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AWS Generative AI Hackathon Challenge 2025
AWS GenAI Loft | San Francisco
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IN PERSON
English
200 - Intermediate
🎉 🏆 $50k+ in Prizes!
🚀Challenge Overview
AWS, in collaboration with ISV partners Snowflake, Zoom, Confluent, Forcepoint, Coalfire, Dynatrace, and Wiz, along with AWS Partners Temporal, NLX, Senso, MongoDB, Creators Corner and many more, invites you to transform bold ideas into reality through an exclusive MCP hackathon. Join us to build cutting-edge AI agents by leveraging AWS's latest innovations including Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Q developer, and our newly launched Kiro platform, alongside AWS Partner products. This unique opportunity allows participants to push the boundaries of Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI applications while working with industry-leading AWS partners.
and Prizes :
AWS :
1st Place: $10,000 AWS credits
2nd Place: $5,000 AWS credits
Confluent:
1st Place: 13 Inch Ipad Pro Wifi + Cellular 512 GB - Space Black
Snowflake :
1st Place: $2,000 cash prize
2nd Place: An advanced AI robot
3rd Place: A Nintendo Switch
Wiz :
1st Place: Playstation 5
2nd Place: Nintendo Switch 2
3rd Place: Airpods pro
🚀The Challenge
This AWS Generative AI Hackathon presents a dual challenge:
Your comprehensive solution should leverage a powerful ecosystem of technologies:
- Amazon Bedrock foundation models for state-of-the-art generative AI capabilities
- Partners APIs and Tools to incorporate specialized capabilities and data sources to deliver cutting-edge Generative AI and Enterprise solutions.
🎤 Showcase Your Vision:
You will have 3 minutes to captivate the audience and judges with your innovative solution. Pitch your AI agent’s purpose, capabilities, and transformative impact to win prizes.
Judges
We have an incredible list of judges that will be present at the event.
Jon Turdiev - Senior Solutions Architect @AWS
Saptarshi Banerjee - Senior Solutions Architect @AWS
Avnish Kumar - Sr. SWE @AWS
Kaushik Iska - Engineering Manager @ClickHouse
Simon Tiu - VC Investor @ Vertex Ventures
The Opportunity
Win big at this hackathon! Compete for a chance to grab prizes and present your best product.
Accelerate Your GenAI Journey: Gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge AWS AI services and the MCP standard.
Connect with AWS Partners: Work directly with leading AWS Partners who can help implement your solutions at scale after the hackathon.
Maximize your creation with sponsor APIs: Many sponsors offer powerful APIs that can enhance your projects. Explore and utilize sponsor products to win special prizes.
Join a vibrant community: Connect with fellow AI engineers, learn from industry experts, and gain valuable exposure for your work.
Meet investors: Network with investors who are interested in enterprise AI innovations. Gain feedback, connections, and potential funding.
Don't miss out! Assemble your team (or go solo!) and be a part of shaping the future of AI agents. This hackathon welcomes projects at all stages to compete for prizes!
🗓️ Schedule (Tentative):
- 9:30 AM: 🚪 Doors Open
- 9:45 AM: 🎤 Opening Remarks, AWS Partners and Sponsors speaking sessions
- 11:00 AM: 💻 Start Coding!
- 5:00 PM: 📤 Project Submission Deadline
- 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM: Happy Hour
- 5:30 PM: 👩💻 Finalists Presentations and Judging
- 7:30 PM: 🏆 Awards Ceremony
- 8:00 PM: Networking
Prizes (Refer to Devpost for most up-to-date info)
Sponsors
- AWS
- Dynatrace
- Wiz
- Zoom
- NLX
- Snowflake
- Mistral
- Clickhouse
- Mandolin
- MongoDB
- Senso
- Rime
- MiniMax
- Tavily
- Confluent
The Venue
A special thank you to AWS startup loft for letting us use their beautiful SF office. By registering, you agree to follow the AWS Community Codes of Conduct and agree to the AWS Event Terms and Conditions.
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Government Attendees Disclaimer: Pursuant to AWS's Anti-bribery and Gifts & Entertainment Policy, we ask that each government employee participant provide a written acknowledgment via email confirming that they have reviewed the potential prize (~$2,000 USD in value) within their organization and that its acceptance complies with the local anti-bribery laws and policies of their country and employing agency.
JUDGING DISCLOSURE: Your participation as a judge does not constitute an endorsement of any specific product, team, or technology. The judging participation is invitation only. You can apply here
SPONSORSHIP NOTICE: The organizations and companies listed in this page and in our material have provided support for this hackathon and have been carefully selected. We are always oversubscribed, for future events apply here
By invitation or approval only.