Prize: Acer EK241Y 23.8" Gaming Monitor
Criteria: View "Judging Criteria" section

Prize: Logitech Ergo M575S Wireless Trackball Mouse
Criteria: View "Judging Criteria" section

Prize: JBL Go 4 Ultra-Portable Bluetooth Speaker
Criteria: View "Judging Criteria" section

Prize: Lego Cars per member!
Criteria (each out of 10):
1. Gemini & AI Integration Quality: Effective Gemini usage, prompt design, advanced AI patterns
2. Innovation & Impact: Creativity, useful problem fit, AI-driven impact
3. Responsible AI & Data: Bias awareness, safe data use, model evaluation
4. Documentation & Demo: Clear AI explanation, demo quality, good documentation

Prize: Interview and mentorship for each member from Simple Ventures!

Criteria (each scored out of ten):
Integrates at least one Canada-specific system or constraint (Interac, CRA forms, provincial health context, Canadian address/ID validation, accessibility requirements). Must show a working integration or realistic mock.
Balances UX design and technical execution

Prize: ROYAL KLUDGE F68 Foldable Keyboard per member
Criteria (each out of 10):
1. Cloud Architecture: Proper GCP services: secure IAM, sound design
2. Reliability & DevOps: CI/CD, monitoring, autoscaling
3. Cost Efficiency: Optimized usage, quotas respected, serverless focus
4. Documentation & Demo: Clear architecture, smooth deployment, good explanation
Judging is virtual.

Prize: $50 Figma gift shop gift card + Figma water bottle for each member, provided by Figma!

Criteria: User experience is intuitive, well-designed, and usable. Judging is virtual.

WIN: 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?

WIN: 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!

WIN: Retro Wireless Mouse!

DigitalOcean offers a reliable and easy-to-use cloud platform for every stage of your project. Leverage core services like Droplets, Managed Databases, and App Platform to build, deploy, and scale your application effortlessly. Building with AI? DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI enables you to build, train, and deploy machine learning models, including access to GPU infrastructure and serverless inference!

Sign up for DigitalOcean today and get $200 worth of free credits that you can use towards building your next great hack. Build with DigitalOcean's robust cloud infrastructure for a chance to win some great prizes for you and each of your teammates!

WIN: 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!

WIN: Arduino Tiny ML Kit!

Play with industry-leading LLMs on a single account using the Snowflake APIs. Adding AI capabilities into your application can be as simple as a single CURL command to Snowflake’s REST API.

Build customized applications, RAG powered chat bots, or embed AI-powered features into your app in half the time with half the hassle. Get started for free with a special, student 120-day Snowflake trial and check out this repository for an example of the Snowflake REST API in action.

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