Reported
Nova Wins SpaceXAI Grokathon 2026 with Binary Reverse-Engineering Tool
News record
SpaceXAI announced Nova as first place at its 2026 Grokathon and said the project used Grok to rewrite GameBoy ROMs in C and reconstruct a 1995 car ECU runtime.
Evidence state
developing
A later official contest record, stable technical release, reproducible evaluation, team correction, or registered-outlet report clarifying Nova's demonstrated capabilities.
Reported vs. the record
The record
The official winners post retains Nova's first-place designation, core binary-to-C description, and team handles.
Primary-source receiptReceipts
- captured headline
Nova Wins SpaceXAI Grokathon 2026 with Binary Reverse-Engineering Tool
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screenshot timestamp
- subject identity
subject identity
The directly fetched public repository title identifies Nova as the Grokathon project; entity registry review remains pending.
Open source receipt - originating speaker
SpaceXAI's official winners thread named Nova first place and named the three team accounts.
The directly fetched canonical post exposed the ranking, project description, team handles, and August 13 timestamp.
Open source receipt - atomic claim
SpaceXAI announced Nova as first place at its 2026 Grokathon and said the project used Grok to rewrite GameBoy ROMs in C and reconstruct a 1995 car ECU runtime.
The official contest post states the placement and both demonstration scopes; a team member's direct post supplies consistent technical detail.
Open source receipt - primary source evidence
The official winners post retains Nova's first-place designation, core binary-to-C description, and team handles.
The canonical X page was directly fetched and its URL plus exact project description were hashed.
Open source receipt - response correction
A team member describes Nova as a harness exposing Ghidra analysis, emulator memory inspection, and computer-use interfaces; the automobile-firmware work is described as an exploratory demonstration.
The directly fetched team post states the tool interfaces, ROM size, and exploratory nature of the BMW control-unit runtime work.
Open source receipt - resolution evidence status
The official placement and team-described demonstrations are retained; independent reproduction and later technical evaluation have not yet been located.
Direct official and team sources document the contest result and demonstrations, while registered-outlet and independent-evaluation searches returned no matching report.
Open source receipt
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