As one of the largest hackathons in the south, this in-person event includes both student and company-led workshops, a career fair, games, events, full two-day catering, internship panels, speaker events, and the premier 24-hour hackathon with thousand of dollars worth of prizes. VandyHacks has had thousands of projects submitted by students over the course of 11 incredible years, and we hope you can join us in this September, 28th-29th.

Want more information? Visit our website at vandyhacks.org!

We hope to see you on the racetrack at VandyHacks XI!

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Prizes

$3,150 in prizes
1st Place
1 winner

2nd Place
1 winner

3rd Place
1 winner

Best Use of Workshop Tech
1 winner

Eligible Workshops
- Mobile App Development
- ChatGPT Wrapper
- MongoDB
- Data Visualization and Bioinformatics
- Cybersecurity

Best Rookie Hack
1 winner

Most Creative
1 winner

Best Use of MongoDB Atlas
1 winner

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 M5GO IoT Starter Kit for you and each member of your team.

Best Use of Terraform
1 winner

HashiCorp Terraform is a source available infrastructure as code (IaC) tool that makes building, deploying, and managing your projects even easier! Whether you’re working in the cloud or using local resources, Terraform can make managing and configuring your application simple and organized. From deploying Machine Learning models to spinning up virtual containers for your web applications, Terraform supports a wide array of cloud providers and services, taking the guesswork out of your next hackathon project. Dive into the documentation and discover all the ways Terraform can take the way you hack to the next level!

Terraform’s community edition is free to use with no credit card required! Utilize Terraform in your hackathon project this weekend for a chance to win some awesome Hashicorp swag for you and each of your teammates!

Best Use of Defang
1 winner

Defang is a radically simpler way to Develop, Deploy, and Debug hackathon projects, letting you go from idea to a cloud-deployed application in less than 5 minutes! Build your project in any language, deploy to the cloud with a single command and iterate seamlessly. The Defang CLI is compatible with Linux, MacOS, and Windows, making it a great solution regardless of your operating system.

Download it today for free and save countless stress-filled hours of trying to get your application up and running on the cloud. Use Defang in your project this weekend and you’ll also qualify to win a Touch Screen IoT Sensor for you and each of your team members!

Best DEI Hack sponsored by Fidelity
1 winner

At Fidelity, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are viewed as major keys to the success of their business, which is why they are challenging you to come up with innovative ways to create forward-thinking financial tech that promotes equality for all people! We want you to use your hacking skills to find and build solutions that put financial opportunities and resources within reach for all communities, creating accessible, sustainable, and/or inclusive solutions. The team with the best hack will win a Fidelity branded wireless charger for each team member!

Sauce Labs Hot Sauce Raffle
1 winner

Sauce Labs empowers you to develop, test, and deliver top-tier web and mobile apps quickly and efficiently. Their unified platform makes automated testing and error monitoring easy to do, enabling you to save time building your hackathon project! Let Sauce Labs help resolve any issues with your code so you can get back to building an award winning hack. Make sure your project is hackathon-tested by signing up for a Sauce Labs account!

To spice things up even more, we're running the Sauce Labs Hot Sauce naming raffle and selecting up to 4 individual winners at this event. To qualify come up with a cool hot sauce name and submit it to the Sauce Labs raffle form for a chance to win some awesome swag including a backpack, beanie, and a bottle of Sauce Labs hot sauce!

Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry
1 winner

GoDaddy Registry is giving you everything you need to be the best hacker no matter where you are. Register your domain name with GoDaddy Registry for a chance to win a Hack from Home Kit! Each Kit contains wireless earbuds, blue light glasses, selfie ring light and a pouch for easy transport.

Best Use of Perplexity AI
1 winner

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Tanush Sharanarthi

Tanush Sharanarthi

Ray Arceneaux

Ray Arceneaux

William Richardson

William Richardson

Aadi Bajpai

Aadi Bajpai

Thilo Womelsdorf

Thilo Womelsdorf

Graham Hemingway

Graham Hemingway

Tyler Derr

Tyler Derr

R Deng

R Deng

A Gokhale

A Gokhale

Shilo Anders

Shilo Anders

Vikesh Dudhankar

Vikesh Dudhankar

Ishan Nagpal

Ishan Nagpal

Shaik Abdul Kareem

Shaik Abdul Kareem

Claire Vania

Claire Vania

Sainag Nethala

Sainag Nethala

Charles Bi

Charles Bi

Jay Kelley

Jay Kelley

Judging Criteria

  • Technical Ability
  • Creativity
  • Utility
  • Presentation
  • Wow Factor

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