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HackMTY is Latin America’s premier student-led hackathon, held at the prestigious Tecnológico de Monterrey. This event brings together over 1,000 talented students, developers, designers, and innovators from across the region to collaborate and compete on cutting-edge tech projects. What makes HackMTY truly special is its focus on fostering creativity and innovation while providing participants with the tools, mentorship, and inspiration to bring their ideas to life. Our hackathon isn't just about coding—it's about creating solutions that can make a real-world impact.
Stay tuned for our detailed event schedule, which will include keynote speakers, workshops, sponsor challenges, and networking opportunities to ensure you get the most out of this experience.
Requirements
Participants are required to submit:
- A working prototype or demo of their project, hosted on a platform of their choice (GitHub, Heroku, etc.).
- A project description, including the problem it addresses, the solution developed, and the technologies used.
- A link to the source code repository.
- A brief pitch outlining the project’s potential impact.
- A video presentation or demo of the project (maximum 2 minutes length).
- (Optional) Any additional documentation, such as diagrams, wireframes, or test cases that support the project.
All submissions must be made on Devpost.
Specifics of Track RequirementsOracle
- A video presentation or demo of the project (4 minutes length).
Prizes
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Most Creative Adobe Express Add-On
Wacom Wireless Drawing Tablet & JBL Go3 Speaker
Adobe Express is an AI-first, all-in-one content creation app that makes it fast, easy and fun to design and share videos, images, PDFs, flyers, TikToks, logos and more. Best of all, it’s free to get started.
Add-ons in Adobe Express are simply extensions and integrations that are built upon very powerful APIs. These APIs provide access to the user’s document, connections to third-party tools, and so much more. You can extend the functionality of Adobe Express using add-ons to unlock new capabilities and workflows. Check out these add-ons to see what other cool ideas developers have implemented!
For this hackathon, we want you to build a creative add-on for Adobe Express. Users are looking for add-ons that involve assets like stickers or icons, work with presentations and data visualization, and work in roles like marketing and e-commerce. Build an Adobe Express add-on this weekend for a chance to win a Wacom Wireless Drawing Tablet and JBL Go3 Speaker for you and each member of your team!
*You can also submit to this prize category if you have a prototype idea for an add-on or have a partially completed add-on. As long as you’ve built with Adobe Express, we want to see your hack!
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, and you can get a headstart with free resources from MongoDB University! Build a hack using MongoDB Atlas for a chance to win a M5GO IoT Starter Kit for you and each member of your team.
Best Use of MATLAB
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 Use of Defang
Touch Screen IoT Sensor
Defang is a radically simpler way to Develop, Deploy, and Debug hackathon projects, letting you go from idea to a cloud-deployed application in less than 5 minutes! Build your project in any language, deploy to the cloud with a single command and iterate seamlessly. The Defang CLI is compatible with Linux, MacOS, and Windows, making it a great solution regardless of your operating system.
Download it today for free and save countless stress-filled hours of trying to get your application up and running on the cloud. Use Defang in your project this weekend and you’ll also qualify to win a Touch Screen IoT Sensor for you and each of your team members!
Sauce Labs Hot Sauce Raffle
Sauce Labs Swag Bag
Sauce Labs empowers you to develop, test, and deliver top-tier web and mobile apps quickly and efficiently. Their unified platform makes automated testing and error monitoring easy to do, enabling you to save time building your hackathon project! Let Sauce Labs help resolve any issues with your code so you can get back to building an award winning hack. Make sure your project is hackathon-tested by signing up for a Sauce Labs account!
To spice things up even more, we're running the Sauce Labs Hot Sauce naming raffle and selecting up to 4 individual winners at this event. To qualify come up with a cool hot sauce name and submit it to the Sauce Labs raffle form for a chance to win some awesome swag including a backpack, beanie, and a bottle of Sauce Labs hot sauce!
Best AI Application Built with Cloudflare
Arduino Kit
Cloudflare is one of the world’s largest networks enabling hackers like you to build, deploy, and deliver trusted applications, no matter where you are! With Cloudflare, you’ll have all the building blocks to create a full-stack application; from C3 (create Cloudflare command line) instance deployment to object storage. You can even run GenAI (LLMs, text to image, Voice to text etc..) in the cloud and leverage your AI functionality via API requests using Cloudlfare’s Workers AI! Enjoy Cloudflare’’s generous free tier to get started at no cost! This weekend, we want you to build an AI Application utilizing Cloudflare’s numerous services for a chance to win Arduino Kits for you and your team!
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
JUDGE 1 - ORACLE
ORACLE
JUDGE 2 - ORACLE
ORACLE
JUDGE 3 - ORACLE
ORACLE
JUDGE 4 - ORACLE
ORACLE
JUDGE 5 - ORACLE
ORACLE
JUDGE 6 - ORACLE
ORACLE
JUDGE 1 - BANORTE
BANORTE
JUDGE 2 - BANORTE
BANORTE
Judging Criteria
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Innovation
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Technical Challenge
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UX/UI
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Impact
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Pitch
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