Please sign up through: https://partiful.com/e/bk3jj4TDS9od7Lk5SmIu

Hack for Impact NYC 2025 is a one day Hackathon where you

• Build End to End products alongside Sr Mentors from companies like Goolge and Meta
• Ship your products by end of day

Winner (Top 3 + Popular Choice) gets to pitch the project to Investors, founders and fellow developers at our Builder’s Demo! https://partiful.com/e/KyZ88Yc74wgUpQ7nXELw

Pre-Hackathon Workshop

• How to build your first AI-Driven App (Open for all!)

Supported Tracks

• A. Education Equity
  • Tools for remote learning, language support for immigrant families, or bridging the digital divide in underserved communities.
• B. Climate Resilience and Sustainability
  • Solutions to manage waste more effectively, reduce carbon footprints, or adapt infrastructure for extreme weather events.
• C. Urban Challenges
  • From famed rodent challenges to housing affordability, from hate crime monitoring to mental health support, there are vast amount opportunities to leverage cutting edge AI to solve our toughest problems at hand.
• D. Responsible and Ethical AI
  • Frameworks for reducing AI bias, ensuring transparency in AI decision-making, protecting privacy in data collection, and creating accessible AI systems that work equitably for diverse populations including those with disabilities or from marginalized communities.

Sponsored by

• Polsinelli Law Firm https://www.polsinelli.com/
• Lastmile AI https://lastmileai.dev/
• 1 Thing Org https://www.1thing.org/

Judge Application: https://shorturl.at/NHfi0 [Closed, Apply to be considered for future hackathons!]

• Impact & Relevance
  Measures how directly the project addresses real challenges—education equity, climate resilience, or urgent urban issues. OK: Minimal connection GOOD: Indirect benefit GREAT: Clear relevance EXCELLENT: Profound potential to transform community
• AI Execution
  Evaluates the quality of AI-first features, including feasibility and responsible/ethical use of data and models POOR: Lacks basic AI features OK: Incomplete integration GREAT: Well-structured AI approach EXCELLENT: Advanced, ethically applied AI
• Innovation & Creativity
  Looks at novelty in solving the problem—whether the solution offers fresh ideas or new ways of applying AI to meet local needs POOR: Familiar solutions OK: Limited originality GREAT: New angle or method EXCELLENT: Breakthrough concept or approach
• Scalability & Sustainability
  Assesses whether the prototype can be maintained, replicated, and grown, with minimal negative impact POOR: Unclear path beyond initial demo OK: Basic plan but low sustainability GREAT: Viable growth strategy EXCELLENT: Well-defined roadmap