Welcome to the Gen AI Hackathon!

The Challenge: ​

Build a vertical-specific solution for a domain of your choice - eCommerce, healthcare, financial services, …

Participants should utilize at least 3 sponsor tools in their project 

Participants will build and compete, each pitching their ideas and solutions in 3 minutes

 

​​Make a difference: 

Demonstrate a useful agent which solves a unique problem and/or introduces a new capabilities which benefits users in a vertical use case

Requirements

The Challenge

​Participants will build and compete, each presenting their ideas and solutions. The challenge is to create Gen AI-powered multi-agent systems that creates usueful or amusing solutions for their daily lives. Projects should focus on building safe and secure AI systems that can coordinate multiple autonomous agents to perform complex tasks, optimize processes, and provide intelligent solutions based on collaborative efforts.

​​Make a difference: Focus on building AI that benefits both individuals and society. Consider the ethical implications of your creations and ensure they align with responsible AI development practices.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$34,000 in prizes
HeyGen
2 winners

• Best use of HeyGen
• First place: $5,000 in enterprise API

Top Overall Winner
1 winner

HeyGen: $10,000 in credits
Vectara: $1,000 in credits

SambaNova
1 winner

​• Best use of SambaNova
• Oculus to each team member (up to 4 team members, one Oculus per team member)
• Free use of higher rate limits (Entry Enterprise) for a month

CreatorsCorner
1 winner

• Most viral video at 9pm on the day of the hackathon
• Swag for the team
• ​Most viral video of your demo on social media (X or LinkedIn, 1k likes min, 3 weeks after)
• $1000 cash

aiXplain
1 winner

• Best Use of aiXplain
• $1000 cash

Prem
1 winner

• Best use of Prem
• ​$500 worth of credits for the Prem Platform

Exa
1 winner

• Best use of Exa
• ​$500 worth of credits

AI/ML API
3 winners

• Best use of AI/ML API
• $1000 in credits for first place
• $750 in credits for second place
• $500 in credits for third place

Retell AI
1 winner

• Best use of Retell AI
• ​$500 worth of credits

Anon
1 winner

- Best use of Anon
- 3 months credits + $250 for the team

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

​​Jon Turdiev

​​Jon Turdiev
AWS

​​Maria Xenochristou

​​Maria Xenochristou
Fujitsu Research

Erasmus Elsner

Erasmus Elsner
UBS

​​Brooke Hopkins

​​Brooke Hopkins
Coval (YC S24)

​Simon Tiu

​Simon Tiu
Vertex Ventures

​Anant Kumar

​Anant Kumar
Salesforce

​Pushkar Nandkar

​Pushkar Nandkar
SambaNova Systems

​Brandon Severin

​Brandon Severin
Conductor Quantum (YC S24)

​Prashanth Josyula

​Prashanth Josyula
Salesforce

​Sai Chiligireddy

​Sai Chiligireddy
Amazon Alexa

​Nur Hamdan

​Nur Hamdan
Sr. Product Manager aiXplain

Sonam Gupta

Sonam Gupta
Sr. Developer Relations aiXplain

​Mark Franks

​Mark Franks
Head of Developer Relations aiXplain

​Joshua Alphonse

​Joshua Alphonse
PremAI

​Saurabh Vishwas Joshi

​Saurabh Vishwas Joshi
Pinterest

Cathal Canavan

Cathal Canavan
HeyGen

Amir Kodro

Amir Kodro
Devak

​Ojus Save

​Ojus Save
DevRel at Zoom

Gautham Elango

Gautham Elango
Senior Software Engineer at Aevo

​Daniel Mason

​Daniel Mason
Co-Founder & CEO at Anon

Judging Criteria

  • Idea - 25%
    Idea - Selection of vertical specific use case which provides value
  • Technical implementation - 25%
    Technical implementation - Demonstration of multimodal experience which surprises and inspires judges  
  • Tool Use - 25%
    Tool Use - Creative use of at least 3 sponsor tools to develop agentic behavior
  • Presentation - 25%
    Presentation - How effectively does the team pitch their project?

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