Get ready to ignite your creativity and join us for an exhilarating hackathon experience! Welcome to the Google Cloud Vertex AI Agent Builder Hackathon, where the only limit is your imagination. Whether you're passionate about shaping the future of education, enhancing wellness and accessibility, boosting productivity, or revolutionizing customer experiences, there's a category that fits your vision.
Vertex AI streamlines the entire ML workflow, from data preparation to model deployment, with seamless integration of data engineering, data science, and ML engineering workflows. Whether you're a seasoned ML expert or just dipping your toes into the world of AI, Vertex AI offers a range of options to suit your preferences. From AutoML for hassle-free model training to custom training for those seeking complete control over the process, Vertex AI caters to every level of expertise. And with the ability to leverage Google's generative AI models and end-to-end MLOps tools, you can rest assured that your projects are in good hands.
With a treasure trove of prizes awaiting the most ingenious creations, including cash rewards, Google Cloud credits, virtual coffee sessions with Google experts, and social media recognition, the stakes are high and the rewards are bountiful. So rally your team, sharpen your coding skills, and get ready to make waves in the world of AI.
Requirements
What to Build
Build a no/low-code conversational AI agent using Vertex AI Agent Builder that falls into one of four categories:
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Knowledge Bot (for example: skills up or educates a persona that you specify)
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Lifestyle Bot (for example: improves health/wellness, accessibility & inclusion, just for fun, quiz/games, social, etc.)
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Productivity Booster (for example: increases individual or workplace productivity)
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Customer-Facing Bot (for example: helps customers in any industry – please specify the industry in your submission materials)
Check out the Resources tab for more examples and inspiration.
What to Submit
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Include a text description that includes a summary of the Project’s features and functionality
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Include at least one test script for your Project
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Include at least one screenshot of the results of running the Test Script
- Include a ~3-minute demonstration video of your Project that shows the Project functioning on the device for which it was built
Prizes
Overall Grand Prize
• $5,000 in USD
• $3,000 in Google Cloud Credits for use with a Cloud Billing Account
• Virtual Coffee with a Google Team Member
• Social Promo
Best of Knowledge Bot Category
• $3,000 in USD
• $1,000 in Google Cloud Credits for use with a Cloud Billing Account
• Virtual Coffee with a Google Team Member
• Social Promo
Best of Lifestyle Bot Category
• $3,000 in USD
• $1,000 in Google Cloud Credits for use with a Cloud Billing Account
• Virtual Coffee with a Google Team Member
• Social Promo
Best of Productivity Booster Category
• $3,000 in USD
• $1,000 in Google Cloud Credits for use with a Cloud Billing Account
• Virtual Coffee with a Google Team Member
• Social Promo
Best of Customer-Facing Bot Category
• $3,000 in USD
• $1,000 in Google Cloud Credits for use with a Cloud Billing Account
• Virtual Coffee with a Google Team Member
• Social Promo
Honorable Mention
• $500 in USD
• $500 in Google Cloud Credits for use with a Cloud Billing Account
Persistent Programmer Bonus Prize
• $500 in USD
• $500 in Google Cloud Credits for use with a Cloud Billing Account
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Alan Blount
Product Manager, Cloud AI
Andrea Dulko
UX Design Manager, Vertex AI
Erica Chuong
Customer Engineer, AI/ML
Frank Guan
Product Marketing Lead, AI for Developers
Jennifer Otitigbe
UX Research Manager, Cloud AI
Justin Holzwarth
Head of Developer Skills and Community, Google Cloud
Keelin McDonell
Outbound Product Manager, Vertex AI
Natacha Maheshe
Head of Developer Campaigns and Messaging
Praveen Rajasekar
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Vertex AI
Rourke McNamara
Head of Developer Product Marketing for Vertex AI
Stuart Moncada
Head of Outbound Product Management, Agent Builder
Vishakha Sadhwani
Customer Engineer | Google Cloud
Parastoo Chu
Data Scientist | AI Hackathon at NEXT Winner
Emily Xu
Product Manager | AI Hackathon at NEXT Winner
Anushka Mehta
Engineer | AI Hackathon at NEXT Winner
Dr. Nolan English
AI Hackathon at NEXT Winner
Anirudh Manjesh
Computer Science Student | AI Hackathon at NEXT Winner
Judging Criteria
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Technological Implementation
Does the project demonstrate quality software development? Does the project thoroughly leverage the generative AI agents? How is the quality of the code? How precise and clever are your Goal and Instructions prompts used to train the agent? -
Potential Impact
How big of an impact could the project have on the target persona(s)? How big of an impact could it have beyond the target community? -
Utility
Are you solving an existing problem? Is it an application that would encourage a user to use it more than once for its benefits? -
Originality / Wow Factor
Impress the judges. Does it use newly released features? Does it have a quality that stands out creatively?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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