# Cua — What happens when hackathon judging is a public benchmark (Hack the North edition)

- Company: Cua (cua.ai)
- Announced: 2025-09-25
- Category: not stated
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: no
- Group: routine
- Source: https://cua.ai/blog/hack-the-north
- Record: https://forck.live/items/16831-what-happens-when-hackathon-judging-is-a-public-benchmark-hack-the-north-edition
- Subject: Cua Driver / Lume / Cua Bench / Cua Fleets

Cua and HUD ran a computer-use agents track at Hack the North, scoring entries on a public benchmark and offering the top performer a guaranteed YC interview. The post shares the playbook for running or sponsoring such a track.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://cua.ai/blog/hack-the-north:

> run the first state-of-the-art Computer-Use Agents track , score it on a public benchmark, and give the top performer a guaranteed YC interview.

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