Spend 12 hours in the heart of Toronto building something you're passionate about, food and caffeine is on us. Find your pack among 150+ other to form an unstoppable team and unforgettable memories. (You must be accepted through the main huskyhack.ca application process in order to participate in this event)
Requirements
Build a working prototype that addresses the challenge. Projects must include a functional demo that can be presented live during the judging period.
Submit project description on Devpost, including challenge track, and team members. You can keep this parts simple and minimal but details description and explaination of your project is encouraged.
Prizes
Wild Experiment
Fujifilm Instax Mini 12 Instant Camera per member for a team that experiment with non-traditional interfaces. Generative art, wearables, sound-based interaction, physical installations, projection, paper computing, etc.
Best Reach
JBL Tune 520BT Headphones per member of a team that crosses a barrier. Accessibility, language, culture, or generation.
Untold Story
Logitech K380s Wireless Slim TKL Keyboard per member for a team who tell a story that needed telling. Surfaced something usually unseen, ignored, or forgotten.
Mentor Choice
Custom HuskyHack Swag Bag per member for a team that pushes everyone else to their limit.
Best use of Backboard.io track
Your mission is to leverage Backboard's full AI operating system, stateful memory, multi-agent orchestration, and deep document RAG, to build applications that go far beyond simple chatbots.
Your app must demonstrate how Backboard's unique capabilities (17,000+ models with hot-swapping, semantic recall, and built-in tool calling) can solve complex, long-running coordination problems where context actually persists across sessions.
No study planners, no homework helpers, build infrastructure that manages real complexity.
Suggestion: Take time to research your idea. Use GPT or Claude to dig into sectors that are niche or underserved by AI. Then figure out how Backboard's memory and multi-agent orchestration can solve problems those sectors actually face.
Please ensure that you use the promo code HUSKYHACKS26 to get additional dev credits on Backboard. It can be found on the billing page if you haven't used it yet. If you sign up through the http://backboard.io/hackathons page, there is a spot to put the promo code on sign up. Happy hacking!
[MLH] Google Gemini Prize Track
Google Swag Kit
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?
Judging note: The most important thing is that your project actually uses the Gemini API.
Resources: Google AI Studio, Google Antigravity, and the Gemini API.
Total Prize Value
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Various Judges
Judging Criteria
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Challenge Based Judging
Each project will be judged based on the main challenges and sponsor challenge track criteria
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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