The best all-round hack, this prize considers design, complexity, and impact to determine the best hackathon prize!
Best Overall winning team receives $4k!

New to hackathons? We’ve got the track for you! Compete against other first-timers to win a grand prize of your own. This prize also considers design, complexity, and impact.
Best Novice wins $1k!

Do you have the gift of persuasion, the power to captivate an audience, and the ability to present your project with the charisma it deserves? If so, the "Best Pitch" challenge is tailored just for you! In this hackathon category, we're looking for teams or individuals who can develop innovative solutions and convey their ideas convincingly and compellingly.
Best Pitch prize to be announced!

The end user experience is one of the most important parts of an app. This prize seeks clean assets, ease-of-use, and sensibly designed projects.
Best Design wins $400!

HackTX 2024 is arcade-themed, so this prize will go to those who embrace the aesthetic and the culture of old arcades! Whether you make the next Dance-Dance-Revolution or replicate the old Mortal Kombat, this prize goes to those who truly embody the arcade spirit.
Best Arcade-Themed Hack wins $400!

We’ve all seen the likes of CoPilot and ChatGPT and their uses - but LLMs are versatile and can be applied to very interesting scenarios. Whether that be on GDB or right in Spotify, this hack commends the best use of an LLM in any application, so get creative!
Best LLM Hack wins $400!

The best AI hack! This is an all-round consideration, taking into account the complexity of the model, the application, and the impact.
Best AI Hack wins $1k + 2,000 hours on UT Austin's new GPU compute cluster ($10,000 value)!

We’ve all used pre-trained models and created a good use out of them, but what about actually training a model for your purpose? This award goes to the hackers that train a model from the ground-up that has a great use case and creative parameters.
Best Ground-Up Model wins $400!

Unleash your creativity and build cutting-edge AI applications with Intel-optimized software on the latest Intel hardware including Intel Tiber Developer Cloud and AI PC Dev Kits. Tackle real-world challenges using Intel technology in your hackathon project for a chance to win awesome prizes. Join the Best Use of Intel AI track and demonstrate the future of AI innovation.

1st place prizes are AI PCs + $10k worth of Intel Developer Cloud credits. 2nd place prizes are Intel Arc A770 graphic cards + $6k worth of Intel Developer Cloud credits. 3rd place prizes are Intel Arc A750 graphic cards + $2k worth of Intel Developer Cloud credits.

This award celebrates the most innovative application of Generative AI utilizing InterSystems IRIS Vector Search. Judges will evaluate entries based on the effectiveness and creativity of GenAI integration, the complexity and precision of the vector search solution, and the real-world impact and potential for scaling this technology.

1st place prize is $2,000. 2nd place prize is $1,500. 3rd place prize is $1,000.

Make your Team's Achievements timeless: Win a .Tech Domain Name for up to 10 years 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!

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!

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.

Sauce Labs empowers you to develop, test, and deliver top-tier web and mobile apps quickly and efficiently. Their unified platform makes automated testing and error monitoring easy to do, enabling you to save time building your hackathon project! Let Sauce Labs help resolve any issues with your code so you can get back to building an award winning hack. Make sure your project is hackathon-tested by signing up for a Sauce Labs account!

To spice things up even more, we're running the Sauce Labs Hot Sauce naming raffle and selecting up to 4 individual winners at this event. To qualify come up with a cool hot sauce name and submit it to the Sauce Labs raffle form for a chance to win some awesome swag including a backpack, beanie, and a bottle of Sauce Labs hot sauce!

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 and discover all the ways Terraform can take the way you hack to the next level!

Terraform’s community edition 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!