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Overview:
We're inviting AI developers and project teams to the GenLab Generative Hackathon II, to work on projects that increase human capabilities and enhance society.
GenLab (GenLab.Studio) is a recent venture launched through Digital Garage, a Japanese entity that’s funded over 300 companies (dg717.com).
Please join our Discord to introduce yourself, build your team or connect with projects, and stay up to date with the latest announcements! (discord.com/invite/YyK23kBCgJ)
Awards:
$15K in Cash Prizes will be awarded to projects and teams, in accordance with the rules, and as determined by the judges.
Additionally, valuable platform credits will be provided to all approved participants, and additional valuable credits and perks may be added to awards for winning teams (more details TBA).
Judges: See Below
Producing Partner:
Schedule (subject to updates):
Wednesday; 11/15/2023:
9a: Doors Open - Breakfast
10a - 2p: Hacking begins! + Opening Remarks, Partner/Platform Credit Presos & Info, Team
Formation/Organisation, etc.
1p: Lunch
2p - Late: Hack, Hack, Hack!
Thursday; 11/16/2023:
9a: Breakfast & Back to Work!
1p: Project Submissions
1p: Lunch
1:30p - 3p: Preliminary Judging Round
3:30p - 5:30p: Finalist Announcements and Project Runoff Presentations
5:30p - 8p: Awards, Celebration, & Networking
Requirements
See Rules Page.
Please sign up via our Partiful page (not on Devpost).
Prizes
1st place (overall)
2nd place (overall)
3rd place (overall)
Best Newly Formed Team
All code originated at this hackathon (other than open source or publicly available APIs).
Best Bootstrapped Organization
Team building upon code existing prior to hackathon, however no prior investments or (sig.) revenue received by team/organization.
Most Promise to Enhance Human Capabilities and Improve Lives
Project/concept showing most promise to enhance human capabilities and improve lives.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Jeremiah Owyang
Finalist Judge: General Partner @ Blitzscaling Ventures
Marlan Hardie
Finalist Judge: Chief Digital Officer @ World Wide Technology
Cecily Mak
Finalist Judge: Co-Founding General Partner @ Wisdom Ventures
Peter Hirshberg
Finalist Judge: Chairman @ Gray Area & Maker City
Benjamin Levy
Finalist Judge: Co-Founder and General Partner @ Bootstrap Labs
Barkley Dai
Prelim Judge: Product and Growth Lead @ LUMA AI
Ankit Garg
Prelim Judge: Security Researcher 2 @ Microsoft
Robert Chandler
Prelim Judge: Founder and CTO @ Wordware
Girri M Palaniyapan
Prelim Judge: Founder @ DialMe
Vince Kohli
Prelim Judge: StartUp Judge MIT/Stafford @ Design Innovation
Afra Ansaria
Prelim Judge: Co-Founder and CTO @ Sigmoid
Samuel Ekpe
Prelim Judge: Co-founder & CEO @ Grupa
Coco Chen
Prelim Judge: Co- Founder @ Dreamore
John Whaley
Prelim Judge: Founder @ Inception Studio
Hardik Vala
Prelim Judge: Co- Founder @ One-Over-One
Avi Singh
Prelim Judge: Lead UX Designer @ Dusty Robotics
Saurabh Bhutyani
Prelim Judge: Principal Big Data Solutions Architect @ AWS
Jeff Davis
Prelim Judge: Creative Director and Product Designer @
Matt Haryanawalla
Prelim Judge: Founder @ Llama Labs
Runde Yang
Prelim Judge: Technical Lead @ Nauto
Graham Hickman
Prelim Judge: Private Wealth Advisor @ Goldman Sachs
Shubham Nigam
Prelim Judge: Co-Founder @ Quest Labs
Filip Kozera
Wordware
Judging Criteria
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Creativity and innovation
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Technical skill and accomplishment
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Potential of project to increase human capabilities and enhance society
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Development of new and unique features and functionality (compared to use of existing code, features and functionality, if applicable)
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Team Stage (e.g., newly formed, pre-funding, seed stage, etc.)
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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