Technica

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>

Best use of CockroachDB

Build your hackathon project on CockroachDB's open source and indestructible SQL database. Utilize CockroachDB in your hack for a chance to win a 3D printing pen for you and each of your team members. What's more, if you submit a verified project and are a US resident, we'll be sending you a free CockroachDB T-shirt while supplies last!<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 Hedera

Hedera is a next generation blockchain technology that’s accessible from familiar programming languages like Java and JavaScript. Their goal? To make Web3 development even more accessible to hackers like you! Build a project on Hedera's test network for a chance to win amazing Compact Mechanical Keyboards for you and your team!<br><ul> <li>Build a decentralized application on Hedera using our JavaScript SDK.<br> </li> <li>Build applications that never sleep using EVM compatible smart contract service.<br> </li> <li>Say goodbye to cumbersome databases and hello to seamless scalability of Hedera Consensus Service. With no need for writing your own APIs your data is securely stored and easily retrieved.<br> </li> </ul><br>

Best Sustainability Hack sponsored by Avanade

Avanade has put sustainable tech at the forefront of their ongoing mission! Sustainability is about conserving an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources and focusing efforts to reduce and improve the environmental impact of technology, processes, and operations on our planet and society. For your hackathon project, we want you to make a genuine human impact using your ingenuity to address sustainability through an innovative use of technology. Demonstrate how you can create a more sustainable future and help the environment. As an added bonus, the team with the best sustainability hack will be rewarded with awesome lego sets!<br>

Reaching High: Best Beginner Hack (Middle or High School)

Best Hack for Recruiting Public Servants - Accenture Federal Services

Best Hack for Connecting People - Sprout Social

Best Inclusive Future Hack - Cisco Talos

Friendly Neighbors: Best Service Hack

Best Hack for Social Good - JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Best Pedagogical App that Sparks Innovation & Learning - GenSpark

Best Hack Promoting Education or Public Health - Bloomberg

Best Financial Hack - Capital One

Best AI Artwork - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab

Reaching Higher: Best Beginner Hack (College/General)

Most Creative Use of Twilio - Major League Hacking

Research Track Projects

Most Creative Data - Visionist Inc

City Skyline: Best UX Design

Best Startup Track Hack

Best Hack that Benefits Immigrants or International Students - Remitly

Best FinTech Hack - T. Rowe Price

Subway Surfers: Best Travel/Transportation Hack

Best IoT Product Hack - Qualcomm

Most “Ever Vigilant” Hack for Social Media - CACI International

Best Hack for Adulting - Fannie Mae

Best Use of an AI Model - Travelers

Best Data Visualization - Optiver

Best Autonomy or Automation Hack - Shield AI