1st place: Awarded to the single most exceptional project of the hackathon. This project should stand out across all judging criteria — innovation, technical quality, impact, feasibility, and clarity of presentation. Judges will prioritize projects that are ambitious yet realistic, thoughtfully executed, and leave a lasting impression.

2nd place: Awarded to one of the top two most outstanding projects of the hackathon. This project should demonstrate excellence across multiple dimensions including technical execution, innovation, impact, feasibility, and presentation. Judges will look for well-rounded teams that deliver a polished and compelling solution.

Awarded to the project that demonstrates outstanding technical depth, engineering complexity, and system design. This track recognizes strong architecture, efficient code, creative problem-solving, and advanced integrations. Judges will value robustness, scalability, technical difficulty, and execution quality over surface-level features or presentation polish.

Awarded to the project with the strongest potential to become a real, scalable product to users. Judges will evaluate market opportunity, clarity of value proposition, differentiation, user validation, and go-to-market strategy. Technical complexity is secondary to product viability, shipping strategy, business insight, and a clear user flow. Projects should explicitly explain their business decisions with evidence, and demonstrate clear thinking around growth, monetization, and real-world adoption.

Awarded to the project that demonstrates outstanding technical depth, engineering complexity, and system design. This track recognizes strong architecture, efficient code, creative problem-solving, and advanced integrations. Judges will value robustness, scalability, technical difficulty, and execution quality over surface-level features or presentation polish.

Awarded to the project with the strongest design thinking, user experience, and visual design. This track emphasizes UX, UI, accessibility, and product thinking rather than technical implementation. Judges will prioritize clarity of problem definition, user empathy, innovation, and presentation quality over technical implementation. Projects may include Figma prototypes, pitch decks, UX research, wireframes, branding systems, or interactive mockups - code is not required but is welcome if submitted.

Awarded to the project that creates meaningful positive impact on society. Projects may address issues such as education, healthcare, accessibility, civic engagement, or community wellbeing. Judges will prioritize impact, intent, and feasibility over technical complexity. Submitted projects can be in any consumable format.

Awarded to the most impressive project built by a single hacker. This track recognizes individual initiative, creativity, and execution. Judges will consider scope relative to one person’s capacity, technical depth, completeness, and originality. Projects will be evaluated on how effectively the hacker leveraged their skills to deliver a meaningful and functional product within the time constraints.

Awarded to the project that most effectively leverages data to generate insights, predictions, or intelligent systems. This may include machine learning models, data visualizations, analytics platforms, or AI-driven applications. Judges will prioritize appropriate data usage, model reasoning, interpretability, and real-world applicability over simply using complex algorithms. Submissions should include a GitHub link, with the finished project being easily observable and the code accessible. A video demo is optional.

Honorable Mention