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Prizes
Treehacks Grand Prize (1st)
Treehacks Grand Prize (2nd)
Treehacks Grand Prize (3rd)
iPhone 17 Pro Max 512 GB (one per team member)
Most Creative
Pioneer DJ DDJ-FLX4 (per team member)
Most Impactful
JBL Partybox 110 (per team member)
Most Technically Complex
DJI Flip (per team member)
Best Hardware Hack
Meta Ray Bans (per team member)
Best Beginner Hack
Flipper Zero (per team member)
[OpenAI] Artificial Intelligence Track ([1st] Lunch with OpenAI engineers at the office + 1 year of ChatGPT Pro [2nd] 1 year of ChatGPT Pro [3rd] OpenAI swag)
1st place: Lunch/Office Tour at OpenAI, one year of ChatGPT Pro, a gift card to a Michelin star restaurant, a guaranteed interview with OpenAI, and a OpenAI branded backpack
2nd place: one year of ChatGPT Pro and a OpenAI branded backpack
3rd place: OpenAI branded backpack
[OpenEvidence] Healthcare Track Grand Prize
$4,000 + Interview Opportunity with OpenEvidence
[Anthropic] Human Flourishing Track (1st Place: 4 tungsten cubes 2nd Place: 1 year of Claude Pro 3rd Place: 6 months of Claude Pro)
1st Place:
4 tungsten cubes
2nd Place:
1 year of Claude Pro
3rd Place:
6 months of Claude Pro
[Modal] Inference Track (Inference Track Grand Prize: $5K in Modal Credits per person, paid visit (flight & hotel) to SF or NY Office with lunch with Modal team,. Inference Track Runner Up Prize: $1K in Modal credits, airpods for each team member.)
Inference Track Grand Prize:
$5K in Modal Credits per person, paid visit (flight & hotel) to SF or NY Office with lunch with Modal team,.
Inference Track Runner Up Prize:
$1K in Modal credits, airpods for each team member.
[Stanford Ecopreneurship] Sustainability: Best solves the user's pain point of a provided challenge
$1,500 Cash & feature in Ecopreneurship article
[Stanford Ecopreneurship] Sustainability: Best prototyping process
$1,500 Cash & feature in Ecopreneurship article
[Stanford Ecopreneurship] Sustainability: Best incorporation of broader context (e.g. regulatory, competitive landscape) to improve venture viability
$1,500 Cash & feature in Ecopreneurship article
[Y Combinator] Build an Iconic YC Company with AI (1st Place: Guaranteed YC interview 2nd Place: Guaranteed YC Office Hours 3rd Place: Guaranteed YC Office Hours)
1st Place:
Guaranteed YC interview
2nd Place:
Guaranteed YC Office Hours
3rd Place:
Guaranteed YC Office Hours
[Google] Cloud AI Track
1st Place:
Pixel 10 Phones and Pixel Buds (5 Max per team)
2nd Place:
Pixel Tablets (5 Max per team)
3rd Place:
Pixel Watches (5 Max per team)
[NVIDIA] Edge AI Track
1st Place:
1 DGX Spark, 2 $450 Brev Credit vouchers, 2 Jetson Orin Nano Supers, 4 NVIDIA hats
2nd Place:
1 DGX Spark, 2 $300 Brev Credit vouchers, 1 Jetson Orin Nano Supers, 4 NVIDIA hats
3rd Place:
4 $200 Brev Credit vouchers, 1 Jetson Orin Nano Super, 4 NVIDIA hats
[Zoom] Education Track
1st Place
$1,000 cash ($250 Amazon GC ×4)
Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses ×4
Marine Layer Zoom Hoodies ×4
2nd Place
Apple AirPods x 4
Zoom Portland Gear Cascade Backpack ×4
3rd Place
Sony Noise Cancellation Headphones x 4
Zoom Ocean Bottle ×4
[Modal] Sandbox Challenge
Grand Prize:
$5K in Modal Credits per person, paid visit (flight & hotel) to SF or NY Office with lunch with Modal team.
Sandbox Challenge Runner Up Prize:
$1K in Modal credits, airpods for each team member.
[OpenEvidence] Best Use of Clinical Information (4x Apple Watches)
4x Apple Watches
[Anthropic] Best Use of Claude Agent SDK ($2,500 in Claude Developer Platform credits)
$2,500 in Claude Developer Platform credits
[Zoom x Render] Best use of Zoom APIs + Render: (Bose Headphones x 4 Zoom Ocean Bottle x 4$2000 Render Credits)
Bose Headphones x 4 Zoom Ocean Bottle x 4$2000 Render Credits
[NVIDIA] Open Models Hit Different on DGX Spark
Jetson Orin Nano Super
[Neo] Most Likely to Become a Product
Airfare and accommodations for your team to join a Neo retreat alongside Neo scholars, startup founders, and experienced mentors.
[Human Capital] Human Capital Fellowship Prize ( $50k equity-free check per team member (up to $200k total))
Acceptance to Human Capital Fellowship, $50k equity-free check per team member (up to $200k total)
HC Fellowship is a program for exceptional engineers ready to tackle massive problems and build generational companies. Each team member will receive a $50k equity-free check (up to $200k total per team), hundreds of potential customer calls scheduled on your behalf, and 24/7 access to our community space for builders in our San Francisco office. Learn more here: https://human.capital/hc-fellowship
[Greylock] Best multi-turn agent (Courtside tickets to Warriors game ($10k value) Office hours with Greylock Partners)
Courtside tickets to Warriors game ($10k value)
Office hours with Greylock Partners
[Visa] The Generative Edge: Future of Commerce ($10,000 total)
$10,000 total, awarded to one winning team (up to four participants).
For teams with multiple members, the prize will be distributed among team members at the team’s discretion.
[Fetch.ai] Build, launch and monetise AI Agents on Agentverse that turn user intent into real outcomes. (Best Overall AI Agent Solution - $2500 Best Multi-Agent Workflow - $1500 Best Monetised Agent - $1000)
Best Overall AI Agent Solution - $2500
Best Multi-Agent Workflow - $1500
Best Monetised Agent - $1000
[Runpod] Best use of Flash (1st Place: 200 Runpod credits per team member (up to 4). 2nd Place: 100 Runpod credits per team member (up to 4). 3rd Place: 50 Runpod credits per team member (up to 4).)
1st Place:
$5,090
2nd Place:
$4,090
3rd Place:
$3,090
[Elastic] Best end-to-end Agentic system on Elasticsearch (1st Place: $2,000 (split across team members) 2nd Place: $1,000 (split across team members))
1st Place:
$2,000 (split across team members)
2nd Place:
$1,000 (split across team members)
[Cloudflare] Best Use of Cloudflare Developer Platform ($250K Cloudflare credits + Cloudflare swag bag for each team member.)
$250K Cloudflare credits + Cloudflare swag bag for each team member.
[HeyGen] Best creation with HeyGen Avatar API (4 Airpod Pros 3, 1 year of HeyGen Creator license, guaranteed onsite interviews for FTE or intern roles)
4 Airpod Pros 3, 1 year of HeyGen Creator license, guaranteed onsite interviews for FTE or intern roles
[The Interaction Company of California] Build with Poke (Challenge 1: iPhone Air for everyone in the team Challenge 2: iPhone 17 Pro for everyone in the team Challenge 3: iPhone Air for everyone in the team Bonus: up to $100k in cash)
Challenge 1 (Most Useful): iPhone Air for everyone in the team
Challenge 2 (Most Technically Impressive): iPhone 17 Pro for everyone in the team
Challenge 3 (Most Viral): iPhone Air for everyone in the team
Bonus: up to $100k in cash
[Decagon] Best Conversation Assistant (Nintendo Switch 2 Mario Kart World Bundle Guaranteed onsite interviews for internship)
Nintendo Switch 2
Mario Kart World Bundle Guaranteed onsite interviews for internship
[Browserbase] Best Web Automation with Stagehand ($1,000)
[Zingage] Best Voice AI for Healthcare (Airpods Max + fast-track to superday with Zingage)
Airpods Max + fast-track to superday with Zingage
[Graphite] Most Likely to get Acquired by a Sponsor (OB–4 black bluetooth speaker)
OB–4 black bluetooth speaker
[Warp] Best Use of Warp Agents (Keychron Mechanical Keyboard for each team member)
Keychron Mechanical Keyboard for each team member
[Suno] Best Musical Hack
1st Place:
Guaranteed onsite/ final interview for an internship or part/full time position with Suno + 1 year Suno Premier subscription.
2nd Place:
Guaranteed onsite/ final interview for an internship or part/full time position with Suno + 1 year Suno Pro subscription.
[Bright Data] Best AI-Powered Web Data Hack ($500 Cash + $1.5k Credits [1st] & $350 Cash + $1K Credits [2nd] & $250 Cash + $500 Credits [3rd])
Bright Data: Best AI-Powered Web Data Hack ($500 Cash + $1.5k Credits [1st] & $350 Cash + $1K Credits [2nd] & $250 Cash + $500 Credits [3rd])
1st and 2nd place winners fast-track to interviews for the Bright Data Builder in Residence program - an elite technical residency with mentorship, full platform access, and project bonuses for high-engagement builds.
[Vercel] Best Use of Vercel/Best Deployed on Vercel (2k cash prize + $2.4k in Pro-level access credits ($100/month for 4 winners, access for 6 months.)
2k cash prize + $2.4k in Pro-level access credits ($100/month for 4 winners, access for 6 months.)
[Perplexity] Best Use of Perplexity's Sonar API ($500 per team member and trip to Perplexity office)
$250 per team member and trip to Perplexity office
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
TreeHacks Judges
Judging Criteria
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Creativity
We want hackers to create a project that makes you say “wow” and tell all your friends about it. We're looking for projects that think so far outside the box that you begin to wonder why there was a box at all in the first place. -
Technical Complexity
In only 36 hours, hackers manage to build projects with remarkably complex infrastructures built on excitingly advanced frameworks. We hope to see projects that are really running some beautiful code or hardware under the hood. -
Social Impact
We're looking for hacks that are the blueprints for change that will impact future generations in humanity's most pressing areas of concern in the coming years.
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