Join us for Virginia Tech's 13th annual hackathon! Live updates and information about the event on the day-of can be found on our website or in our Discord!
Requirements
- The judging phase starts on Sunday, September 28th at 10:00 AM EST and ends at 1:00 PM EST. You will be given a schedule for when your presentations will be; the more prize categories you opt-into, the more presentations you'll give. You'll have 4 minutes to present your project to judges.
Prizes
VTHacks - 1st Place Prize
M4 Macbook Air (13") for each member
MLH Winner Pins
VTHacks - 2nd Place Prize
Nintendo Switch 2 for each member
MLH Winner Pins
VTHacks - 3rd Place Prize
Sony WH1000XM5 Headphones for each member
MLH Winner Pins
VTHacks - Best Hack Supporting Diversity & Inclusion
50" 4k Ultra-HD TV including Amazon Fire and Alexa Remote for each member
VTHacks - Best First Time Hack
JBL Partybox 110 for each member
VTHacks - Best Hack That Didn't Work
Amazon Echo Spot (2025) for each member
VTHacks - Best Ut Prosim
North Face Borealis Backpack for each member
VTHacks - Best Accessibility
27" Curved 244Hz 1440p Monitor for each member
VTHacks - Raffle Prizes
1x M4 Macbook Air (13"), 5x AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation, 1x 27" Curved 244Hz 1440p Monitor, 1x Apple Watch Series 10, 1x JBL Flip 6
(1 winner per item)
[Deloitte | Databricks] JBL Flip 5 Wireless Speaker + Deloitte/Databricks Swag
Design and build an innovative AI Agent to enhance the student experience at Virginia Tech in one of the following areas: Scholarship Matching, Blacksburg Housing, or Student Performance Factors
[Peraton] Beats Headphones + Peraton swag
Best UX/UI Design
[CoStar Group] Sony WH-1000XM4 Wireless Noise Canceling Headphones
Best Real Estate Hack: Get creative with real estate data. Consider a hack that incorporates an immersive real estate marketplace experience for users
[Warp] Expedited internship / full time interview process + Cash
Best Auto Visualization Agent: Any real-world shaped dataset allowed. Focus on automatic chart selection and clear justification.
1st Place: Expedited internship/full-time interview process + $1000 total per group
2nd Place: Expedited internship/full-time interview process + $500 total per group
[Capital One] $250 Amazon Gift Card
Best Financial Hack
[AMERICAN SYSTEMS] iPad
Compliance and Risk Management: Use AI to meet government or industry compliance and risk management goals. Teams can create AI applications that help companies assess their security posture against industry compliance standards or risk management frameworks
[Apex Center for Entrepreneurship] Best Startup Hack
$500 to the winning team!
[MLH] Best Use of Gemini API
Keychron Mechanical Keyboards for each member on the team
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?
[Build with Gemini →](https://mlh.link/gemini-quickstart)
[MLH] Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry
$50 Digital Gift Card for each member on the team
GoDaddy Registry is giving you everything you need to be the best hacker no matter where you are. Register your domain name with GoDaddy Registry for a chance to win some amazing prizes!
[Build with GoDaddy Registry →](https://mlh.link/GoDaddyRegistry)
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
VTHacks Judges
VTHacks Judges
Judging Criteria
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You can find our rubric here!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uLjceX9x-4XSeSwjsOVFrd2UWK_GdcRDEA6uTfQrFYo/edit?usp=sharing
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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