NEAR Names Claude Code and Codex to Its Hackathon Judging Panel

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NEAR Names Claude Code and Codex to Its Hackathon Judging Panel

Human judges will serve alongside the AI participants.

By Simon Yoon

Published Oct 24, 2026, 4:29 AM EDT

A human hand and robotic gripper hover over blank judging cards / TokenPost.ai

NEAR Protocol announced a hackathon judging panel that will include human judges and AI participants Claude Code and Codex, bringing AI tools into project reviews on its decentralized application platform.

The panel will assess projects at the hackathon, with people and AI models serving as judges.

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