About the challenge
Each year, high school hackers from across the Bay Area come together at MVHacks to create cool projects, learn from experts, and participate in 12 hours of hacking! Hackers of all skill levels are welcome to compete, individually or as a group.
Get started
Registration is open at mvhacks.io. Spots are filling up, so make sure to sign up as asoon as possible to secure your spot!
Requirements
What to Build
Will be released on day of hackathon!
What to Submit
Will be released on day of hackathon!
Prizes
1st Place
YubiKey 5C NFC + First Pick from Prize Bank (Amazon Echo Spot, Fujifilm Instax Mini 12 Camera, Sony WH‑CH520 Wireless Headphones)
2nd Place
YubiKey 5C NFC + Second Pick from Prize Bank (Amazon Echo Spot, Fujifilm Instax Mini 12 Camera, Sony WH‑CH520 Wireless Headphones)
3rd Place
Third Pick from Prize Bank (Amazon Echo Spot, Fujifilm Instax Mini 12 Camera, Sony WH‑CH520 Wireless Headphones)
Best "Under the Sea" Mini-Theme Project
Lego Creator 3-in-1 Fierce Shark with a Treasure Chest
Coding Challenge - 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place
ELEGOO UNO Project Super Starter Kit + YubiKey 5C NFC
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Rajesh Gupta
Leads Skan’s Agentic AI team
Alexandra Markova
CS student @ UCLA, Former Director of MVHacks
Jannie Affeld
VP of finance systems engineering at Google
Jackson Otto
CS student @ Santa Clara University, Former Director of MVHacks
Abhijit Chanda
Director at Tredence
Julia Wilkowski
Leads the Learning Science team at Google
William Gao
Founder at Stealth Startup, Harvard Class of 2023
Austin Le
Student at San Diego State
Anzar Khaliq
Chief Learning Officer at San Francisco Bay University
Marin Markov
Tech Founder
Vidya Narayanan
Co-founder and CEO of FinalLayer
Vicky Vo
Product Designer at Adobe Firefly
Judging Criteria
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Project Criteria for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place
Creativity and Originality, Technical Execution, Problem-Solving and Relevance, User Experience and Design, Presentation and Demo
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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