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Spin up your GPUs and download some data! The project that best utilizes AI to enhance urban living, tackling city issues with advanced algorithms, will take home this $400 prize.

Go green or go home! This prize recognizes the project that most creatively tackles environmental challenges in the city, making urban living sustainable and eco-friendly, and rewarding your hard work with $400!

Time to hit the books—or tablets! Awarded to the project that best improves urban education, making city learning more fun, accessible, and effective. $400 cash prize!

Entangle some qubits and blow our minds! This prize celebrates the project that uses quantum computing to solve urban problems, proving that the future really is now (and at RPI!). Win a JBL Speaker! ($50 Value)

Defend the digital city walls! Awarded to the project that best boosts urban cybersecurity, keeping our city's data safe from cybervillains. Win a 1-year subscriptions for NordVPN, NordPass & Incogni and 4 Saily coupons for 1GB of free data for traveling!

Got an app for that? Recognizes the project that delivers the slickest, most useful mobile application for city dwellers, making urban life just a tap away. Win a Hydroflask!

Shark Tank here we come! Celebrates the project with the most potential to become an urban-focused startup, showcasing innovative business ideas to transform city life. Win an LED Projector!

Crunch those numbers! Given to the project that uses data science to unravel the mysteries of city living, driving decisions with insightful analytics. Win an Echo Dot!

Newbies unite! Awarded to the top project by first-time hackers that addresses urban challenges, showing off their fresh creativity and hard work. Win a LEGO NYC set!

Can you create a product people would pay for in just one weekend? Join this track to build a minimum viable product (MVP) with real market potential.

Whether it’s an app, Chrome extension, or web app, your goal is to solve a real problem quickly and effectively. Focus on creating something simple, valuable, and marketable. Top projects win cash prizes, swag, and bragging rights!
Use the API to automate complex workflows, pull data from multiple sources, and build systems that interact seamlessly across tabs and browsers. The possibilities are endless, and the best projects will score exclusive cash prizes, swag and ultimate bragging rights!

This prize recognizes outstanding efforts in addressing critical public health challenges, improving patient outcomes, and/or enhancing community well-being. Award recipients will have demonstrated exceptional creativity, technical skill, and a dedication to making a meaningful impact on global health through thoughtful analysis and implementation of data-driven solutions.

Blue Snowball Microphone & a Free .Tech Domain Name for up to 10 years!

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!

Keychron K8 Wireless Keyboard

HashiCorp Terraform is a source available infrastructure as code (IaC) tool that makes building, deploying, and managing your projects even easier! Whether you’re working in the cloud or using local resources, Terraform can make managing and configuring your application simple and organized. From deploying Machine Learning models to spinning up virtual containers for your web applications, Terraform supports a wide array of cloud providers and services, taking the guesswork out of your next hackathon project. Dive into the documentation at https://mlh.link/terraform-docs and discover all the ways Terraform can take the way you hack to the next level!

Terraform’s community edition(https://mlh.link/hashicorp-signup) is free to use with no credit card required! Utilize Terraform in your hackathon project this weekend for a chance to win some awesome Hashicorp prizes for you and each of your teammates!