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Welcome to Octopus Hackathon : a global innovation sprint designed to challenge, inspire, and empower developers, designers, marketers and creators from all walks of tech!
This hackathon celebrates the intelligent multitasking spirit of the octopus : agile, creative, and always reaching. Over the course of September and October, participants will tackle real-world problems across various domains like AI, sustainability, cybersecurity, Web3, health tech, and more.
Whether you’re a noob, professional, or hobbyist, Octopus Hackathon is your platform to:
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Build impactful projects
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Collaborate across continents
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Access exclusive resources
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Win exciting prizes
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Grow your network with industry mentors and judges
🗓️ Schedule Highlights:
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Kickoff Event: October 1st
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Workshops & Tech Talks: Weekly, throughout October
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Project Submissions Due: October 31st at 11:59 PM (UTC)
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Judging & Demo Week: November
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Winners Announced: December
Judges, mentors, and sponsors are welcome : [email protected]
Let’s code with purpose and tentacles-wide creativity! 🐙💻
Requirements
To be eligible for judging, participants must submit the following on Devpost by the deadline:
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A functioning prototype or MVP (hosted or video demo)
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A short description of the problem you're solving
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A Devpost project page with:
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Tech stack used
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Screenshots or demo link
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Code repository (GitHub or similar)
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Optional: Pitch video (max 3 minutes) explaining your project and its impact
Projects must be built during the hackathon timeline (October 1–31) and adhere to the rules below.
Prizes
Winner : OctoChampion
$2500 Cash Prize
Exclusive Octopus Hackathon Swag Pack (Hoodies, stickers, pins)
Certificate of Excellence
Featured Project on Devpost & Social Media
1:1 Mentorship Session with a Judge or Partner Expert
2nd Place : Deep Diver Award
$1500 Cash Prize
Swag Pack (T-shirt, sticker pack, notebook)
Certificate of Achievement
3rd Place : Tentacle Tech Award
$500 Cash Prize
Swag Pack (T-shirt, sticker pack, notebook)
Certificate of Achievement
Bonus Category Prizes
(Each receives swags + Certificate)
Best AI/ML Project
Best Sustainability Hack
Best Cybersecurity Solution
Best Marketers Hack
Best Web3 or Blockchain App
Best Beginner Team
Participation
All Participants will receive Certificates and SWAGS
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Team Octopus Jury Panel
Want to join the panel !! mail us: [email protected]
Vijay Atla
Senior Software Engineer at Meta
Yash Mishra
Software Engineer II at Lucid Software
Sathwik Rao Sirikonda
Site Reliability Engineer at Bytedance/Tiktok
Ashish k. Singh
Sr. Architect at Global Payments
Tiago Filipe
Software Engineer @ Yutori
Daria Minakova
Senior Product Manager ex-Yandex
Afroz Mohammad
Founder at Stealth Startup
Sravani Lingam
Manager,Science at Infor
Tejas Pravinbhai Patel
Software development engineer at Amazon
Amo (Mengying) Zeng
Full-stack Engineer at Evermore
Violetta Pidvolotska
Senior Software Engineer at Netflix
Alan Xiao Lin Zhu
Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Sanjay Mantrim
Veenas Patel
SDE 2 , Microsoft
Vamshi Krishna Jakkula
Sr. Software Engineer
Abhijit Roy
Associate Consultant at TCS
Ramesh Chandra Aditya Komperla
Senior Engineer, Geico USA
Rishab Bansal
Sr. Software Engineer
Judging Criteria
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Innovation
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Creativity & Uniqueness
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Github Link Active
if github link is provided then mark 5 star
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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