M4 Mac Mini / iPad Air 11-inch M2 / reMarkable Tablet

Sony Headphones

iPad (10th Generation)

Gaming Keyboard + Mouse

Nintendo Switch Lites.

Awarded to the team who submits the best game related hack.

Space Lego Sets.

Awarded to the team with the best hack related to space.

Apple AirPods (3rd Generation).

Awarded to the team with the best hack 'for' or 'compatible with' mobile devices.

UNC Basketball Jerseys.

Awarded to the team with the best hack built for the UNC community.

Electric Scooters.

Awarded to the team with the best hack that promotes social good.

Apple Airpods Pro 2s, and Fast-Track consideration for Infosys InStep Summer Internship in Raleigh.

Infosys is on the cutting-edge of leveraging Generative AI to create innovative products and solutions. Develop a RAG-based intelligent smart knowledge assistant for the financial services industry. Solutions should use the agentic framework and should be capable of autonomously retrieving updated and contextually relevant information from multiple sources and generate concise, accurate responses.

$250 Amazon gift cards.

At Capital One, we are building the bank of the future. We recognized early on that winners in banking will be great tech companies with the risk management skills of a leading bank. Along the journey of our tech transformation, we went all-in on the public cloud, invested in modern architecture standards (microservices, rest APIs, open source) and created a real-time streaming ecosystem for big data. Our track is The Best Financial Hack! This is your chance to change the game in fintech. Whether it's an innovative payment solution, helping consumers shop smarter, making financing more accessible, or a creative way to improve financial literacy, we want to see your boldest ideas in action. Judging will be based on the project's creativity, complexity, and completeness.

Bandwidth Swag and $100 Amazon Giftcard.

Bandwidth is where best in class communication systems come to life. We know that in today's interconnected world, effective communication and a strong community presence are more important than ever. This category celebrates innovative solutions that enhance communication within communities or foster deeper connections among individuals. Whether it's an app that simplifies local event sharing, a platform that promotes dialogue and collaboration, or a tool that bridges gaps between diverse groups, we want to see your creativity shine. Judges will look for hacks that demonstrate originality, practicality, and a positive impact on community engagement and communication. Join us in transforming the way we connect with each other and create lasting relationships in our digital age!

$250 Lowe's gift cards, and the Ultimate Lowe's Swag Bag (Lowe's Bluetooth Speaker, Lowe's Tumbler, Lowe's Tech Branded T-shirts, Lowe's Heavy Duty Tote Bag)

How can tech solutions be developed that empower homeowners and DIY enthusiasts to improve their living spaces through innovative, accessible, and sustainable technology?

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.

Make your Team's Achievements timeless: Win a .Tech Domain Name for Life to Showcase and Expand Your Project, Plus 4 Blue Snowball Mics for Effortless Collaboration on Zoom, empowering you to build even more cool things together!

Databricks is an open analytics platform that helps you build, deploy, and maintain large scale data & AI solutions! Whether you’re working with large language models using Mosaic AI, storing data with Databricks Data Lakes, or deploying GenAI powered applications using MLflow, Databricks Open Source software has the tools you need to make your hackathon project state of the art.

Build an AI powered project utilizing Databricks Open Source projects like the ones mentioned, or Databricks friendly Open Source projects like LanceDB and Llama Index, for a chance to win some amazing prizes for you and your teammates! Check out the following link to see all qualifying Databricks' Open Source technologies: https://mlh.github.io/Databricks-Landing-Page/

Adobe Express is an AI-first, all-in-one content creation app that makes it fast, easy and fun to design and share videos, images, PDFs, flyers, TikToks, logos and more. Best of all, it’s free to get started.

Add-ons in Adobe Express are simply extensions and integrations that are built upon very powerful APIs. These APIs provide access to the user’s document, connections to third-party tools, and so much more. You can extend the functionality of Adobe Express using add-ons to unlock new capabilities and workflows. Check out these add-ons to see what other cool ideas developers have implemented!

For this hackathon, we want you to build a creative add-on for Adobe Express. Users are looking for add-ons that involve assets like stickers or icons, work with presentations and data visualization, and work in roles like marketing and e-commerce. Build an Adobe Express add-on this weekend for a chance to win a Wacom Wireless Drawing Tablet and JBL Go3 Speaker for you and each member of your team!

*You can also submit to this prize category if you have a prototype idea for an add-on or have a partially completed add-on. As long as you’ve built with Adobe Express, we want to see your hack!

HashiCorp Terraform is a source available infrastructure as code (IaC) tool that makes building, deploying, and managing your projects even easier! Whether you’re working in the cloud or using local resources, Terraform can make managing and configuring your application simple and organized. From deploying Machine Learning models to spinning up virtual containers for your web applications, Terraform supports a wide array of cloud providers and services, taking the guesswork out of your next hackathon project. Dive into the documentation (https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform) and discover all the ways Terraform can take the way you hack to the next level!

Terraform’s community edition (https://developer.hashicorp.com/sign-up) is free to use with no credit card required! Utilize Terraform in your hackathon project this weekend for a chance to win some awesome Hashicorp prizes for you and each of your teammates!