We’re hosting the first global Perplexity hackathon, powered by Perplexity’s Sonar API!

Sonar lets developers build apps with the best AI answer engine: a fast, affordable API offering with the features that millions of Perplexity users love, including real-time internet search and trusted citations.

Advanced Sonar offerings such as Sonar Reasoning, Sonar Reasoning Pro, and Sonar Deep Research let developers build custom research agents that support follow up questions and expose chain-of-thought.

We’re looking for developers to push the boundaries of what’s possible with Sonar and dream up entirely new product categories. If you’ve been thinking about shipping the “Perplexity for ____”, there’s never been a better time to start building.

Check out the following:

Requirements

What to Build

What to Submit

  • Include a video (about 3 minutes) that demonstrates your submission. Videos must be uploaded to YouTube, Vimeo, or Facebook Video and made public.

    • Judges will not be required to watch beyond 3 minutes

  • Provide a URL to your private code repository for judging and testing.

  • Include an explanation of how Perplexity API was used.

  • Identify which category you are submitting into.

  • Your completed Devpost submission form.

Please check the Official Rules for full details.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$35,000 in prizes
First Place
$10,000 in cash
1 winner

• $10,000 USD
• Perplexity Merch
• Opportunity for social recognition by Perplexity
• Opportunity to meet with Perplexity API Team

Runner Up
$5,000 in cash
1 winner

• $5,000 USD
• Perplexity Merch
• Opportunity for social recognition by Perplexity

Most Fun / Creative Project
$5,000 in cash
1 winner

• $5,000 USD
• Perplexity Merch
• Opportunity for social recognition by Perplexity

Best Deep Research Project
$5,000 in cash
1 winner

• $5,000 USD
• Perplexity Merch
• Opportunity for social recognition by Perplexity

Best Finance Project
$5,000 in cash
1 winner

• $5,000 USD
• Perplexity Merch
• Opportunity for social recognition by Perplexity

Best Health Project
$5,000 in cash
1 winner

• $5,000 USD
• Perplexity Merch
• Opportunity for social recognition by Perplexity

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Nick Jalbert

Nick Jalbert
Founding Software Engineer

Aarash Heydari

Aarash Heydari
Software Engineer

Michael Liang

Michael Liang
Software Engineer

James Liounis

James Liounis
Customer Success Lead

Shelwin Sunga

Shelwin Sunga
Software Engineer

Ali Shobeiri

Ali Shobeiri
Software Engineer

Ali Abbas Panju

Ali Abbas Panju
Special Projects Leaad

Sathvik Vangavolu

Sathvik Vangavolu
Developer Relations

Keksu

Keksu
Community Manager

Judging Criteria

  • Technological Implementation
    Does the project demonstrate quality software development? Does the project thoroughly leverage the required tool? How is the quality of the code?
  • Design
    Is the user experience and design of the project well thought out? Is there a balanced blend of frontend and backend in the software?
  • Potential Impact
    How big of an impact could the project have on the target community? How big of an impact could it have beyond the target community?
  • Quality of the Idea
    How creative and unique is the project? Does the concept exist already? If so, how much does the project improve on it?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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