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-<img src="./assets/banner.svg" alt="Build Small — a hackathon by Gradio &amp; Hugging Face" width="100%"/>
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-<sub><b>HOSTED BY</b> &nbsp;Gradio &nbsp;·&nbsp; Hugging Face &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>SPONSORED BY</b> &nbsp;<i>[ TBD ]</i>
-<b>Dates: May 29 2026 - June 8 2026</sub>
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-<h1> Making AI Fun Again </h1>
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+
+<!-- top strip -->
+<div class="strip">
+<div class="who">
+<span><span class="caps">Hosted by</span> &nbsp;<b style="color:#f6efe1; font-family:Georgia,serif;">Gradio</b> · <b style="color:#f6efe1; font-family:Georgia,serif;">Hugging Face</b></span>
+<span><span class="caps">Sponsored by</span> &nbsp;<span class="mono" style="color:#f6efe1; opacity:0.7;">[ TBD ]</span></span>
 </div>
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-The pace of AI over the last year has been anxiety-inducing. Labs release larger and larger models that do more of the things that make us feel human: writing, drawing, speaking, coding. 
-No wonder more than [half of us](https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/09/17/how-americans-view-ai-and-its-impact-on-people-and-society/) think the risks of AI outweigh the benefits. 
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-We're sponsoring a hackathon to take things back to how they felt in 2021 when models were **small enough** to tinker with and the vibe was **fun** and hopeful over how this technology could **improve** our lives.
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-This hackathon is different from others. Rather than using a giant LLM to ship yet another B2B SAAS, we want you to **think small**. Armed with only **32 billion parameters**, we want you to solve a problem someone you know is facing or build something whimsical.
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-## Two Tracks
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-<table>
-<tr>
-<td width="50%" valign="top">
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-<img src="./assets/track-backyard.svg" alt="Backyard AI" width="100%"/>
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-#### 🏡 &nbsp; Backyard AI &nbsp; <sub><i>Chapter One</i></sub>
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-***Solve a real problem for someone you actually know.*** Pick a person — a neighbor, a parent, a small business owner on your street — and build something that makes their day measurably better. 
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-<sub>**JUDGED ON** &nbsp;·&nbsp; problem is specific and real &nbsp;·&nbsp; the person actually used it &nbsp;·&nbsp; honest fit between problem and the small-model constraint &nbsp;·&nbsp; polish of the Gradio app</sub>
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-</td>
-<td width="50%" valign="top">
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-<img src="./assets/track-wood.svg" alt="Thousand Token Wood" width="100%"/>
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-#### 🍄 &nbsp; *An Adventure in Thousand Token Wood* &nbsp; <sub><i>Chapter Two</i></sub>
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-***Build something delightful that wouldn't exist without AI.*** Wander somewhere weirder. A toy, a tiny game, a strange interactive story, an art experiment that surprises you. The AI should be doing the fun thing — not just helping you build it. Strange is good. Joyful is the bar.
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-<sub>**JUDGED ON** &nbsp;·&nbsp; genuinely delightful (would you show a friend?) &nbsp;·&nbsp; AI is load-bearing for the experience &nbsp;·&nbsp; originality of concept &nbsp;·&nbsp; polish of the Gradio app</sub>
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-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
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-## The Constraints
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-<table>
-<tr>
-<td width="33%" valign="top">
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-**① &nbsp; Small Models Only** — Total number of parameters must be less than or equal to **32 Billion**.
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-</td>
-<td width="33%" valign="top">
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-**② &nbsp; Built on Gradio** — your app must be a Gradio app, hosted as a Hugging Face Space.
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-</td>
-<td width="33%" valign="top">
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-**③ &nbsp; Show, Don't Tell** — a short demo video and a social-media post are part of the submission.
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-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
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-## How to Participate
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-<table>
-<tr>
-<td width="25%" valign="top"><b>1. Register</b> — join this org. No application, no waitlist.</td>
-<td width="25%" valign="top"><b>2. Find your people</b> — hop into the Gradio Discord. Office hours, AMAs, teammates live there.</td>
-<td width="25%" valign="top"><b>3. Build &amp; ship</b> — build your Gradio app and host it as a Space under this org.</td>
-<td width="25%" valign="top"><b>4. Submit</b> — drop your <b>Space link</b>, a <b>demo video</b>, and a <b>social post</b> by the deadline.</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
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-## How to Get Started
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-* ML Intern Agent Guide. Use this to fine tune a model on the hub without writing any code.
-* Gradio Guides
-* Gradio's gr.Server for completely custom UIs
-* Getting Started with Llama.cpp on spaces
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-## Bonus Quests
-
-<div align="center">
-<img src="./assets/merit-badges.svg" alt="Six earnable merit badges" width="92%"/>
+<div class="dates"><b>May 29</b> – <b>June 8, 2026</b></div>
 </div>
 
-*None required. Each one grants extra points for your submission. Stack them like badges on a scout sash.*
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-<table>
-<tr>
-<td width="33%" valign="top"><b>🔌 &nbsp; <i>Off the Grid</i></b><br/>No cloud APIs. The whole thing runs on the model in front of you.</td>
-<td width="33%" valign="top"><b>🎯 &nbsp; <i>Well-Tuned</i></b><br/>Your app uses a fine-tuned model you've published on Hugging Face.</td>
-<td width="33%" valign="top"><b>🎨 &nbsp; <i>Off-Brand</i></b><br/>A custom frontend that pushes past the default Gradio look.</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td width="33%" valign="top"><b>🦙 &nbsp; <i>Llama Champion</i></b><br/>Your model runs through the llama.cpp runtime.</td>
-<td width="33%" valign="top"><b>📡 &nbsp; <i>Sharing is Caring</i></b><br/>You shared your agent trace on the Hub.</td>
-<td width="33%" valign="top"><b>📓 &nbsp; <i>Field Notes</i></b><br/>You wrote a blog post or report about what you built. <sub><i>tentative</i></sub></td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-
-## Timeline
-
-<div align="center">
-<img src="./assets/timeline-map.svg" alt="A hand-drawn map of the hackathon timeline" width="88%"/>
+<!-- header -->
+<header class="header">
+<div class="title-row">
+<div style="flex:1; min-width: 0;">
+<div class="eyebrow caps"><span class="dingbat">✦</span> The Build Small Hackathon <span class="dingbat">✦</span></div>
+<h1 style="margin-top: 10px;">Making AI <em>Fun</em><br>Again.</h1>
+</div>
+<div class="seal" aria-hidden="true">
+<div class="seal-inner">Build<br>Small<br>·<br>2026</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+</header>
+
+<!-- intro -->
+<section class="section no-rule intro">
+<div class="section-label caps"><span class="ornament">❋</span> Chapter Zero — Why this exists</div>
+<p class="lede">The pace of AI over the last year has been anxiety-inducing. Labs release larger and larger models that do more of the things that make us feel human — writing, drawing, speaking, coding. No wonder more than half of us think the risks of AI outweigh the benefits.</p>
+<div class="pull">We're sponsoring a hackathon to take things back to how they felt in 2021 — when models were small enough to tinker with, and the vibe was fun and hopeful about how this technology could improve our lives.</div>
+<p style="margin-top: 14px;">This hackathon is different. Rather than using a giant LLM to ship yet another B2B SaaS, we want you to <b>think small</b>. Armed with only <b>32 billion parameters</b>, solve a problem someone you know is facing — or build something whimsical.</p>
+</section>
+
+<!-- two tracks -->
+<section class="section">
+<div class="section-label caps"><span class="ornament">❋</span> Two Tracks · Pick your trail</div>
+<h2>Choose your own adventure.</h2>
+
+<div class="tracks">
+<div class="track">
+<span class="chap">Chapter One</span>
+<div class="ico">🏡</div>
+<h3>Backyard AI</h3>
+<p>Solve a real problem for someone you actually know. Pick a person — a neighbor, a parent, a small-business owner on your street — and build something that makes their day measurably better.</p>
+<div class="judged">
+<span class="caps">Judged on</span>
+<ul>
+<li>Problem is specific and real</li>
+<li>The person actually <em>used it</em></li>
+<li>Honest fit between problem and the small-model constraint</li>
+<li>Polish of the Gradio app</li>
+</ul>
+</div>
 </div>
 
-| | When | What |
-|:---:|:---|:---|
-| **I.** | *Week of [date TBD]* | **Registration opens** — sign up, join Discord, start sketching |
-| **II.** | *[date TBD]* | **Hack window begins** — two weekends to build, ship, and demo |
-| **III.** | *Mid-window* | **Live AMA + office hours** — ask the Gradio team anything |
-| **IV.** | *[date TBD]* | **Submissions close** — Space, demo video, social post locked in |
-| **V.** | *[date TBD]* | **Winners announced** — per track, plus bonus-quest leaderboard |
-
-<div align="center">
-
-## Build something *small.*
-
-*Two weekends. Two tracks. The model on your laptop. The neighbor next door.*
+<div class="track">
+<span class="chap">Chapter Two</span>
+<div class="ico">🍄</div>
+<h3>An Adventure in Thousand&nbsp;Token Wood</h3>
+<p>Build something delightful that wouldn't exist without AI. Wander somewhere weirder. A toy, a tiny game, a strange interactive story, an art experiment that surprises you. The AI should be doing the fun thing — not just helping you build it. Strange is good. Joyful is the bar.</p>
+<div class="judged">
+<span class="caps">Judged on</span>
+<ul>
+<li>Genuinely delightful (would you show a friend?)</li>
+<li>AI is load-bearing for the experience</li>
+<li>Originality of concept</li>
+<li>Polish of the Gradio app</li>
+</ul>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+</section>
+
+<!-- constraints -->
+<section class="section">
+<div class="section-label caps"><span class="ornament">❋</span> The Constraints — Three rules of the trail</div>
+<h2>Pack light.</h2>
+
+<div class="constraints">
+<div class="constraint">
+<div class="num">1</div>
+<h3>Small Models Only</h3>
+<p>Total parameters must be <b>≤ 32 billion</b>. The model fits on a laptop. So should your ambition.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="constraint">
+<div class="num">2</div>
+<h3>Built on Gradio</h3>
+<p>Your app must be a <b>Gradio app</b>, hosted as a <b>Hugging Face Space</b>. That's the canvas.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="constraint">
+<div class="num">3</div>
+<h3>Show, Don't Tell</h3>
+<p>A short <b>demo video</b> and a <b>social-media post</b> are part of the submission. Make it sing.</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+</section>
+
+<!-- bonus quests -->
+<section class="section">
+<div class="section-label caps"><span class="ornament">❋</span> Bonus Quests · Six earnable merit badges</div>
+<h2>Stack 'em on your sash.</h2>
+<p class="lede" style="margin-top: 6px;">None required. Each one grants extra points for your submission. Hover a patch to see it lift.</p>
+
+<div class="sash">
+<div class="badges">
+<div class="badge">
+<div class="patch sun">🔌</div>
+<div class="meta">
+  <div class="name">Off the Grid</div>
+  <div class="desc">No cloud APIs. The whole thing runs on the model in front of you.</div>
+  <span class="tag">Local-first</span>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="badge">
+<div class="patch moss">🎯</div>
+<div class="meta">
+  <div class="name">Well-Tuned</div>
+  <div class="desc">Your app uses a fine-tuned model you've published on Hugging Face.</div>
+  <span class="tag">Fine-tuned</span>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="badge">
+<div class="patch rust">🎨</div>
+<div class="meta">
+  <div class="name">Off-Brand</div>
+  <div class="desc">A custom frontend that pushes past the default Gradio look.</div>
+  <span class="tag">Custom UI</span>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="badge">
+<div class="patch copper">🦙</div>
+<div class="meta">
+  <div class="name">Llama Champion</div>
+  <div class="desc">Your model runs through the llama.cpp runtime.</div>
+  <span class="tag">llama.cpp</span>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="badge">
+<div class="patch cream">📡</div>
+<div class="meta">
+  <div class="name">Sharing is Caring</div>
+  <div class="desc">You shared your agent trace on the Hub for everyone to learn from.</div>
+  <span class="tag">Open trace</span>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="badge">
+<div class="patch olive">📓</div>
+<div class="meta">
+  <div class="name">Field Notes</div>
+  <div class="desc">You wrote a blog post or report about what you built and what you learned.</div>
+  <span class="tag tentative">Tentative</span>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+</section>
+
+<!-- how to participate -->
+<section class="section">
+<div class="section-label caps"><span class="ornament">❋</span> How to Participate</div>
+<h2>Four steps. No application. No waitlist.</h2>
+
+<div class="ledger">
+<div class="row">
+<div class="n">I</div>
+<div class="body">
+<div class="name">Register</div>
+<div class="desc">Join this org on Hugging Face. No application, no waitlist — just walk in.</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="row">
+<div class="n">II</div>
+<div class="body">
+<div class="name">Find your people</div>
+<div class="desc">Hop into the Gradio Discord. Office hours, AMAs, and teammates live there.</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="row">
+<div class="n">III</div>
+<div class="body">
+<div class="name">Build &amp; ship</div>
+<div class="desc">Build your Gradio app and host it as a Space under this org.</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="row">
+<div class="n">IV</div>
+<div class="body">
+<div class="name">Submit</div>
+<div class="desc">Drop your Space link, a short demo video, and a social post by the deadline.</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+</section>
+
+<!-- resources -->
+<section class="section">
+<div class="section-label caps"><span class="ornament">❋</span> How to Get Started · Tools for the trail</div>
+<h2>Useful trailheads.</h2>
+<div class="resources">
+<a href="#"><span>📓 &nbsp;ML Intern Agent Guide — fine-tune without code</span><span class="arr">→</span></a>
+<a href="#"><span>📚 &nbsp;Gradio Guides</span><span class="arr">→</span></a>
+<a href="#"><span>🛠 &nbsp;Gradio's gr.Server — fully custom UIs</span><span class="arr">→</span></a>
+<a href="#"><span>🦙 &nbsp;Getting Started with Llama.cpp on Spaces</span><span class="arr">→</span></a>
+</div>
+</section>
 
-### → &nbsp; [**Register on Hugging Face**](#) &nbsp; ← <sub>*↳ placeholder link for now*</sub>
+<!-- timeline / map -->
+<section class="section">
+<div class="section-label caps"><span class="ornament">❋</span> Timeline · A hand-drawn map</div>
+<h2>Two weekends in the woods.</h2>
 
-<sub>Made with care by the Gradio team &nbsp;·&nbsp; questions? <a href="#">Find us on Discord</a> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <i>vol. III · mmxxvi</i></sub>
+<div class="map">
+<div class="map-head">
+<span class="caps muted">Trail map</span>
+<span class="compass" aria-hidden="true">✦ N ✦</span>
+</div>
+<div class="stops">
+<div class="stop">
+<div class="pin">I</div>
+<div class="when">Week of [date TBD]</div>
+<div class="what"><b>Registration opens.</b><span class="note">Sign up, join Discord, start sketching.</span></div>
+</div>
+<div class="stop">
+<div class="pin">II</div>
+<div class="when">[date TBD]</div>
+<div class="what"><b>Hack window begins.</b><span class="note">Two weekends to build, ship, and demo.</span></div>
+</div>
+<div class="stop">
+<div class="pin">III</div>
+<div class="when">Mid-window</div>
+<div class="what"><b>Live AMA + office hours.</b><span class="note">Ask the Gradio team anything.</span></div>
+</div>
+<div class="stop">
+<div class="pin">IV</div>
+<div class="when">[date TBD]</div>
+<div class="what"><b>Submissions close.</b><span class="note">Space, demo video, social post locked in.</span></div>
+</div>
+<div class="stop">
+<div class="pin">V</div>
+<div class="when">[date TBD]</div>
+<div class="what"><b>Winners announced.</b><span class="note">Per track, plus bonus-quest leaderboard.</span></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+</section>
+
+<!-- final cta -->
+<div class="cta">
+<h2>Build something <em>small</em>.</h2>
+<p>Two weekends. Two tracks. The model on your laptop. The neighbor next door.</p>
+<a href="#" class="button">→ &nbsp; Register on Hugging Face &nbsp; ←</a>
+<span class="placeholder">Placeholder link for now</span>
+<div class="links">
+<a href="#">Join the community</a> · <a href="#">Gradio docs</a> · <a href="#">Discord</a>
+</div>
+</div>
 
 </div>