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Know Kotlin? Ship It Everywhere and Win at Shipaton 2026
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This gives developers a concrete deadline and incentive to try Kotlin Multiplatform for shipping to Android, iOS, desktop, and web from a single codebase, with JetBrains providing tooling access and support during the event. A single submission also competes across the hackathon's other categories, including the $100,000 Grand Prize, lowering the barrier to entry for multi-category participation.
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The Ship Kotlin Everywhere Award splits a $30,000 prize pool across three winners ($15,000, $10,000, $5,000), with first place also receiving a Times Square billboard feature and an invitation to RevenueCat's App Growth Annual conference in New York City on October 21.
Judges evaluate effective cross-platform development rather than platform count alone, so participants do not need to target all four platforms (Android, iOS, desktop, web).
Participants receive IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate free for 3 months (first 1,000 builders) and access to JetBrains' Junie AI coding agent for 2 months (200 builders building in public), plus starter guides and Discord support.
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