4 Fitbit Watches

Technology for better care and well-being

Build solutions that improve patient outcomes and streamline health services. Create wearables for health monitoring, telemedicine platforms for underserved communities, accessibility apps, or health data dashboards.

3 iPads

Build tools to help ideas and businesses set sail

Build tech for entrepreneurship and business growth. Create platforms connecting small businesses to customers, financial literacy apps, e-commerce solutions, or market analysis dashboards.

4 Waycom Drawing Tablet

Shining light on creative, expressive, interactive tech

Fuse art, design, and technology to push creative boundaries. Build interactive art installations, generative music platforms, AR/VR experiences, or accessibility tools for creative expression. Welcomes all majors beyond "just code."

4 Mechanical Keyboards and $400

Make your first splash into hacking and exploration

Perfect for first-time hackers and coding beginners. Build your first website or mobile app, create simple games, experiment with beginner-friendly AI tools, or try anything experimental and fun. Focus on learning, creativity, and growth rather than pressure.

$6000 Prize

This category is for student founders and builder teams who want to launch a real startup, not just a demo. This track is for teams treating the hackathon as a company formation moment.

Objective

Design, build, and validate an AI-native startup concept that solves a real problem for real users. Teams are expected to demonstrate not only technical execution, but early evidence of demand and scalability.

Teams must deliver

- A functioning AI-powered product or prototype

- A clearly defined problem and target user

- Evidence of validation such as interviews, signups, pilots, or live usage

- A concise startup narrative including market, differentiation, and next steps

$4000 Prize

This category is for builders, engineers, and researchers who want to explore AI through a focused technical or creative project without committing to a startup path.

Objective

Create an impressive AI-driven project that demonstrates technical depth, originality, or creative application. This track rewards strong engineering and thoughtful use of AI.

Teams must deliver...

- A working AI project, tool, model, or system

- Clear explanation of what was built and how it works

- Demonstration of technical complexity or novelty

- Documentation or walkthrough of the system

$1,000 Prize plus NVIDIA Blackwell Supercomputer Access

This category is for teams pushing the limits of compute-heavy AI workloads, advanced models, or large-scale experimentation.

Objective

Leverage high-performance computing to build or test AI systems that would not be feasible on standard hardware.

Teams must deliver...

- An AI system or experiment that meaningfully benefits from advanced compute

- Explanation of why high-performance resources were required

- Demonstration of scale, performance gains, or model complexity

- Responsible and efficient use of compute resources

Google Swag Kits

It’s time to push the boundaries of what's possible with AI using Google Gemini. Check out the Gemini API to build AI-powered apps that make your friends say WHOA. So, what can Gemini do for your hackathon project?
Understand language like a human and build a chatbot that gives personalized advice
Analyze info like a supercomputer and create an app that summarizes complex research papers
Generate creative content like code, scripts, music, and more
Think of the possibilities… what will you build with the Google Gemini API this weekend?

Wireless Earbuds

Deploy natural, human-sounding audio with ElevenLabs. Create realistic, dynamic, and emotionally expressive voices for any project, from interactive AI companions to narrated stories and voice-enabled apps. ElevenLabs will empower you to build rich, immersive experiences without the need for actors or complex audio production, using simply the power of AI.

Integrate fully autonomous audio experiences into your hack with ElevenLabs and give your project a voice, along with giving your team the chance to win some wireless earbuds!

Ledger Nano S Plus

The world of development is evolving fast and Solana is leading the charge with a network built to handle all of your infrastructure needs. Forget high fees and slow confirmations, it’s time to build applications that are fast, efficient, and scalable.

Harness Solana's core advantages like blazing fast execution and near-zero transaction costs to make your hackathon ideas become real world projects. With Solana, the possibilities are endless.

- Create a game, social app, or consumer product that relies on instant, high-frequency transactions.
- Design a sophisticated trading, lending, or decentralized exchange (DEX).
- Build a prototype for supply chain, identity, or payments that can handle massive, real-world volume.

Show us how you can innovate with Solana for a chance to win some cool prizes for you and each member of your team!

Fitbit Inspire & Presage Perks

Presage is pioneering the Human Sensing Layer, enabling any application to understand a person’s real-time physical and emotional state. With Presage, you can leverage clinically-proven vital signs, movement, emotion, and/or focus tracking to build a project that gives the standard camera super powers.

Use any of the Presage SDKs to integrate capabilities like real-time heart rate, breathing rate, engagement levels, and facial expressions into your hack with just a few lines of code.
- Immersive Gaming & Entertainment: Dynamically change game difficulty or story elements based on a player's excitement or focus levels.
- Contactless Wellness & Fitness: Build a non-invasive app that monitors stress, recovery, or fitness performance.
- Accessibility & Security: Utilize vital signs for effortless authentication, or to enhance accessibility.
- Productivity: Design a tool that tracks focus or stress.

Build your next hack with Presage and show us the future of human-computer interaction! Win awesome prizes along for with the following perks from the Presage team:
- Free refills for Presage Development credits to accelerate you through your next three months of building
- 30% off all Presage usage charges for your first year after going live

M5Stack IoT Kit

MongoDB Atlas takes the leading modern database and makes it accessible in the cloud! Get started with a $50 credit for students or sign up for the Atlas free forever tier (no credit card required). Along with a suite of services and functionalities, you'll have everything you need to manage all of your data, and you can get a headstart with free resources from MongoDB University! Build a hack using MongoDB Atlas for a chance to win a M5Stack IoT Kit for you and each member of your team.