About LIVE AI

✰ LIVE AI is the premier accelerator-backed, hackathon-driven talent identification program.

Welcome to LIVE AI Best Coast 2025, the multi-campus fully-hybrid hackathon of California.

✰ 2025 November 7 - November 9
✰ Berkeley
✰ Stanford
✰ UCLA
✰ UCSD

Our competition promotes two technologies (AI / ML and blockchain) and two themes (fintech and medtech).

All hackathon campuses will provide parallel onsite hackathons, and our Discord channel will offer a unique global experience that connects both communities with our online community for a truly hybrid event. Our participants will be eligible for the usual hackathon prize package, as well as offers for internships and jobs, opportunities to sell their IP, and consideration for joining the fintech-focused Converge Accelerator.

Check out our latest Duke-Harvard event: LIVE AI Ivy Plus 2025 (https://liveai-ivyplus-2025.devpost.com)

 

[1] Before Coding

✰ Submit your resume and apply to LIVE AI Best Coast 2025 to be eligible for prizes.
✰ Join our Discord and check out our Participants Handbook for more event information.
✰ Receive your application decisions and confirm where you will participate in Best Coast 2025.

[2] During Coding

✰ Start coding on 11/07 (Friday) at 8:00 pm PST and follow our event schedule to participate.
✰ Start submitting your solutions at our submission checkpoint on 11/08 (Saturday) at 8:00 pm PST.
✰ Finish submitting your solutions before our submission deadline on 11/09 (Sunday) at 12:00 pm PST.

[3] After Coding

✰ Present your products at a hackathon campus on 11/09 (Sunday) to be eligible for onsite prizes.
✰ Our judges will evaluate all submitted pitch videos and code bases from 11/09 until 11/23.
✰ Join the Global Awards Ceremony on 11/29 (Saturday) at 8:00 pm PST to celebrate!

 

For more details, you can check out our Rules page and our Participants Handbook, as well as contact us on our Discord channel.

 

Other Events

✰ LIVE AI Ivy Plus 2024 (2024 March 23 - 24)
@ Duke + Harvard

✰ LIVE AI Ivy Plus 2025 (2025 February 21 - 23)
@ Duke + Harvard

✰ LIVE AI Lone Star 2025 (2025 June 6 - June 8)
@ Google Austin + BankSocial (Dallas) + Rice

✰ LIVE AI Ivy Plus 2026 (2026 February 20 - 22)
@ Columbia + Duke + Harvard + MIT

Requirements

What to Build

Your product must include:

  • at least one of these two technologies
    • artificial intelligence
    • blockchain / web3
  • at least one of these two themes
    • medicine / medtech
    • finance / fintech

As long as your product fulfills both requirements, you're welcome to include anything else in your product!

What to Submit

To be eligible for onsite prizes, present your product at a hackathon campus on November 9 (Sunday).

To be eligible for global prizes, submit a pitch video (2-3 minutes in length) on November 9 (Sunday) by noon. You may also submit any supporting documents, files, images, etc. Our judges will evaluate all pitch videos from November 9 until November 23, and then we will announce our global winners.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$15,825 in prizes
[GLOBAL] GOLD
$600 in cash
1 winner

* $100 USD
* Digital Certificates

[GLOBAL] SILVER
$575 in cash
1 winner

* $75 USD
* Digital Certificates

[GLOBAL] BRONZE
$550 in cash
1 winner

* $50 USD
* Digital Certificates

[GLOBAL] Honorable Mention
$500 in cash
2 winners

* Digital Certificates

[GLOBAL] AI / ML Winner
$550 in cash
1 winner

* $50 USD
* Digital Certificates

[GLOBAL] Blockchain Winner
$550 in cash
1 winner

* $50 USD
* Digital Certificates

[GLOBAL] Medtech Winner
$550 in cash
1 winner

* $50 USD
* Digital Certificates

[GLOBAL] Fintech Winner
$550 in cash
1 winner

* $50 USD
* Digital Certificates

[GLOBAL] Best Design
$525 in cash
1 winner

* $25 USD
* Digital Certificates

[GLOBAL] Best Development
$525 in cash
1 winner

* $25 USD
* Digital Certificates

[GLOBAL] Best Demo
$525 in cash
1 winner

* $25 USD
* Digital Certificates

[GLOBAL] Best Product
$525 in cash
1 winner

* $25 USD
* Digital Certificates

[NORTHERN CALIFORNIA] Winner
$1,000 in cash
1 winner

* $500 USD
* Digital Certificates

[NORTHERN CALIFORNIA] AI / ML Winner
$700 in cash
1 winner

* $200 USD
* Digital Certificates

[NORTHERN CALIFORNIA] Blockchain Winner
$700 in cash
1 winner

* $200 USD
* Digital Certificates

[NORTHERN CALIFORNIA] Medtech Winner
$700 in cash
1 winner

* $200 USD
* Digital Certificates

[NORTHERN CALIFORNIA] Fintech Winner
$700 in cash
1 winner

* $200 USD
* Digital Certificates

[SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA] Winner
$1,000 in cash
1 winner

* $500 USD
* Digital Certificates

[SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA] Runner-Up
$900 in cash
1 winner

* $400 USD
* Digital Certificates

[SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA] Honorable Mention
$500 in cash
2 winners

* Digital Certificates

[SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA] AI / ML Winner
$700 in cash
1 winner

* $200 USD
* Digital Certificates

[SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA] Medtech Winner
$700 in cash
1 winner

* $200 USD
* Digital Certificates

[SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA] Fintech Winner
$700 in cash
1 winner

* $200 USD
* Digital Certificates

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

LIVE AI Best Coast 2025 Judges

LIVE AI Best Coast 2025 Judges

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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Hackathon sponsors

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