Description

Welcome! We are East Bay Hackers, a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to hosting free and accessible hackathons for students across the Bay Area. Unlike most other hackathons, our events are not meant solely for competition, but for tech enthusiasts to come together and share their passion.

Requirements

Submission Requirements

Anything goes! As long as it's tech related (and you made it yourself,) you can submit it. However, everything must fit within our hackathon theme, which will be announced the day of the hackathon on-site.

 

Any code you have written must be submitted on Devpost by 5pm. Any hardware involved in your project should be turned in to the organizers, and will be returned during your project demo. 

 

There will be two rounds of judging, an individual team interview with two judges and a public presentation. During the first round, you will give a quick presentation and a live demo of your project. There will then be a Q&A where you are asked questions about your product. The second round of judging will be a live presentation to all competitors, where they will also get a say in the points your team receives. 

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$10,438 in prizes
Four (4) Courtside Tickets to the Warriors vs. Magic Game on 12/22/25
$10,000 in cash
1 winner

Four (4) Sony - WH-CH520 Wireless Headphones
$320 in cash
1 winner

Four (4) - LDK 80W Soldering Iron Kits
$118 in cash
1 winner

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Robert Muresan

Robert Muresan
CTO @ Bequest

Himanshu Nayyar

Himanshu Nayyar
Software Engineer @ Google

Nishi Doshi

Nishi Doshi
Software Engineer @ Google

Anubhav Mishra

Anubhav Mishra
Head of Data @ US ENT Partners

Satvik Kumar

Satvik Kumar
Computer Scientist @ Pure Storage

Judging Criteria

  • Presentation
    How professional was the presentation? How clearly and engagingly did the team present their idea? Did they effectively demonstrate how their product?
  • Concept
    How original is the idea? Does it show a creative approach to fufilling the theme?
  • Relevance
    How well does the project align with the theme? Does it make a meaningful change for those involved?
  • Functionality
    Does the actual product work? Does it function as advertised? Are there any noticeable glitches/bugs/non-working functionality?
  • Scalability
    How much potential does the project have to make a real-world impact? Could it scale to reach more people or different industries?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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