IMPORTANT NOTE: Register as a participant at Garuda Hacks' website to be eligible for prizes.
Garuda Hacks is Indonesia's premier 36-hour international virtual hackathon event where the world's greatest talents will compete to solve Indonesia's most pressing challenges using technology.
Win various prizes and receive participation certificates for an international-level event.
Requirements
- Projects must be developed only during the period of the hackathon (no continuation hacks are allowed).
- The maximum team size for the project is 4 people.
- You need to submit a 2-minute product demo video with your project submission.
Prizes
$38,487 in prizes
Best Health Hack
Team Cash Prize: $500
- $250 Digital Ocean Cloud Credits
Each team member will receive:
- 1 year of Jetbrains All Products Pack
- 1 year of 1Password Families
- 1 year of Egghead.io Pro
- 4 months of Cloudsploit Standard service
- $100 worth of Bugsee credits
Best Education Hack
Team Cash Prize: $500
- $250 Digital Ocean Cloud Credits
Each team member will receive:
- 1 year of Jetbrains All Products Pack
- 1 year of 1Password Families
- 1 year of Egghead.io Pro
- 4 months of Cloudsploit Standard service
- $100 worth of Bugsee credits
Best Small Business Hack
Team Cash Prize: $500
- $250 Digital Ocean Cloud Credits
Each team member will receive:
- 1 year of Jetbrains All Products Pack
- 1 year of 1Password Families
- 1 year of Egghead.io Pro
- 4 months of Cloudsploit Standard service
- $100 worth of Bugsee credits
Best Pre-university Hack
Only for high school students and younger.
Each team member will receive:
- HyperX Alloy Core RGB Membrane Keyboard
- 1 year of 1Password Families
Pitch to VC
Selected and eligible projects will be invited to pitch to venture capitalists (VC) from Silicon Valley to stand a chance for pre-seed/seed funding.
First Text: Office Hour with Silicon Valley VC & Founders
Winners will be invited to attend a First Text office hour with top Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and investors.
Previous First Text mentors includes:
- Jawed Karim (Co-founder of YouTube)
- Steve Huffman (Co-founder of Reddit)
- For more information, visit firsttext.com
OpenWater Accelerator: Accelerator Slot
Suitable projects will be invited by the OpenWater Accelerator (https://openwatervc.com) to join their next program batch. Accepted projects will receive:
- A dedicated team of engineers, designers, and growth hackers.
- $125.000 in cloud credits.
Bubble: Best No-Code Hack using Bubble.io
Awarded to the best project using Bubble's No-Code/Visual Programming Platform (https://bubble.io).
2x JBL Speakers
Each team member will receive:
- $1000 Bubble Credits
echoAR: Best Use of echoAR
- $50 Amazon Gift Card
- 1 month of echoAR Business Tier access
- A feature in echoAR's newsletter (sent to investors and AR/VR ecosystem)
Best UiPath Automation Hack
Build an automation hack using UiPath! Each winning team member will receive a UiPath Branded Backpack.
Best use of Microsoft Azure
Leverage all of the amazing services available on Microsoft Azure in your hack this weekend to win security keys for you and your team.
Most Creative Radar Hack
Build the most creative hack using Radar's SDKs and APIs for geofencing, location search, and geocoding. Some ideas for location-aware projects include: a delivery tracker, campus building locator, and a Find my Friends clone. Winning team members will be eligible to win a Tile Sticker Smart Tracker and a chance to be featured by Radar.
Best Beginner Hackers
Our best team of beginners will take home arduino starter kits to continue hacking on at future events. Teams must be at least 50% first time hackers to be eligible.
Most Awesomely Useless Hack
The most useless, silly, and creative hack will take home arduino starter kits too!
Wolfram: The Wolfram Award
(12)
- Award letter from Wolfram Alpha
- 1 year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition
- 1 year of Wolfram|Alpha Pro
Runner-up Best Health Hack
- $250 Digital Ocean Cloud Credits
Runner-up Best Small Business Hack
- $250 Digital Ocean Cloud Credits
Runner-up Best Education Hack
- $250 Digital Ocean Cloud Credits
Runner-up Best Pre-University Hack
- $250 Digital Ocean Cloud Credits
Bubble: Runner-up Best No-Code Hack using Bubble.io
(2)
Awarded to the two runner-ups of projects using Bubble's No-Code/Visual Programming Platform (https://bubble.io).
- $1000 Bubble Credits
Script Foundation Awards
(10)
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Muhammad Neil El Himam
Indonesia's Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy
Siauw Gie Kian
Senior Vice President of Development at Blibli.com
Andi Rustandi Djunaedi
Vice President of Research and Development at Blibli.com
Andi Rustandi Djunaedi
Development Operation Architect at Blibli.com
Nayan Jadeja
Technical Advisor at Blibli.com
Michael Dihardja
Chief Technology Officer at Wahyoo
Dede Hamzah
Engineering Lead at Wahyoo
Hendrik Tanzil
OVO
Kevin Chandra
Chief Executive Officer at Cotter
Peter Tanugraha
Founder at Kotakode
Anthony Christian
Co-founder at Cotter
Albert Putra Purnama
Co-founder at Cotter
Putri Karunia
Co-founder at Cotter
Michelle Wirantono
Co-founder at Cotter
Jonathan Benhi
Chief Technology Officer at Populix
Norman Sasono
Chief Technology Officer at DANA
Sofian Hadiwijaya
Chief Technology Officer at Warung Pintar
Alon Grinshpoon
Chief Executive Officer at echoAR
Cory Levy
Entrepreneur | Angel Investor | First Text
Howard Li
VC at RAVV
David Bromberg
Partner at OpenWater Accelerator
Scott Moses Sunarto
Managing Director at Garuda Hacks
Jorge Ferreiro
SWE at Eventbrite
Indira Pranabudi
SWE at Vistaprint
Abhay Venkatesh
Engineer at Anduril Industries
Linus Lee
Harshil Agrawal
Major League Hacking
Judging Criteria
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Application/Impact
Does the project have any feasible application and/or have a social impact that goes above and beyond? Will this help the community with a real problem they are facing? Can this be implemented? This is a key category. -
Functionality/Quality
Is the project free of major bugs? Does it look appealing? The UI/UX doesn’t have to be absolutely perfect, but if we're having a hard time understanding the project by looking at it, there may be a problem. -
Creativity
Is this project unique and innovative? Is it a solution or creation we have never seen before? A better way of doing something? -
Technical Complexity & Fit
Are the team pushing themselves in the technology they use? Does it make sense to use the technology for the use case? The team should display a good level of knowledge in terms of the technology they’ve used in implementing their project.
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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