What is HackGT?

HackGT is HexLabs' free, 36-hour, annual hackathon where students from across the world come together for a weekend in the fall to create innovative projects that show off their creativity and passion for development. You have the freedom to choose any platform, programming language, or format to show how you build solutions.

Participating in this event will widen your professional network, build your portfolio, and allow you to put your creativity into production! With tech talks and workshops, you will also have the opportunity to talk to and learn from professionals in various industries. We encourage everyone to be a part of our hacker community at HackGT X regardless of location, major, or prior hacking experience.

Requirements

What to Build

Anything you want! Let your imagination run free and build something cool!

What to Submit

Hackers should make a Devpost submission to this hackathon Devpost, and once you've done it, submit to expo.hexlabs.org with your Devpost submission link.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$19,600 in prizes
Best Overall
1 winner

$4500 for the winning team and automatic acceptance to Georgia Tech's Create-X Startup Launch!

2nd Overall
1 winner

$3000 for the winning team and automatic acceptance to Georgia Tech's Create-X Startup Launch!

3rd Overall
1 winner

$1500 for the winning team and automatic acceptance to Georgia Tech's Create-X Startup Launch!

[General] Best DIGITAL ART 4510 hack
1 winner

Samsung VR Headsets for each team member

[Emerging] Best DIGITAL ART 4510 hack
1 winner

JBL Flip 4 for each team member

[General] Best INNOVATE 3251 hack
1 winner

Oculus Quest 2 for each team member

[Emerging] Best INNOVATE 3251 hack
1 winner

Ninja Portable Blender for each team member

[General] Best SUSTAIN 2110 Hack
1 winner

Rayban Smart Sunglasses for each team member

[Emerging] Best SUSTAIN 2110 Hack
1 winner

Razer Chroma RGB Keyboard for each team member

[General] Best EDU 3510 Hack
1 winner

Airpods Pro for each team member for each team member

[Emerging] Best EDU 3510 Hack
1 winner

Kindle E Ink for each team member

[General] Best HEALTH 1001 Hack
1 winner

Switch Lite for each team member

[Emerging] Best HEALTH 1001 Hack
1 winner

KODAK Step Wireless Mobile Photo Mini Color Printer for each team member

Capital One - Best Financial Hack
1 winner

$250 Amazon gift card for each team member

Github - Most Creative Use of Github
1 winner

GitHub Octocat Water Bottle & Sticker bundle

GitHub is one of the best ways to collaborate, push code, get feedback, and show the world what you’ve built during a hackathon. To take it a step further, GitHub is now offering you access to industry tools, events & learning resources through something called GitHub Global Campus. Win this weekend’s Most Creative Use of GitHub prize category, first by signing up for GitHub Global Campus and second by using a GitHub repository to host your hackathon project’s code! Make sure your use of GitHub stands out with a detailed ReadMe page, meaningful pull requests and collaboration history, and even a GitHub pages deployment!

MongoDB - Best Use of MongoDB Atlas
1 winner

Best Use of MongoDB Atlas
M5GO IoT Starter Kit

MongoDB Atlas takes the leading modern database and makes it accessible in the cloud! Get started with a $50 credit for students or sign up for the Atlas free forever tier (no credit card required). Along with a suite of services and functionalities, you'll have everything you need to manage all of your data! Build a hack using MongoDB Atlas for a chance to win a M5GO IoT Starter Kit for you and each member of your team.

MATLAB - Best Use of MATLAB
1 winner

Wireless YoYo Speaker

MATLAB and Simulink are computational tools used at over 100,000 businesses, government and university sites in over 190 countries. Use MATLAB and/or Simulink exclusively or integrate them into another tool for your next hack to win an exclusive MathWorks branded Wireless YoYo Speaker! You can also claim a free MATLAB software license to get started.

Best .Tech Domain Name
1 winner

Blue Snowball Microphone & a Free .Tech Domain Name for Life! Make your Team's Achievements timeless: Win a .Tech Domain Name for Life 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!

Google Cloud - Best Use of Google Cloud
1 winner

Google Cloud Backpack

Build your hackathon project with a suite of secure storage, powerful compute, and integrated data analytics products provided by Google Cloud. See full list of products here: g.co/cloud. Winners will receive a Google Cloud branded backpack!

Fidelity - Best Accessibility Hack
1 winner

Best Accessibility Hack sponsored by Fidelity
Fidelity Branded Wireless Charger

At Fidelity, accessibility is viewed as a major key to the success of their business, which is why they are challenging you to come up with innovative ways to make tech more accessible! We want you to use your hacking skills to find and build solutions that put opportunities and resources within reach to all communities. The team with the best accessibility hack will win a Fidelity branded wireless charger for each team member!

Drive Capital Challenge
1 winner

Opt in to the Drive Capital Challenge for the chance to pitch for a 500k investment!

More info about the challenge on live site!

Create X - Startup Launch
1 winner

Automatic acceptance to Georgia Tech's Create-X Startup Launch!

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

George P Beardell

George P Beardell
HexLabs

Judging Criteria

  • See live.hexlabs.org

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