305 Hack Fall 2025 | Submission Portal ONLY (Register at hacks-at-fiu.vercel.app)
The 305 Hackathon – Fall 2025 is here! Proudly known as Florida’s Gateway to Global Innovation.
Top Hacks @ FIU — Where Miami Innovates Together.
Proud Member of the Major League Hacking (MLH) 2026 Season, this in-person hackathon brings students together for a weekend of creativity, innovation, and excellence — right in the heart of Downtown Miami.this in-person hackathon brings students together for a weekend of creativity, innovation, and excellence — right in the heart of Downtown Miami.
When: September 19–21, 2025
Where: 1501 Biscayne Blvd, Suite 501, Miami, FL 33132
Time: Friday 6:00 PM — Sunday 5:00 PM
Hacking Hours: Friday 8:00 PM — Sunday 11:00 AM
Theme: Smart Cities — build solutions for more connected, sustainable, and innovative urban living.
Who Can Join?
Worlwide Open to all majors, students from any university, and high school students age 16 and older.
Participants under 18 must have an adult present for overnight participation.
Important:
This Devpost page is for submitting your final project only.
You must first register through our official Hacker Hub to participate.
Register here: 305hackfall2025.vercel.app
What to Expect-
Free food and a venue open 39 hours straight — stay the whole hack.
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Street parking is available. Venue parking is offered for a flat rate of $10, regardless of whether you park for 1 hour or 3 days.
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Build. Submit. Track. Judge. — all in one place.
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Exclusive 305 Hack T-shirt
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Stickers and iconic hackathon swag
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$100 Neon Credits – Serverless Postgres
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$50 Agentuity Credits – AI agent-native cloud tools
Inspiring speakers include Cathy Dos Santos and Curt Lary, CEO of Hextronics, plus more experts to be announced.
💡 Main Tracks & Prizes
Each main track offers 3-month UniBee subscription for all winners (unibee.dev):-
Smart Infrastructure & Engineering — Track Sponsor: Hextronics (hextronics.com)
($500 prize + exclusive drone base station access with API + on-site aerial footage + past drone videos)
Sponsored by Harshith Vaddiparthy
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Digital City Platforms & Apps
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Smart City Business Innovation (Tech Unicorn Track)
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Smart Cities & Cybersecurity
- No winners were awarded for the 2000 Azure OPEN AI credit by Harshith Vaddiparthy
- Prize Alert: $500 in Agentuity credits for the best team that integrates Agentuity into their project
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Google Cloud — Best Use of Gemini API
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MongoDB — M5GO IoT Starter Kit
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Auth0 — Best Use of Auth0
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Cloudflare — Best AI Application Built with Cloudflare
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Registration closes: Wednesday, September 17
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Waitlist opens: Thursday, September 18
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Walking check-in window: Friday, 7:00–8:00 PM
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Capacity note: Available spots will be determined by 7:00 PM. At 7:01 PM, any unclaimed seats will be released to the standby line on a first-come basis.
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Opening Ceremony — Friday, 8:00 PM → Featuring the Best with Google AI Studio presentation ✨
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GitHub Copilot Workshop — Saturday, 11:00 AM
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Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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All submissions must include a public GitHub repository
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A YouTube demo video (maximum 2 minutes) must be linked in the README
Full Agenda: http://305hackfall2025-agenda.vercel.app/
Join the Community on Discord: http://305hackfall2025-discord.vercel.app/
Available Tracks Details
Track 01: Smart Infrastructure & Urban Engineering - Track Prize Pool Value: $500 Sponsor by Hextronics
Perfect for majors in:
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Biomedical Engineering
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Mechanical Engineering
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Electrical Engineering
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Civil Engineering
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Sustainability Studies
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Healthcare/Pre-Med
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Computer Science (Cloud & Infrastructure)
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Data Science
Track 02: Smart City Tech & Digital Solutions
Perfect for majors in:
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Computer Science (AI & Machine Learning)
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Software Engineering
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Information Technology
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Finance (Fintech focus)
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Digital Media & Gaming
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Communications & Entertainment
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Mobile/Web Development
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Graphic Design (UX/UI)
Track 03: Tech Unicorn Track (No Code Required)
Perfect for all majors, especially:
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Business Administration
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Finance & Economics
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Marketing & Communications
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Entrepreneurship
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Management
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Liberal Arts
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Psychology
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Pre-Law
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Any major with startup ideas
Focus on business strategy and innovation concepts
Track 04: Smart Cities & Future Innovation (Featured Track)
Perfect for majors in:
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Urban Planning
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Public Administration
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Computer Science (DevOps/Cybersecurity)
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Information Security
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Blockchain Technology
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Smart Cities & Urban Innovation focus
Complete Hacker Resources: 305hackfall2025.vercel.app
Steps to Join
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Register now (required for all participants): 305hackfall2025.vercel.app
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Check Agenda calendar invites for kickoff and live sessions and get your ticket : 305hackfall2025gdgatfiu.vercel.app
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Join the LinkedIn Event to connect and share: 305hackfall2025-LinkedInRSVP.vercel.app
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Submit your final project here on Devpost before the deadline: 305hackfall2025-Devpost.vercel.app
What’s New
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In-person experience in Downtown Miami
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Smart Cities theme with real-world challenges
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$2,000 Azure OpenAI credits prize pool
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Special challenges, prizes, and judge feedback
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Industry Leaders – Volunteer
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Students – Volunteer
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Industry Leaders – Fundraiser & Advisory Board
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Become a Sponsor
Questions or Collaborations:
Connect with us on Discord (after registering) or on LinkedIn. Let’s build the future of decentralized tech together.
Secure Your Spot: hacks-at-fiu.vercel.app
We can’t wait to see what you build!
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CODE CRUNCH GLOBAL Interdisciplinary Tech Club | Open to ALL MAJORS from any university | High School Students (16+)Hosted in partnership with:
- ColorStack at FIU | Open to ALL MAJORS from any university - Supporting students from all backgrounds in tech at FIU
- CAHSI at FIU | Open to ALL MAJORS from any university - Building research community and opportunities for students in computing at Florida International University.
Requirements
Prizes
First Place Winner #01 Engineering - Hextronics Challege
First Place Winner Certificate & 500 cash prize + 3month Unibee.dev subscriptions
MLH Winner Pins
First Place Winner #02 Smart City Tech & Digital Solutions
First Place Winner Certificate & + 3month Unibee.dev subscriptions
MLH Winner Pins
First Place Winner #03 Tech Unicorn Track
First Place Winner Certificate &+ 3month Unibee.dev subscriptions
MLH Winner Pins
First Place Winner #04 Smart Cities & Future Innovation
First Place Winner Certificate & + 3month Unibee.dev subscriptions
MLH Winner Pins
Extra Award 01 Most Innovative
Certificate First Place Extra Award 01 Most Innovative
Extra Award 02 Best Design
Certificate First Place Extra Award 02 Best Design
Extra Award 03 Community Impact
Certificate First Place Extra Award 03 Community Impact
MLH : Best Use of Gemini API
Mechanical keyboard
It’s time to push the boundaries of what's possible with AI using Google Gemini. Check out the Gemini API to build AI-powered apps that make your friends say WHOA. So, what can Gemini do for your hackathon project?
Understand language like a human and build a chatbot that gives personalized advice
Analyze info like a supercomputer and create an app that summarizes complex research papers
Generate creative content like code, scripts, music, and more
Think of the possibilities… what will you build with the Google Gemini API this weekend?
MLH : Best Use of MongoDB Atlas
M5GO IoT Starter Kit
MongoDB Atlas takes the leading modern database and makes it accessible in the cloud! Get started with a $50 credit for students or sign up for the Atlas free forever tier (no credit card required). Along with a suite of services and functionalities, you'll have everything you need to manage all of your data, and you can get a headstart with free resources from MongoDB University! Build a hack using MongoDB Atlas for a chance to win a M5GO IoT Starter Kit for you and each member of your team.
MLH : Best Use of Auth0
JBL Wireless Headphones
Auth0 wants your applications to be secure! Why spend hours building features like social sign-in, Multi-Factor Authentication, and passwordless log-in when you can enable them through Auth0 straight out of the box? Auth0 is free to try, doesn’t require a credit card, and allows for up to 7,000 free active users and unlimited log-ins. Make your new account today and use any of the Auth0 APIs for a chance to win a pair of wireless headphones for you and each member of your team!
MLH : Best AI Application Built with Cloudflare
Arduino Kit
Cloudflare is one of the world’s largest networks enabling hackers like you to build, deploy, and deliver trusted applications, no matter where you are! With Cloudflare, you’ll have all the building blocks to create a full-stack application; from C3 (create Cloudflare command line) instance deployment to object storage. You can even run GenAI (LLMs, text to image, Voice to text etc..) in the cloud and leverage your AI functionality via API requests using Cloudlfare’s Workers AI! Enjoy Cloudflare’s generous free tier to get started at no cost! This weekend, we want you to build an AI Application utilizing Cloudflare’s numerous services for a chance to win Arduino Kits for you and your team!
Best Agentuity Integration — $500 Agentuity Credits — No Winner Selected
No winner selected — no qualifying projects integrated Agentuity.
Prize: $500 in Agentuity credits
No Winners - Microsoft Azure API Credits — 2000
Initially, there was interest from Harshith Vaddiparthy to personally sponsor and directly provide $2,000 in Azure API credits to selected winners. However, this sponsorship did not move forward, and the credits were not provided, as the individual ultimately chose not to participate as a sponsor in this edition of the hackathon.
As a result, no Azure API credits were distributed as part of the official prize pool for the 305 Hackathon | January 2026 Edition.
We appreciate the community interest and remain committed to ensuring transparency around sponsorships and prize distribution.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Nithin Maruthi Prasad
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Work Experience: GEP Worldwide
Raju Dandigam
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Navan
Bhanuprakash Madupati
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Work Experience: Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC)
Karan Alang
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Work Experience: Versa Networks Inc
Ather Husain
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker |Work Experience: Capgemini
Bhupendra Singh
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Marriott International
Madhura Raut
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Workday, Inc
Ashutosh Datar
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Pure Storage
Yehor Chernenko
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Uber
Sarvesh Peddi
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Charter Communications
Sanat Talwar
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Electronic Arts, Inc.
Alok Tibrewala
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Deutsche Bank
Saket Dhanraj Chaudhari
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: TriNet Inc
Ashish Kedia
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Google
NAGA MURALI KRISHNA KONERU
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Hexaware Technologies Inc
Aishwarya Madupuri Suresh
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Walmart
Arun Pandiyan Perumal
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Adobe
Satwik Reddy Jambula
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: UBER Technologies
Krishna Chaithanya Vuppala
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: MGM Resorts LLC
Saumya Dixit
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: 33Across Inc
Sethu Neeli
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Market America inc
venugopala reddy kusam
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Microsoft
Saurabh Phaltane
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Google
Balajee Asish Brahmandam
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Charles Schwab
Ravikanth Reddy Malyala
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: JPMorgan Chase
Jay Sheth
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: T.Rowe Price
Venkata Reddy Pasam
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: cornerstone consulting
Anil Kumar Jonnalagadda
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Versa Networks Inc
Jagrati Bhardwaj
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Microsoft
Hatim Kagalwala
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Amazon
Bhanu Prakash Reddy Rella
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Walmart
Xinyue Yu
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Oracle
Hari K Gupta
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Bullwhip
Vijay Pahuja
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Cox Automotive Inc
Kusha Maharshi
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Bloomberg
Steve Ahn
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Blizzard Entertainment
UPENDRAN MANICKAM
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Meta
Tianlu Peng
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Upbeat
Praneetha Kotla
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: ERP Smartlabs
Jeet Nishit Mehta
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Netflix
Karl-Gustav Kallasmaa
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Stealth Startup
Ranjan Kathuria
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Staff Security Engineer
Suhas Holla Karkada Chandrashekar
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Pangolin Laser Systems, Inc.
Amit Prasad
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Pro-IT Inc/AT&T
Harvendra Singh
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: UBER Technologies
Bruna Azevedo
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: UBER Technologies
Singaiah Chintalapudi
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Pro-IT Inc/AT&T
Deepak Kaul
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: UBER Technologies
Denise Biscaro
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: GEP Worldwide
Gaurav Malik
Judge | Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Associate Information Security Manager at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc
Deven Sanghavi
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: UBER Technologies
Zhi Ye
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Versa Networks Inc
Umair Nadeem
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Pro-IT Inc/AT&T
Aashrey Kamal Sharma
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Versa Networks Inc
Wenyu Chen
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: GEP Worldwide
Akanksha Shrivastava
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: CopperPoint Insurance
Raj Mehta
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Workday, Inc
Sreekanth Narayan
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Versa Networks Inc
Sol Lee
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Pro-IT Inc/AT&T
Vyshnavi Aitu
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: UBER Technologies
Minzhou Wang
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: UBER Technologies
Sachin Pawar
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Workday, Inc
Serhii Romanov
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: CopperPoint Insurance
Goutam Tadi
Judge | Non-Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Astronomer.io
Abhi Desai
Judge | Mentor | Speaker | Experience: Independent Researcher; Former Saks Fifth Avenue
Anar Israfilov
Judge | Mentor | Non-Speaker | Experience: Cyberoon Enterprise
Judging Criteria
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Judging Criteria
See information here: hacksatfiu-toolkit.vercel.app
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