NVIDIA GTC Golden Ticket Developer Contest
Enter to win the ultimate developer experience at NVIDIA GTC, happening March 16–19 in San Jose, CA.
The Golden Ticket includes a Conference Pass to attend the event in person, with access to VIP seating for NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote, an NVIDIA DGX Spark, GTC Training Lab Pass, exclusive merchandise, and other special events.
How to Enter
To enter for a chance to win, follow our team members and partners listed below. Each will award one ticket based on a project or work sample you submit. Check out their posts below for unique entry requirements:
NVIDIA Team
Carter Abdallah
Challenge: Share an open-source project you’re building with NVIDIA technology and NVIDIA Nemotron models. Post a video talking about it, tag Carter, and use #NVIDIAGTC.
Nader Khalil
Challenge: Share an open-source project you’re building with NVIDIA technology and NVIDIA Nemotron models. Post a video talking about it, tag Nader, and use #NVIDIAGTC.
Bryan Catanzaro
Challenge: Share an open-source project you’re building with NVIDIA Nemotron models. Post your work, tag Bryan, and use #NVIDIAGTC.
Sabrina Koumoin
Challenge: Share an open-source project you’re building with NVIDIA technology. Post your work, tag Sabrina, and use #NVIDIAGTC.
Partners
ETH Robotics Club
Challenge: Share an open-source project you’re building with NVIDIA tools. Post your work, tag @ NVIDIA and @ ETH Robotics Club, and use #NVIDIAGTC #GOLDENTICKET, and #ETHRC.
Pollen Robotics by Hugging Face
Challenge: Share a cool project you built using the Reachy Mini community app. Post your work, tag @ Hugging Face and @ Pollen Robotics, and use #NVIDIAGTC.
Ollama
Challenge: Share a cool project you've built with Ollama and/or with open models. Post your work, tag @ Ollama and use #NVIDIAGTC. Or e-mail us at hello@ollama.com.
Submissions will be accepted from January 27–February 15, 2026. Following the entry period, winners will be notified on the social channel of their entry on or around February 25, 2026.
Or
Submit your work via participation in NVIDIA hackathons and contests from Jan 27 - February 15. The full calendar is here. The hackathon winner will be notified in February through email.
See the contest Terms and Conditions, and Google Cloud Terms and Conditions.
Prizes
Each winner of the NVIDIA GTC Golden Ticket will receive:
One complimentary NVIDIA GTC 2026 Conference pass to attend in person. Travel and accommodations are not included in this prize. Winners must be able to travel to this event in person to accept this prize.
VIP seating for NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote on March 16, 2026
Tour of NVIDIA Headquarters and invite to exclusive Happy Hour
Training Lab Pass at GTC 2026
NVIDIA merchandise gift bag
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