UC Berkeley's AI Hackathon is back! UC Berkeley, Cal Hacks, and Berkeley SkyDeck are bringing you two days of hacking on the best AI technology the world has to offer. With support from OpenAI, Intel, Hume AI, You.com and more, this will be a monumental event no future AI/LLM developer can afford to miss. You'll even have chance to join Berkeley SkyDeck's portfolio of startups and receive $25,000 in funding. This event is your chance to explore the potential of large language models and other open source APIs, all while making a lasting impact in the world of artificial intelligence.

Requirements

  • Submit your hack by 6/23 11:00AM PDT and make sure to add your teammates! You'll have until 1:00PM to continue hacking and editing your submission, but the project must be submitted by 11:00AM.
  • Include an image of your project and GitHub repository for any code to be considered.
  • Include the table number you're presenting from and the Hacker ID of one team member in your group.
  • Previous projects are not allowed.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$327,720 in prizes
GRAND PRIZE - $25,000 investment from Berkeley SkyDeck Fund + Golden Ticket to Skydeck Pad-13
1 winner

Quit your internship. Teams selected by a panel of expert VCs have the opportunity to take $25,000 each from the Berkeley SkyDeck fund and work full time on their project for the rest of the summer. $2500 API credits to the winning team.

AI For Good by Academic Innovation Catalyst (AIC)
2 winners

2 x $25K Investments

Hack on Climate Tech by Berkeley SkyDeck Fund
1 winner

$25K Investment

Best Use of AWS by Amazon Web Services
4 winners

$10k AWS credits to the best overall Generative application built on Amazon Bedrock. $5k AWS credits for the best application of responsible AI built with Anthropic’s Claude 3 models. $5k AWS credits for the best application of Climate Tech built on AWS

Best Use of Intel AI
3 winners

First place: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon ($1500 value) and $2500 Intel Tiber Developer Cloud credits per team member (up to 4 members) Second place: Sparkle Intel Arc A770 Titan OC Edition ($320 value) and $1000 Intel Tiber Developer Cloud credits per team member (up to 4 members) Third Place: Sparkle Intel Arc A750 ORC OC Edition ($240 value) and $500 Intel Tiber Developer Cloud credits per team member (up to 4 members)

Best Use of Empathic AI Integration by Hume AI
1 winner

$1,000 cash + 1,000 Hume API Credits

Most Innovation of Empathic AI Integration by Hume AI
1 winner

$500 cash + 500 Hume API Credits

Most Socially Impactful Empathic AI Integration by Hume AI
1 winner

$500 cash + 500 Hume API Credits

Hack on AI + Education by Reach Capital
1 winner

$1000 cash prize

Best Custom Assistant by You.com
1 winner

One-year free subscription to You.com

Best Use of You.com's APIs
1 winner

$10000 of You.com API credits to the winning team.

Continue your Project by Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology
3 winners

For 3 all-Berkeley teams, priority for the SCET Catalyst class in the fall

Groq Star Award
1 winner

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Cal Hacks Judges

Cal Hacks Judges

Judging Criteria

  • Application
    Does the project have any feasible application in real life? Does it seem like something that someone could use or would actually have a benefit in the real world?
  • Functionality/Quality
    Is the project free of major bugs? Does it look appealing? The UI/UX doesn’t have to be absolutely perfect, but if we're having a hard time understanding the project by looking at it, there may be a problem.
  • Creativity
    Is this project unique and innovative? Is it a solution to a problem we have never seen before? A better way of doing something?
  • Technical Complexity
    The team should display a good level of knowledge in terms of the technology they’ve used in implementing their project.

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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