Apple AirPods 4
+ $50 Amazon gift cards
+ Dayforce Interviews
+ $300 Featherless Scale Plans
+ NordVPN, NordPass, NordProtect and Incogni 1 Year Subscriptions
+ MLH Winner Pins

Amazon Echo Dots
+ $25 Amazon gift cards
+ $150 Featherless Scale Plans
+ €200 nexos.ai credit
+ MLH Winner Pins

Monster Open Ear AC210 Headphones
+ $30 Amazon gift cards
+ $75 Featherless Scale Plans
+ 4 x 1GB Saily data
+ MLH Winner Pins

Razer BlackShark V2 X Gaming Headsets

Awarded to the project that best utilizes hardware.

Soundcore Q20i Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Headphones

Awarded to the project that best supports and empowers underrepresented communities.

Microsoft branded power banks

Awarded to the project that best enhances accessibility.

REUMAR 15.6" Portable Monitors

Option 1) Most Creative Use of a Free Azure Service
Build something delightful, surprising, or clever using primarily Azure’s always‑free tier or Azure for Students credits (like Functions, Static Web Apps, Cognitive Services free tiers). The project should show imagination over horsepower.
Example directions:
• A whimsical micro‑agent that uses Azure Functions + a tiny model call to answer niche, funny, or hyper‑specific problems.
• A static web app that transforms a mundane process into something magical with minimal backend.

Option 2) Most Novel Agentic Idea (No Heavy Compute Required)
Create a conceptually innovative agent—something no one has thought of—using lightweight components (Copilot Studio declarative agent, SharePoint agent, etc.) rather than model-heavy pipelines.
Winning criteria:
• Originality of the idea, not the cloud footprint
• Smart composability of simple tools
• A pun, twist, or unexpected scenario earns bonus creativity points

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?

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!

https://www.mlh.com/events/hackhive-df/prizes

Retro Wireless Mice

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!

Ledger Nano S Plus units

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!

Presage is pioneering the Human Sensing Layer, enabling any application to understand a person’s real-time physical and emotional state. With Presage, you can leverage clinically-proven vital signs, movement, emotion, and/or focus tracking to build a project that gives the standard camera super powers.

Use any of the Presage SDKs to integrate capabilities like real-time heart rate, breathing rate, engagement levels, and facial expressions into your hack with just a few lines of code.

Imagine the possibilities!

- Immersive Gaming & Entertainment: Dynamically change game difficulty, music, or story elements based on a player's real-time excitement or focus levels.

- Contactless Wellness & Fitness: Build a non-invasive app that monitors stress, recovery, or fitness performance without requiring a specialized wearable device.

- Accessibility & Security: Utilize vital signs for advanced, effortless authentication, or to enhance accessibility for specific user groups.

- Productivity: Design a tool that tracks focus or stress in real-time, providing feedback or environmental adjustments to optimize remote work or study sessions.

Build your next hack with Presage and show us the future of human-computer interaction! Best Use of Presage winners will receive SenseCAP Watchers for each team member, along with the following perks from the Presage team:

- A Free design consultation with a Presage application deployment expert

- Free refills for Presage Development credits to accelerate you through your next three months of building

- 30% off all Presage usage charges for your first year after going live