From c737742889bd31921751615700e682f82596d6bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PushQuant <it@pushquantum.tech>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:29:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove per-partner challenge descriptions from challenge
 partners page

We won't personally publish individual challenge briefs, so the site
should only show who the challenge partners are, not descriptions of
their challenges.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 components/hackathon/hackathon-challenge-hero.tsx    |  3 +--
 .../hackathon/hackathon-challenge-partners.tsx       | 12 ++----------
 lib/hackathon-2026-data.ts                           |  7 -------
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/components/hackathon/hackathon-challenge-hero.tsx b/components/hackathon/hackathon-challenge-hero.tsx
index 3568573..c0655ab 100644
--- a/components/hackathon/hackathon-challenge-hero.tsx
+++ b/components/hackathon/hackathon-challenge-hero.tsx
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ export function HackathonChallengeHero() {
                     <br />
                     <br />
                     Challenges are presented live at the mandatory kick-off on the
-                    afternoon of November 20 — full briefs are announced closer to the
-                    event.
+                    afternoon of November 20.
                 </p>
             </div>
         </section>
diff --git a/components/hackathon/hackathon-challenge-partners.tsx b/components/hackathon/hackathon-challenge-partners.tsx
index 42b7deb..75e2e53 100644
--- a/components/hackathon/hackathon-challenge-partners.tsx
+++ b/components/hackathon/hackathon-challenge-partners.tsx
@@ -5,13 +5,9 @@ export function HackathonChallengePartners() {
     return (
         <section className="py-16 px-6 bg-white">
             <div className="mx-auto max-w-3xl">
-                <h2 className="text-2xl font-bold text-pq-dark-purple sm:text-3xl mb-2">
+                <h2 className="text-2xl font-bold text-pq-dark-purple sm:text-3xl mb-8">
                     Meet the challenge partners
                 </h2>
-                <p className="text-gray-600 mb-8">
-                    Challenge briefs below are placeholders and will be updated as
-                    partners confirm them.
-                </p>
 
                 <div className="grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-2 gap-6">
                     {challengePartners.map((partner) => (
@@ -31,13 +27,9 @@ export function HackathonChallengePartners() {
                             <h3 className="font-bold text-pq-dark-purple mb-1">
                                 {partner.name}
                             </h3>
-                            <p className="text-gray-600 text-sm mb-3">
+                            <p className="text-gray-600 text-sm">
                                 {partner.description}
                             </p>
-                            <p className="text-xs font-semibold uppercase tracking-widest text-pq-bright-pink mb-1">
-                                Challenge
-                            </p>
-                            <p className="text-gray-500 text-sm">{partner.challenge}</p>
                         </div>
                     ))}
                 </div>
diff --git a/lib/hackathon-2026-data.ts b/lib/hackathon-2026-data.ts
index 3e087d7..5f21036 100644
--- a/lib/hackathon-2026-data.ts
+++ b/lib/hackathon-2026-data.ts
@@ -25,35 +25,28 @@ export interface ChallengePartner {
     name: string;
     logo: string;
     description: string;
-    challenge: string;
 }
 
-const CHALLENGE_TBA = "Challenge details to be announced closer to the event.";
-
 export const challengePartners: ChallengePartner[] = [
     {
         name: "Aqarios",
         logo: "/logos/partners/aqarios/aqarios_logo_blue_vertical.png",
         description: "Quantum software company building optimization solutions for industry.",
-        challenge: CHALLENGE_TBA,
     },
     {
         name: "Alice & Bob",
         logo: "/logos/partners/alice_bob/ALICE-ET-BOB.png",
         description: "Hardware company building fault-tolerant quantum computers from cat qubits.",
-        challenge: CHALLENGE_TBA,
     },
     {
         name: "IQM Quantum Computers",
         logo: "/logos/partners/iqm/IQM_Quantum_Computers_Logo.jpg",
         description: "Superconducting quantum computer manufacturer for research and industry.",
-        challenge: CHALLENGE_TBA,
     },
     {
         name: "Qoro",
         logo: "/logos/partners/qoro/Qoro-Quantum-Banner-600x400.png",
         description: "Distributed quantum computing software for scaling quantum applications.",
-        challenge: CHALLENGE_TBA,
     },
 ];