Hacktoberfest Hack Day Raleigh x Hack_NCState & Applied AI Club at NC State
About
Bring your Halloween costume for our Hack Day! Taking place during MLH’s Hacktoberfest, we are hosting a Hack Day in collaboration with the Applied AI Club at NC State! Come join us both to get project experience using AI models to make your projects come alive! This Hack Day will be seven-and-a-half hours long from the start of check-in to the planned time of closing ceremony. We will also be judging costumes throughout the event and will announce winners for organizers’ favorite costumes.
Please note that the Hack Day may extend past the planned end time, but we will do our best to meet our goal of 4:30 PM.
About Hacktoberfest Events:
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.
Visit hacktoberfest.com/events for more information about how to run and promote your event. Be sure to share pics and screenshots of your event with the community and tag #Hacktoberfest !
Happy hacking!
Prize Categories
3 categories- View Best Open-Source AI Project
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 Use of Gemma 4
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 - View Best Use of MaritimeMMaritime (YC F26)
Best Use of Maritime
$1000 of Maritime Credits
Hack together a unique, innovational project that fully utilizes the capabilities of Maritime's hosting agents.
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