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Bay Area Hacks is a platform for innovators to create software projects. With different tracks like Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Fintech, Health/Biotech, and Environmental Change, Bay Area Hacks openly invites all of those that are interested in inspiring change in each of those fields. Through an online, week-long hackathon, innovators in teams of up to 4 can learn from industry professionals through keynote speeches, interactive workshops, and coding competitions. Judges with technical experience will be judging all projects and winners will also be announced for each track and rewarded with grand prizes.
Eligibility
If you are a current undergraduate, high school, or middle school student, feel free to sign up for Bay Area Hacks!
Requirements
Projects will be submitted using Devpost and a video component will be required as well.
Prizes
$459,910 in prizes
AIRPODS PROS
1st Place PRIZE - 4 AirPods Pros
HYPERX GAMING GEAR
2nd Place PRIZE - 4 HyperX Keyboards, Headsets, and Mice
1st Place PRIZES
4 AirPods Pros ($250/per)
4 Creative Tim Big Bundle ($2105/per)
4 egghead Pro for 1 year ($480/per)
4 Cloudsploit Standard Service for 4 months ($440/per)
4 Bridge Connect Premium ($250/per)
2nd Place PRIZES
4 Alloy Origins Mechanical Gaming Keyboard ($110/per)
4 Cloud Stinger Core 7.1 Gaming Headset ($50/per)
4 Pulsefire Core Gaming Mouse ($30/per)
4 egghead Pro for 1 year ($480/per)
4 DigitalOcean Credits Package ($250/per)
3rd Place PRIZES
4 Bugsee Credits Package ($200/per)
4 DigitalOcean Credits Package ($250/per)
4 Art of Problem Solving Gift Cards ($25/per)
4 1Password for 6 months ($18/per)
Top 3 PRIZES
(3)
12 Repl.it Hacker Plan for 1 year ($85/per)
Top 10 PRIZES
(10)
40 Wolfram|One Personal Edition + Wolfram|Alpha Pro for 1 year ($375/per)
echoAR Challenge Prizes
1 Amazon Gift Card ($50/per team)
1-month Free business tier access to the echoAR platform ($90 per team member)
Best Beginner Hack PRIZES
4 $50 Amazon Gift Cards ($50/per)
Best Solo Hack PRIZES
1 Bubble Credits Package for first 6 months ($2000/per)
1 Makey Makey Classic Kit ($60/per)
Best Undergrad Hack PRIZES
4 Clerky Company Lifetime Package ($800/per)
RAFFLES
2 egghead Pro for 1 year ($480/per)
10 Wolfram|One Personal Edition + Wolfram|Alpha Pro for 1 year ($375/per)
2 OmniGraffle Pro 7 Licenses ($250/per)
1 Bugsee Credits Package ($200/per)
1 1Password for 6 months ($18/per)
SWAG
400 Voiceflow Pro for 6 months ($300/per)
400 Cloudsploit Standard Service for 1 month ($110/per)
400 echoAR Business Tier for 1 month ($90/per)
400 Creative Tim Material Kit Pro ($80/per)
400 DigitalOcean 30 day free trial ($50/per)
400 Balsamiq 90 day extended free trial
400 Wolfram|One for 30 days ($25/per)
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Karunaker Molugu
Data Engineering Manager at Facebook

Raymond Lee
Intel Security Privacy Migration Team

Megha Sarang
Intel Next Generation and Standards Team

Kishore Kaparaboyna
Yahoo Engineering Director

Kishan Sachdeva
Maching Learning Researcher at Youtube

Ion-Alexandru Secara
Member at Alchemist Accelerator
Vikas Paliwal
Intel IOTG Team

Arvind Agrawal
Intel NXS Team
KiT Prud'Homme
Intel Corporate Demos
Koren Grinshpoon
COO at echoAR
Siddharth Cherukupalli

Kartik Punia

Anusha Kotha
Intel XPG Team
Judging Criteria
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Fit
Does the product address the prompt? -
Innovation
Does the product introduce a new approach or perspective, technical, analytical, or visual? -
Functionality
Does the product function as intended? Is it robust and easy to interact with? -
Design
Is the product aesthetically pleasing? Does the design of the product elevate its message? -
Extensibility
Can the product be easily expanded in the future? -
Orginality
To maintain the integrity of Bay Area Hacks projects must be made from the period of July 11th to July 18th. Our plagiarism checkers will find these irregularities. We encourage you to follow this rule otherwise we will automatically disqualify you.
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