MetroHacks 2022

Best Domain Name from Domain.com

Register a .Tech domain name using Domain.com during the weekend for your chance to win an awesome Domain.com branded prize for you and each member of your team! Each team may submit one entry per person on the team. The more creative the domain the better!<br>

Most Creative Use of Twilio

Twilio allows you to incorporate mobile messaging, phone calls and a ton of other awesome communication features right into your hackathon project using a web service API. Are you building an e-commerce website and want to send text notifications or email confirmations once an order is completed? Or maybe you'd like to verify users based on their mobile numbers? Twilio makes all this possible and more. Build a hack that simplifies your life using any Twilio API for a chance to win some awesome prizes! Get started with $50 in free credit!<br>

Best Use of NLP with Cohere

Cohere makes Natural Language Processing easy to do with their ready to use online platform. Simply sign-up for the developer free tier, no credit card required, and start training your very own language model directly on the web! You and your teammates can each win an Arduino Starter Kit by using Cohere in your next hack. Wondering what to build? Cohere is great for text and content generation, text-based search, predictive text and so much more. Check out our software &amp; learn pages for more details!<br>

Best Web Monetization Project

Coil is all about providing better ways to access and reward the creators, publishers and platforms that you love. Coil members get to view web monetized sites while streaming micropayments directly to the website owner, or in this case, you! In turn, you can react to payments in real time by displaying a thank you message, unlocking bonus content, features and so much more! Build a web monetized hack using Coil for a chance to win an Anker Quick Charge Portable Charger, Coil pin and $60 Coil credit redemption card!<br>

Best Use of NLP with Cohere

Best Design

Most Creative

Best Fintech Project - UTD

Raffle Prizes

1st Place - Education Track

$1000 + 1 Year of Centered Pro ($80) + $250 worth of DigitalOcean cloud credits + 5 free years of Taskade Unlimited ($300) + Interview Buddy async online mock interviews ($13.50) 1 Winner per Division

1st Place - Healthcare Track

$1000 + 1 Year of Centered Pro ($80) + $250 worth of DigitalOcean cloud credits + 5 free years of Taskade Unlimited ($300) + Interview Buddy async online mock interviews ($13.50) 1 Winner per Division

2nd Place - Education Track

$500 + 1 Year of Centered Pro ($80) + $125 worth of DigitalOcean cloud credits + 5 free years of Taskade Unlimited ($300) + Interview Buddy async online mock interviews ($13.50) 1 Winner per Division

2nd Place - Healthcare Track

$500 + 1 Year of Centered Pro ($80) + $125 worth of DigitalOcean cloud credits + 5 free years of Taskade Unlimited ($300) + Interview Buddy async online mock interviews ($13.50) 1 Winner per Division

3rd Place - Education Track

$250 + 1 Year of Centered Pro ($80) + $125 worth of DigitalOcean cloud credits + 5 free years of Taskade Unlimited ($300) + Interview Buddy async online mock interviews ($13.50) 1 Winner per Division

3rd Place - Healthcare Track

$250 + 1 Year of Centered Pro ($80) + $125 worth of DigitalOcean cloud credits + 5 free years of Taskade Unlimited ($300) + Interview Buddy async online mock interviews ($13.50) 1 Winner per Division

Mini-events - Overall

$500 total in prizes for various mini-events (games, tournaments, etc.) held during the hackathon.

Free Participation Prizes

Each participant to submit a project will receive the following: MetroHacks T-Shirt: $10 value Interview Buddy Vouchers: 90% off discount for asynchronous mock interviews ($12 value) Centered Pro: one free month of Centered.app's Pro feature ($10 value) EchoAR Business Plan: free one-month access ($89 value) DigitalOcean cloud services: 60-day free trial ($100 value) Taskade Unlimited: one free year of Taskade's Unlimited feature ($60) O'Reilly Media Learner's Premium: one free month of access ($49)