prizes

First Overall

Macbook Airs or Framework Laptops (13”)

Second Overall

Meta Ray Bans

Third Overall

Switch Lites

Best Beginner Hack

FujiFilm Polaroid Camera + Film

All team members must be beginners

Most Creative

iPad Airs and Apple Pencils

Best Hardware Hack

3D Printer

Social Impact

Apple Watches

Best Use of Annapurna

TBD

Query Planner Challenge

$10,000 cash prize

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k1J3HrCThfZyI2PdwgSOwGpT0Vt8Wv_QPhexhhZSatE/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.gfqe3qx68hy5

Ad Intelligence Challenge

$3,000 cash prize

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i2wu_Z6Hb-WDyzM1woYFpqtfyp1Y-0Gc135XvK5fC8g/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.pzdwayb1o6cg

Best Use of Claude

Tungsten Cube + $5000 API Credits

Technical Complexity - Projects that demonstrate sophisticated implementation, creative problem-solving, or innovative use of Claude Code's capabilities beyond basic functionality. Creative Use Case - Solutions that apply Claude Code to unexpected domains, solve novel problems, or showcase unique applications that go beyond typical development workflows. Impact & Practicality - Projects that address real-world problems with clear potential for meaningful impact, whether for developers, end-users, or specific communities.

Best Use of Fetch.ai

Best Use of Fetch.ai - $2500 + Internship Interview Opportunity Best Deployment of Agentverse - $1500 + Internship Interview Opportunity Most Viral ASI:One Personal AI - $1000 + Internship Interview Opportunity

"Functionality & Technical Implementation (25%) Does the agent system work as intended? Are the agents properly communicating and reasoning in real time? Use of Fetch.ai Technology (20%) Are agents registered on Agentverse? Is the Chat Protocol implemented for ASI:One discoverability? Innovation & Creativity (20%) How original or creative is the solution? Is it solving a problem in a new or unconventional way? Real-World Impact & Usefulness (20%) Does the solution solve a meaningful problem? How useful would this be to an end user? User Experience & Presentation (15%) Is the solution presented clearly with a well-structured demo? Is there a smooth and intuitive user experience?"

Build an Iconic YC Company

1st place: guaranteed interview with a YC partner 2nd & 3rd place: guaranteed office hours + special swag

Best Use of Postman

First Prize - iPad (11th Gen) Second Prize - Sony Headphones Third Prize - JBL Clip 5 Speaker

Data Visualization Agent

Accelerated Internship Interview Process

Prizes will be judged on Innovation, Technicals, Presentation

Best Use of Vapi

Swag and Vapi credits

Judges vote on the best use of Voice AI in a project that uses Vapi.

Best use of the Elastic Agent Builder on a Serverless instance.

1st place: $2000, 2nd place: $1000

Best Use of CodeRabbit AI

Rey-Ban Meta AI Glasses

Best Use of Sui

Water bottles, T-shirts, SUI, and cash prizes

Best Use of Rox

Cash Prize

Best Use of Bright Data

1st Prize: $1,500 Bright Data credits, $500 Amazon gift card 2nd Prize: $1,000 Bright Data credits, $300 Amazon gift card 3rd Prize: $500 Bright Data credits, $150 Amazon gift card

Best Use of Visa

$200 Visa Gift Card (For an Individual or per team member). More information can be found in Slack at #spons-visa

Best Use of Reka

Reka Credits and a possibility as a mention as a usecase on our Website 1st place: guaranteed reka interview + lego sets 2nd place: headphones 3rd place: speaker

Best Workflow Application, Presented by Conversion

Vespa Scooter (or cash equivalent)

Most Data-Intensive Application, Presented by Conway

4 DGI drones (with cameras)

Best Use of Lava Gateway

1st place: $2.5K cash + 500 credits 2nd place: $1K cash + 200 credits 3rd place: $500 cash + 100 credits

Best use of Composio Toolrouter

$4K in Composio Credits

Play-Do Prize, Presented by Crater

A real life Dairy Cow™ (seriously), with "perks".

Public Impact Prize, Presented by Promise

Fast track CTO interview, dinner with our exec team, and a day behind the scenes with Promise (YC's most successful GovTech company)

Best Use of Cofoundry

Nintendo Switches

Best Use of Snap Spectacles

1st place: Spectacles for each winning team member 2nd place: Nintendo Switch (1st gen) for each winning team member 3rd place: Soundview speakers for each winning team member

Best Use of XRP Ledger

Cash Prize

Best Solution For Clinical Trials Prize

Cash Prize

Best Use of Groq

$100 in Groq Credit, lego McClarens for each member

Best App Built on Ethereum, or an Ethereum L2

Mainnet ETH for top hackers

Best MCP Automation

Meta Ray-Bans + Apple AirPods Pro 3 + Interaction × The North Face jackets

Build Your First Stateful AI Agent with Letta Cloud

AirPods and exclusive Letta swag

Best AI application using Chroma

$200 per team member

Best Use of Fish Audio

$250 cash and $250 API credits per person

Best Robotics Hack - 1st Place

Earth Rover Mini+

Best Robotics Hack - 2nd Place

LeKiwi kit

Best Robotics Hack - 3rd Place

RoboCap

Most Wacky Hack

$1,000 in cash & $500 in Sauna credit

Build a Multiplayer AI Chat Experience

Internship opportunity pays upto 200k annual or Airpods Max

Best use of open source AI models using Baseten

Premium Baseten swag kit + $100 Super Duper Burger gift card per member of the winning team. Judging Criteria: 1. Importance of open models -- do they power core features 2. Technical sophistication -- not a wrapper 3. Originality -- not a chat with your homework rag app

Best Real-World Productivity Tool

• 1,750 USD • 1-year Pro subscription • Potential internship opportunity Awarded to the most practical and impactful system that improves productivity in everyday life or within an industry.

Smartest AI agent prize

• 1,250 USD • 1-year Pro subscription • Potential internship opportunity Awarded to the team that pushes the limits of customization through unique logic, complex API workflows, or creative agentic systems.

Best Designed Web App)

• 1,000 USD • 1-year Pro subscription Awarded to the project with the most polished, intuitive, and user-friendly design that delivers an exceptional user experience.

Most Complex / Technically Challenging Use of Livekit

Engineering team interviews

Most Creative Project Using Livekit

Apple Airpod Pro with engraved case

Best Start-up Idea Using Livekit

Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit 3