The team that is recognized as the best among the best will receive one MG Barbatos Lupus with each team member will win: SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 Wireless Gen 2 Gaming Headset, 4 Steves Pokebar VIP Membership Card

Awarded to the team with the highest quality joke project, meme app, shit post, as long as it made people laugh, you are doing it correct and the best project to do so WIN

Each team member will win: HG 1/144 GFRED, Ajazz AK820, and Steves Pokebar VIP Membership Card

Awarded to the team that created a project with meaningful impact, focused on helping people, supporting the community, or doing good in general, be selfless and help the world

Each team member will win: Chess.com membership, HG 1/144 GUNDAM LFRITH, JBL Go Speaker and Steves Pokebar VIP Membership Card

Awarded to the best beginner project where at least half of the team needs to be first time hacker!

Each team member will win: up to 1 HG 1/144 MS-06S ZAKU II and up to 3 HG Light-type Guncannon,Moondrop Space Travel 2 HiFi Noise-Canceling TWS wiress Earphone Bluetooth and Steves Pokebar VIP Membership Card

Awarded to someone who is HIM/HER/THEM of this hackathon with a JBL TUNE510BT, BANDAI GUNDAM 45th × Hatsune Miku Figure and Steves Pokebar VIP Membership Card

Awarded to the project with the most outstanding design. Judges will look for intuitive user experience, visual appeal, and how well the design enhances functionality and accessibility.

Each team member will win: Huion Inspiroy 2S and Steves Pokebar VIP Membership Card

Design an intelligent personal finance platform that transforms the unpredictable nature of modern multi-calendar life into actionable financial insights. Create a system that understands the unique financial patterns of busy individuals and leverages social dynamics to drive meaningful behavioral change through gamification, peer engagement, or community-driven savings challenges.

Full Challenge Details Here:
RBC Custom Challenge


Each winning team member will receive: Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

Awarded to the best project from a team consisting of at least 50% Software Systems Students.

The winning team takes home $50 and exclusive merch.

Google Swag Kits

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?

Links:
https://mlh.link/gemini

Wireless Earbuds

Deploy natural, human-sounding audio with ElevenLabs. Create realistic, dynamic, and emotionally expressive voices for any project, from interactive AI companions to narrated stories and voice-enabled apps. ElevenLabs will empower you to build rich, immersive experiences without the need for actors or complex audio production, using simply the power of AI.
Integrate fully autonomous audio experiences into your hack with ElevenLabs and give your project a voice, along with giving your team the chance to win some wireless earbuds!

Links:
https://mlh.link/elevenlabs

The world of development is evolving fast and Solana is leading the charge with a network built to handle all of your infrastructure needs. Forget high fees and slow confirmations, it’s time to build applications that are fast, efficient, and scalable.

Harness Solana's core advantages like blazing fast execution and near-zero transaction costs to make your hackathon ideas become real world projects. With Solana, the possibilities are endless.

- Create a game, social app, or consumer product that relies on instant, high-frequency transactions.
- Design a sophisticated trading, lending, or decentralized exchange (DEX).
- Build a prototype for supply chain, identity, or payments that can handle massive, real-world volume.

Show us how you can innovate with Solana for a chance to win some cool prizes for you and each member of your team!

Retro Wireless Mouse

DigitalOcean offers a reliable and easy-to-use cloud platform for every stage of your project. Leverage core services like Droplets, Managed Databases, and App Platform to build, deploy, and scale your application effortlessly. Building with AI? DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI enables you to build, train, and deploy machine learning models, including access to GPU infrastructure and serverless inference!
Sign up for DigitalOcean today and get $200 worth of free credits that you can use towards building your next great hack. Build with DigitalOcean's robust cloud infrastructure for a chance to win some great prizes for you and each of your teammates!

Links:
https://mlh.link/digitalocean-signup
http://mlh.link/digitalocean

Play with industry-leading LLMs on a single account using the Snowflake APIs. Adding AI capabilities into your application can be as simple as a single CURL command to Snowflake's REST API.
Build customized applications, RAG powered chat bots, or embed AI-powered features into your app in half the time with half the hassle. Get started for free with a special, student 120-day Snowflake trial and check out this repository for an example of the Snowflake REST API in action.

Links:
https://mlh.link/snowflake-signup
https://mlh.link/snowflake-tutorial
https://mlh.link/snowflake