourced under a permissive licence (e.g. CC0 or MIT-0); submissions before official private scoring”
2. Dates
- Closes 2 November 2026, in 11 days.
- On the date, the listing says: Submissions due 2 November 2026; papers due 8 November 2026
- Aim to send it by 30 October 2026. Websites slow down near a deadline, and data runs out. Our advice
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The download is a small text file. You can read it later without data. It also lists each condition they set, so you can tick yourself against them. WhatsApp sends the same list to you, or to somebody helping you.
No CV yet? Make a plain one from your answers. Nothing you type is kept.
Tips for applying for a competition
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- Read the rules and the judging criteria first, and write to them.
- Check who owns your work after you enter. The rules usually say.
- Submit a day early. Upload pages are often slow near a deadline.
If there is an interview or a test
- If there is a final or a pitch, practise out loud and time yourself.
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How to apply
You apply on ARC Prize Foundation's own website, not here. We never send an application for anybody and we never ask you for anything to pass on. Check their page for anything not shown here.
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How we checked this
This was opened and verified at ARC Prize Foundation's own website on 14 October 2026: it was real, still open, and open to people from African countries. If anything here is wrong, tell us.