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Hack Apertus
Accelerating Apertus adoption by mobilising builders to create open-source, sovereign blueprints for embedded solutions.
About Hack Apertus
Welcome to Hack Apertus, an open-source hackathon movement built around Apertus, the fully open large language model. Hack Apertus is a three-stage hackathon series with an Online Hackathon and six On-site Hackathons in Swiss cities, running from October 2026 until May 2027. Interdisciplinary teams build on Apertus to create reusable blueprints deployable air-gapped, on-premise, or on sovereign cloud infrastructure. You can join any hack, or all of them. Thanks for joining and contributing your time and expertise. · Phase 1: 2-week Online Hackathon: 1.10.-16.10.2026 · Phase 2: On-site Hackathons Q4 2026/Q2 2027 · Phase 3: Grand finals: 14.05.2027 Lead organisation: aiLights Association Co-Initiators: aiLights Association, Artifact, Swiss Engineering STV If you want to participate or contribute, please send a message here or visit our website and sign-up. Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/hack-apertus
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Signals from Hack Apertus
6 published signals
Presence & Recognition
Hack Apertus is calling for ambitious hackers to participate in the Basel Hackathon on 4-5 December 2026.
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Presence & Recognition
Hack Apertus Zurich hosted a booth at the UZH.ai Students booth at the AI Startup Center/TECHNOPARK Zürich on 27/28.11.26.
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Partnerships
Hack Apertus received support from supporting partners including Hasler Stiftung, digitalswitzerland, Gebert Rüf Stiftung, UBS, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, AI Bridge, b2venture, Übermorgen Ventures, Novu Campus, and bb trading werbeartikel ag.
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Presence & Recognition
Hack Apertus is taking over uptown Basel for an epic weekend of building, pitching, and networking.
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Presence & Recognition
Hack Apertus gathered its team in Zurich at the office of Übermorgen Ventures, supported by Michael Wegmüller, Vasco Schiavo, Sabine Wildemann, Agnieszka (Aga) Pieczko, Afke Schouten, Wiebke Hutiri, and Anne CHEVRIER, Carl Philipp Kohler, and Alexandros Riggenbach.
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Presence & Recognition
Hack Apertus reported that 78% of its Online Hackathon participants have built with Apertus.
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