Develop an application that follows our theme ‘Timeless Moments Await.’ Incorporate the past, present, and future to spark meaningful connections, enhance everyday experiences, and unlock new possibilities.

Submission Requirements:
Github Repo (required)
Demo video (optional)

Prizes:
1st place: Samsung Galaxy Tablet with S-Pen
2nd place: Dell 27’’ Monitor
3rd place: Victrola Bluetooth Record Player

Develop a business idea that could become the next big technology startup, mixing modern innovation with timeless moments from the past. Build a functional prototype and assess its feasibility, evaluating financial market potential and practicality.
The BizTech award will be given to the project that delivers the most innovative and meticulous solution to a well-defined problem in technology.

Projects will be judged on:
- Innovation & Originality
- Problem-Solution Fit
- Feasibility
- Impact & Market Potential
- Revenue Model & Financial Viability
- Presentation Quality
- Functional Prototype

Submission Requirements:
Figma Prototype (required)
A max 3-page detailed doc about the business model, market analysis, competitive landscape (SWOT analysis), revenue streams, growth strategy, and cost breakdown (required)

Prizes:
1st place: Mini Projector
Best Beginner Project with Code: Blush DTX Hair and Nail Vouchers!

Develop an application that follows our theme ‘Timeless Moments Await.’ Incorporate the past, present, and future to spark meaningful connections, enhance everyday experiences, and unlock new possibilities.

The Design Time winner will honor the project that delivers an outstanding user experience. The final product should exhibit seamless usability, captivating visual design, and a profound ability to resonate with its audience.

Projects will be judged on:
- User Interface
- Usability
- Impact
- Innovation
- Functional/Coded Prototype

Submission Requirements:
Figma Prototype (required)
Github Repo (optional)

Prizes:
1st place: Mini 3D Printer
2nd place: 5K 64MP Digital Camera
3rd place: JLab JBuds Headphones

Overview:
Verizon is committed to delivering reliable, high-performance wireless service. Maintaining and expanding our network requires efficient and safe cell tower inspections and site surveys. Traditional methods are time-consuming, expensive, and potentially hazardous.

Challenge Statement:
We challenge you to reimagine our cell tower inspection and deployment using drone technology, computer vision, AI, and data analysis. Develop a tool that automates the analysis of drone-captured imagery to assess tower health, identify construction anomalies, and optimize antenna placement for maximum coverage and performance. Integrate a user-friendly interface with natural language processing to provide actionable insights and recommendations based on the collected data.

Prizes:
$250 Amazon Gift Card per member
$125 Amazon Gift Card per member

Challenge Statement: Your task is to build a simple-to-use app (web or mobile) that acts like a smart detective. Your app should help people spot hidden risks in investments early so they can make safer, smarter financial decisions.

Here’s what your app might do:
- Gather and Analyze Data: Find useful information from different sources and make sense of it.
- Predict Risks: Spot patterns and warn users about possible future issues.
- Simplify Complex Information: Turn complicated investment data into clear, easy-to-follow advice.

Example Solutions:
- An app that gathers historical stock market data and news headlines to predict short-term
stock price movements, helping users make informed decisions quickly.
- A mobile application that identifies and warns users about unusual investment patterns or
suspicious activities by analyzing transaction histories and market trends.
- A web-based predictive model that uses AI to analyze global economic indicators, company
financial health, and social media sentiment to provide detailed risk assessments for investments.

Expectations: We are looking for practical, user-friendly solutions that clearly demonstrate their usefulness. Your app should help ordinary people quickly understand investment risks, guiding them toward smarter financial choices.

Evaluation Criteria:
1. Creativity & Innovation: Unique and smart ideas for identifying risks.
2. Accuracy & Reliability: How well your app predicts risks.
3. Ease of Use: Simple and intuitive interface anyone can understand.
4. Real-world Usefulness: How effectively your app helps people make safer investment
decisions.
5. Presentation Quality: Clear and professional demonstration of your idea.
Questions? Visit our CBRE booth in-person or reach out via Discord virtually. We’re here to help you
succeed!

Prizes:
1st place: AirPods 4, per team member
2nd place: 14" Portable Monitor, per team member
3rd place: Ultra slim Wireless Keyboard and Mouse, per team member

Our track is The Best Financial Hack! This is your chance to change the game in fintech. Whether it's an innovative payment solution, helping consumers shop smarter, making financing more accessible, or a creative way to improve financial literacy, we want to see your boldest ideas in action. The track is intentionally vague to let you bring your own creativity to it! You can optionally take advantage of Capital One's Hackathon API, Nessie (api.nessieisreal.com). It provides mock banking/transaction data to help spearhead your idea.

Prizes:
1st place: $250 Amazon Gift Card per team member

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?

Prize: Google Branded Backpack

Make your Team's Achievements timeless: Win a .Tech Domain Name for up to 10 years to Showcase and Expand Your Project, Plus 4 Blue Snowball Mics for Effortless Collaboration on Zoom, empowering you to build even more cool things together!

Prize: Blue Snowball Microphone and a Free .Tech Domain Name for up to 10 years!

Cloudflare is one of the world’s largest networks enabling hackers like you to build, deploy, and deliver trusted applications, no matter where you are! With Cloudflare, you’ll have all the building blocks to create a full-stack application; from C3 (create Cloudflare command line) instance deployment to object storage. You can even run GenAI (LLMs, text to image, Voice to text etc..) in the cloud and leverage your AI functionality via API requests using Cloudlfare’s Workers AI! Enjoy Cloudflare’s generous free tier to get started at no cost! This weekend, we want you to build an AI Application utilizing Cloudflare’s numerous services for a chance to win Arduino Kits for you and your team!

Prize: Arduino 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.

Prize: M5GO IoT Starter Kit