About the challenge

We’re excited to invite you to the GGC Spring Hackathon this April!

Join Grizzly Hacks for our 6th annual hackathon for GGC students! Our hackathon is a beginner friendly hackathon where you’ll design AI-powered solutions that help people work smarter, make better decisions, and access information across industries.

You'll gain hands-on experience with tools like Claude Code while learning prompt engineering fundamentals in a supportive environment. Throughout the event, you'll take on fun coding challenges, compete for prizes, collaborate with other students, and bring your innovative AI ideas to life.

No prior experience is required, this event is perfect for anyone who are curious about AI engineering and want to start exploring AI coding.

Food and beverages will also be provided!

Requirements

What to Build

Track 1: AI for Business, Productivity & Student Tools  

Examples: 

  • AI expense or budgeting tools 

  • Smart scheduling assistant 

  • Inventory forecasting tool 

  • AI meeting summarizer 

 

Track 2: AI for Health & Well-Being  

Examples:  

  • Fitness data analysis dashboard 

  • AI workout recommendation engine 

  • Nutrition tracking assistant  

  • Habit prediction 

  • Stress detection from user input  

 

Track 3:AI for Social Impact & Community   

Examples:  

  • Local resource recommendation chatbot 

  • Volunteer matching system  

  • Student support chatbot  

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Track 4: AI for Creativity & Digital Experiences 

Examples:  

  • UI/UX ideas  

  • Content creation tools  

  • Apps, websites, user experiences  

  • Social media / design / storytelling 

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

2 non-cash prizes
Best Overall
1 winner

To be determined

Runner up
1 winner

Presented in person at the award ceremony

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Cengiz Gunay
Grizzly Hacks Advisor

Anca Doloc-Mihu
GGC

Shanteria Johnson

Shanteria Johnson
Vice president

Jerry Chambers
GGC Alumni

Cody Ledford
GGC Alum

Miranda Darlington
Grizzly Hacks Former President

Peter Okolocha
Grizzly Hacks Former President

Loana Morillo

Loana Morillo
Grizzly Hacks Network Group

Peter Bailey
Grizzly Hacks Network Group

Celeste Echols
Grizzly Hacks Former President

Judging Criteria

  • Technology
    How technically impressive was the hack? Was the technical problem the team tackled difficult? Did it use a particularly clever technique or did it use many different components? Did the technology involved make you go "Wow"?
  • Design
    Did the team put thought into the user experience? How well designed is the interface? How beautiful the CSS or graphics are? For a hardware project, how good is the human-computer interaction(e.g. is it easy to use or does it use a cool interface?)
  • Completion
    Does the hack work? Did the team achieve everything they wanted? Is it just an idea? How flushed out is it?
  • Learning
    Did the team stretch themselves? Did they try to learn something new? What kind of projects have they worked on before? If a team which always does virtual reality projects decides to do a mobile app instead, that exploration should be rewarded.

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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