about 1 month ago
And the winner is...
The judges have weighed in, and we're excited to share the news! Go to the Arm Create: AI Optimization Challenge gallery to congratulate the winners and check out all of the awesome submissions.
Even though the competition is over, you don't have to stop coding. Update your portfolio to inform your followers about new projects and get feedback from fellow hackers.
Questions?If you have any questions about the hackathon, please post on the discussion forum.
2 months ago
Final Submission Reminder
Hi everyone, there are only 3 days left to complete your submission for Arm Create: AI Optimization Challenge!
Please make sure your final project is submitted on Devpost by August 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM PDT. If you have been working in draft mode or still polishing your project, now is the time to complete your submission, review every requirement, and make sure the judges have everything they need to understand, run, validate, and evaluate your work.
Before submitting, please confirm that your project is aligned to one of the challenge tracks: Physical AI, Cloud AI, or…
3 months ago
Final Submission Checklist
Hi everyone,
As we get closer to the Arm AI Optimization Challenge submission deadline, we encourage you to focus on getting your projects submitted and avoid waiting until the last minute. Even if you are still making improvements, it is better to have a complete submission in place early and continue polishing it than to risk running into issues close to the deadline.
This is a good time to review your project against the submission requirements and make sure everything is easy for the judges to evaluate. Please confirm that your submitted repository is public, includes a valid license file,…
3 months ago
Judging Criteria Event this Friday and August 3 Office Hours
Hi everyone,
As we get closer to the submission deadline, we want to help participants move beyond a valid submission and think about what makes a project stand out as a strong AI optimization project on Arm.
This Friday, July 31 at 9:00 AM PDT, I’ll be joining Devpost for a live session focused on the Arm Create: AI Optimization Challenge judging criteria. We’ll review real project concepts live, discuss what scores well across the judging categories, and highlight what separates a project that simply runs on Arm from one that is meaningfully optimized for Arm. No project is…
3 months ago
Arm AI Optimization Challenge: Strengthen Your Optimization Story
Hi everyone,
As submissions continue coming in, we want to share an important reminder: this is an AI optimization challenge, not only a challenge to run an AI project on Arm. A strong submission should clearly show what was optimized, what technical changes were made, and how those changes helped the project run better on Arm than it would have without that work. That improvement can be measured however it makes sense for your project: latency, throughput, memory usage, model size, power efficiency, deployment time, developer workflow, setup complexity, or another metric you define.
This is especially important because…
3 months ago
Arm Create: AI Optimization Challenge Office Hours Recap
Hi everyone,
Thank you to everyone who joined this week for our Office Hours in the Arm Developer Program Discord. We had a great discussion about project ideas, optimization approaches, and how to make submissions clear and easy to evaluate. As a reminder, submissions are open across three tracks: Physical AI, Cloud AI, and Mobile AI, with a deadline of August 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM PDT. We encourage you to submit, starting now! You can edit your submission at any point up until the deadline, don't wait until the last minute. That way you have…
3 months ago
Arm Create: AI Optimization Challenge Office Hours this Tuesday
Hi everyone,
Just a quick reminder that our first Office Hours session for the Arm Create: AI Optimization Challenge is coming up this Tuesday, July 14 at 10:00 AM PDT!
If you have questions about your project, want guidance on optimization, or are looking for insight into what the judges will be evaluating, this is a great opportunity to connect directly with the Arm team and challenge judges. I hope to see you there on the Arm Developer Program Discord.
If you're unable to attend, don't worry—you can continue to ask questions anytime in the discussion forum. We'll…
4 months ago
Arm AI Optimization Challenge: Office Hours with the Judges
Hi everyone,
Thank you again for being part of the Arm Create: AI Optimization Challenge. As teams continue developing project ideas and working on submissions, we wanted to share two upcoming opportunities to connect directly with the Arm team and challenge judges.
We’ll be hosting Office Hours in the Arm Developer Program Discord on:
July 14 at 10:00 AM PDT
August 3 at 10:00 AM PDT
These sessions are a chance to ask questions about your project, discuss what the judges will be looking for, get suggestions on possible optimization approaches, and learn more about Arm tools and resources…
4 months ago
Arm Create: AI Optimization Challenge Getting Started Resources
Hello everyone! Thank you for signing up for the Arm AI Optimization Challenge. My name is Avin Zarlez, and I’m a Staff Developer Evangelist at Arm. I’ll be helping support participants throughout the challenge and wanted to share a few resources as you begin planning and building your project.
The Arm Developer Program is a great place to access Arm tools, learning resources, support, and community spaces. We also encourage you to join the Arm Developer Program Discord so you can discuss project ideas, share progress, ask technical…