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Hacktoberfest Hack Day Lexington x Women in Data Science at UK

Join us at the University of Kentucky for a day of coding, AI, open-source projects, hands-on hardware, and hackathon fun! All experience levels welcome.

OCT 31Lexington, KYIn Person
Organized byWWomen in Data Science at UK

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Hacktoberfest events are happening all month long so you can join your friends day or night, from dusk to dawn, as you work to complete your pull/merge requests. Whether your event is physical, digital or a combination of both, make sure you let the community know about it! Set up and share your Hacktoberfest event with the community.

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Happy hacking!

Prize Categories

3 categories
  • View Best Open-Source AI ProjectDigitalOcean

    Best Open-Source AI Project

    Exclusive Hacktoberfest 2026 Winner DEV Badge & MLH Swag Bag

    Build an original project that uses open-source or open-weight AI as an important part of how it works. Teams could create an agent skill, build with an open-weight large or small language model, or build or adapt an open-source model harness.

    Build with DigitalOceanView category
  • View Best Project Built with ElevenLabsEvent prize

    Best Project Built with ElevenLabs

    Give your project a voice. With ElevenLabs’ AI-powered voice technology, you can turn ideas into natural, expressive audio experiences. Whether you’re building a conversational agent, creating accessible tools, or experimenting with AI-generated speech, explore how voice can make your project more interactive and engaging.

    Conversational AI: Build voice-enabled assistants, interactive agents, or applications that let users communicate naturally.

    Creative Audio Experiences: Generate expressive speech, create audio storytelling experiences, or bring characters and ideas to life with AI voices.

    Accessibility & Communication: Explore tools that make information more accessible through text-to-speech, voice interfaces, or other innovative audio applications.

    From giving your application a voice to reimagining how people interact with AI, what will you build with ElevenLabs?

    View category
  • View Best Use of Gemma 4Deepmind Google

    Best Use of Gemma 4

    It’s time to see how much you can build with a lightweight, open model. Gemma 4 packs multimodal intelligence into an open-weights model that you can access through the Gemini API. So, what can Gemma 4 bring to your project?

    • Multimodal Experience: Work with text and images to create an assistant that understands more of what users share.
    • Focused AI Tools: Build a focused AI tool for learning, creativity, productivity, or your community.
    • Rapid Prototyping: Experiment with an open model while using the Gemini API to move quickly from an idea to a working prototype.

    Bring your idea to life… what will you build with Gemma 4 today?

    Build with Gemma 4View category

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