Rules

Eligibility

Open to students, graduates, professionals, founders, developers, designers, and anyone interested

Participants must be at least 13 years old

Participants under 18 must have parental/guardian consent

You may compete solo or in teams of up to 4 people maximum (there is no minimum team size)

Must be able to attend in-person

Organizers, volunteers, judges, sponsors, or anyone in any other privileged position at the event cannot compete for prizes

Hackathon

All work on your project must be done during the hackathon period

You cannot begin working on your project before the hackathon starts

You must stop all commits, deployments, and work on the deadline

You can use an idea you had before the event

You may use libraries, frameworks, or open-source code in your projects (inclusive of boilerplate code, starter templates, pre-existing UI components, design systems)

Any external APIs (authentication, payments, hosting, etc.), databases, cloud services, etc. are allowed

You cannot reuse code you or your team wrote before the event

You cannot recycle or significantly modify past projects

You cannot copy another team's code or plagiarize work

Submissions

Hard deadline: TBD

All submissions must be made through Devpost: [URL TBD] with the following README template: [link]

One project submission per team (also one submission if individual)

Your project can compete for multiple sponsor tracks simultaneously

To be eligible for a sponsor track, you must have actually used that sponsor's tool in your project

Code must be in a public GitHub repository with commit history demonstrating work was done during the hackathon

Required: GitHub link, 3-minute demo video (YouTube/Vimeo/Loom), deployed/live link (strongly recommended)

Demo video must be created during the hackathon

Prizes

$30,000+ in cash and credits for the winners

Every participant gets > $260+ in free credits and tools → over $200,000 in total perks for all participants

Sponsored by Cursor, Anthropic, Convex, Vercel, Mobbin, LeanMCP, ElevenLabs, TiDB, CodeRabbit, Cleve, Ryt Bank

Judging

Multiple sponsor-specific prize tracks available

Teams may win multiple sponsor tracks if they qualify

Sponsor tracks have specific criteria based on effective use of their tool

Disqualification

Teams will be disqualified for:

Working on project before official start time

Reusing code from previous projects

Submitting code without genuine commit history from the hackathon period

Violating the Code of Conduct

Plagiarism or copying another team's work

Missing the submission deadline

Submitting to a sponsor track without actually using that sponsor's tool

Other unsporting behavior at organizers' discretion

Code of Conduct

Our Standard:

Our hackathon is dedicated to providing a safe and harassment-free experience for everyone

Be respectful and inclusive to all participants regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, experience level, or tech stack

Help other builders when possible - hackathon spirit matters

No harassment, discrimination, or toxic behavior of any kind

No cheating, plagiarism, or misrepresenting work

Not Allowed:

Offensive comments related to personal characteristics

Sexual language, imagery, or unwelcome advances

Intimidation, stalking, or sustained disruption

Violations by participants, sponsors, or partners

By participating in this hackathon, you agree to these Official Rules.

Last Updated: November 15, 2025