ElleHacks is one of Canada's largest hackathons for women and gender-diverse students!

We're a free, student-run, and beginner-friendly competition where attendees pitch technical solutions to global issues, participate in fun workshops, and network with recruiters and industry professionals.

Requirements

RULES

1.  Your project must be created on the weekend of the hackathon (Friday, February 17 at 7:00 PM EST to Sunday, February 19 at 9:00 AM EST). Do not submit projects from past hackathons or projects that were built before hackathon. Any team who violates this rule will be disqualified. 

>> Again, the submission deadline is 9:00 AM SHARP on Sunday, February 19.

2.  If your project involves code, your code must be available in a public repository (a link to your Github repository which must be public). 

3. Plagarism is not tolerated and any team with plagarized work will be disqualified. 

 

ELLEHACKS CHALLENGES

All challenge details will be revealed after Opening Ceremonies on Friday, February 17.

Judging rubric: https://docs.google.com/document/d/102EhlLP5lNCChETjR0r0lePkvJG-FTK-DuFvF2lUlho/edit

 

SPONSOR CHALLENGES

Best use of AI using Autocode

Autocode makes it easy to build Discord bots, automations and APIs using the OpenAI and Stability AI APIs. Simply sign up for a free Autocode account and start building in your browser! Whichever team builds the most unique and impressive project using Autocode and any AI API available through Autocode's Standard Library will be declared the winners of this prize! Not sure where to start? Check out omg.ac/ellehacks!

 

Best Use of Cohere API

Cohere helps developers generate or analyze text to do things like write and summarize copy, moderate content, classify data and more, all at a massive scale. No matter your level of experience, Cohere's API makes it easy to build machine learning and state-of-the-art language AI into your application. Build something awesome that showcases the best use of Cohere's API for a chance to win some incredible prizes!

 

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$CAD14,875 in prizes

First Place

Awarded for winning 1st place overall at ElleHacks 2023, with a project that falls under of our four challenges.

Prize: Sony WH-XB910N Over-Ear Noise Cancelling Bluetooth Headphones

Second Place

Awarded for winning 2nd place overall at ElleHacks 2023, with a project that falls under of our four challenges.

Prize: Nintendo Switch Lite

Third Place

Awarded for winning 3rd place overall at ElleHacks 2023, with a project that falls under of our four challenges.

Prize: Portable Printer

Raffle prizes

Best use of AI using Autocode

Autocode makes it easy to build Discord bots, automations and APIs using the OpenAI and Stability AI APIs. Simply sign up for a free Autocode account and start building in your browser! Whichever team builds the most unique and impressive project using Autocode and any AI API available through Autocode's Standard Library will be declared the winners of this prize! Not sure where to start? Check out omg.ac/ellehacks!

Prize: AirPods Pro 2

Best Use of Cohere API - 1st Place

Cohere helps developers generate or analyze text to do things like write and summarize copy, moderate content, classify data and more, all at a massive scale. No matter your level of experience, Cohere's API makes it easy to build machine learning and state-of-the-art language AI into your application.

Build something awesome that showcases the best use of Cohere's API for a chance to win some incredible prizes!

Prize:
- $400 cash prize, per team member (for a max of 4 team members)
- $4000 Cohere Credits for the winning team (to be shared amongst team)
- Cohere-branded swag kit per team member

Best Use of Cohere API - 2nd Place

Cohere helps developers generate or analyze text to do things like write and summarize copy, moderate content, classify data and more, all at a massive scale. No matter your level of experience, Cohere's API makes it easy to build machine learning and state-of-the-art language AI into your application.

Build something awesome that showcases the best use of Cohere's API for a chance to win some incredible prizes!

Prize: $3000 Cohere credits (to be shared amongst team)

Best Use of Cohere API - 3rd Place

Cohere helps developers generate or analyze text to do things like write and summarize copy, moderate content, classify data and more, all at a massive scale. No matter your level of experience, Cohere's API makes it easy to build machine learning and state-of-the-art language AI into your application.

Build something awesome that showcases the best use of Cohere's API for a chance to win some incredible prizes!

Prize: $2000 Cohere credits (to be shared amongst team)

Best Domain Name from Domain.com

Domain.com Branded Backpack / Register a .Tech domain name using Domain.com during the weekend for your chance to win a Domain.com branded backpack 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!

Most Creative Use of Twilio

Twilio Swag Box + GameGo Console / 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!

Best Use of MATLAB

Wireless YoYo Speaker / MATLAB and Simulink are computational tools used at over 100,000 businesses, government and university sites in over 190 countries. Use MATLAB and/or Simulink exclusively or integrate them into another tool for your next hack to win an exclusive MathWorks branded Wireless YoYo Speaker! You can also claim a free MATLAB software license to get started.

Best Use of Microsoft Cloud for Your Community

LinkedIn Premium 12-Month subscription and Xbox Ultimate 3-Month Game Pass / Bring your idea to life using the Microsoft Cloud - automatically build and deploy a full stack web app from a code repository, create and train a Machine Learning model, develop business applications with little to no code using Power Platform, and more! View our recommended popular solutions in the Education Hub at https://aka.ms/startedu. Build your hackathon project with the Microsoft Cloud that tackles a social impact issue of your choice, and have a chance to win a LinkedIn Premium 12-Month subscription and an XBox Ultimate 3-Month Game Pass.

Best Accessibility Hack sponsored by Fidelity

Fidelity Branded Wireless Charger / At Fidelity, accessibility is viewed as a major key to the success of their business, which is why they are challenging you to come up with innovative ways to make tech more accessible! We want you to use your hacking skills to find and build solutions that put opportunities and resources within reach to all communities. The team with the best accessibility hack will win a Fidelity branded wireless charger for each team member!

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