# GPU MODE IRL Hackathon - PyTorch Conference Europe side event
**Date de l'événement :** 09/04/2026
* Publié le 09/04/2026

### Date
09/04/2026

### Galerie d'image
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### Ville
`#Paris` 

## Description
Join us to wrap up the PyTorch Conference with a GPU MODE x PyTorch IRL hackathon.  
You can expect an intimate yet advanced day-long hackathon alongside researchers and engineers working at the bleeding edge of ML systems.  
Here's what you can expect:  
Two tracks on distributed training and inference optimization  
Access to a B300 cluster from Verda and H200 instances from Sesterce  
Cloud credits as prizes, including 48-hour access to a GB300 NVL72 rack  
Talks from PyTorch (Helion), vLLM, Prime Intellect, and more  
Food and refreshments  
More details on the tracks, teams, and prizes below ⬇️  
Schedule  
9:30 - Doors open  
10:00 - Kick off  
11:00 - Tasks start  
19:00 - Tasks end  
20:00 - Closing ceremony  
00:00 - Doors close  
Tracks  
1st track: LLM training on B300 cluster by Verda  
Task: Pre-train an LLM from scratch in a limited time on a B300 cluster. You will participate as a team, trying to make optimal use of 360 PFLOP/s (BF16). Will this require asynchronous optimizer steps, large-batch size training, models much larger than chinchilla, or something else entirely?  
Compute: Your team will get a B300 node for development and a set time on a B300 cluster.  
Teams:  
Come with a pre-formed team or get matched to a team on-site  
The expected team sizes are 2-4  
Prizes:  
🥇 1st place: 48 hours on GB300 NVL72 + 2,500 EUR in cloud credits  
🥈 2nd place: 2,000 EUR in cloud credits  
🥉 3rd place: 1,500 EUR in cloud credits  
2nd track: LLM inference on H200 GPUs by Sesterce  
Task: Compete as a team on a leaderboard for the fastest inference for a fixed model.  
Compute: Your team will get access to 4x H200s for the duration of the hackathon.  
Teams: Similarly, you can come with a pre-formed team or get matched on-site.  
Prizes:  
🥇 1st place: 5,000 EUR in cloud credits  
🥈 2nd place: 2,000 EUR in cloud credits  
🥉 3rd place: 1,500 EUR in cloud credits  
  
Lightning talks  
Speakers, topics, and times TBA soon!  
Sponsors  
PyTorch  
Prime Intellect  
Verda  
Sesterce  
SemiAnalysis

**Lien de l'évènement :** [https://luma.com/gpu-mode-paris-2026](https://luma.com/gpu-mode-paris-2026)

## Adresse


### Pays
`#France` 

### Continent
`#Europe` 

## event_id
evt-9tTvC7XNu2WxgP4@events.lu.ma

### Outils
`#PyTorch` 



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